Description: Foreword Preface List of Illustrations Introduction: "Times Are Altered with Us Indians" A World of Changes Indians in Colonial America Sources of Indian History: Weighing the Evidence 1. Voices from the Shore The Creation of the World John Norton, Iroquois Creation Story, ca. 1816 The Creeks Come to Their Homeland Chekilli, Origin of the Creek Confederacy, 1735 A Dream of Strangers Josiah Jeremy, The Floating Island, 1869 Meeting the Dutch at Manhattan John Heckwelder, The Arrival of the Dutch, ca. 1765 "What Can You Get by Warre . . .'" Powhatan, Speech to Captain John Smith, 1609 "The Coming of a Strange Race" Josiah Quinney, July 4 Speech, 1854 2. Cultural Conflicts, Contests, and Confluences A Native American Theological Debate John Eliot, A Dialogue between Piumbukhou and His Unconverted Relatives, ca. 1671 A Micmac Questions French "Civilization" Chrestien LeClerq, A Micmac Responds to the French, ca. 1677 An Indian Woman Bequeths Her Property Naomai Omaush, Will, 1749 Autobiography of an Indian Minister Samson Occom, A Short Narrative of My Life, 1768 Letters of a Naragansett Family Sarah Simon, Letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 Sarah Simon (the Daughter), Letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1769 Daniel Simon, Letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1771 The Iroquois Reject Wheelock''s "Benevolence" Speech of the Oneida Headman, 1772 Speech of the Onondaga Council, 1772 A Delaware "Mouthpiece" Joseph Pepee, Response to the Unconverted Delawares, 1772 "The White Woman of the Genesee" Mary Jemison, A Narrative of Her Life, 1824 3. Land, Trade, and Treaties Submission to "Old England" Naragansett Indians, Act of Submission, 1644 Two Land Deeds from Maine Nanuddemance, Deed to John Parker, June 14, 1659 Jane of Scarborough, Deed to Andrew and Arthur Alger, September 19, 1659 Indian Land Claims Disputed Mittark, Agreement of Gay Head Indians Not to Sell Land to the English, 1681 The "River Indians" Answer Govenor Burnet Mahican Indians, Reply to William Burnet, Govenor of New York, 1722 The Alienation of Natchez Antoine Le Page du Pratz, Reply of the Stung Serpent, 1723 The Casco Bay Treaty Loron Sauguaarum, An Account of Negotiations Leading to the Casco Bay Treaty, 1727 The "Walking Purchase": A Delaware Complaint and an Iroquois Response Delaware Indians, Complaint against the "Walking Purchase," November 21, 1740 Canasatego, Response to the Delawares'' Complaint, July 12, 1742 The Treaty of Lancaster Canasatego, Speech at the Treaty of Lancaster, July 4, 1744 A Guardian System for Indian Lands Indians at Mashpee, Petition to the Massachusetts General Court, June 11, 1752 Resolving Conflicts with Colonial Neighbors King Hagler (Nopkehe), Reply to Colonists'' Complaints, 1754 Colonists Encroach on the Stanwix Line John Killbuck, Speech to the Govenors of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, December 4, 1771 4. In a World of Warfare: American Indians and the Wars for Empire La Barre''s Failed Bluff Garangula, Speech to New France Govenor La Barre, 1684 Iroquois Loyalty Turns to Disenchantment Cheda, Promise to Uphold the Covenant Chain, 1692 Intertribal Conflict Fostered by Colonists Gachadow, Speech to the Virginia Commissioners at the Treaty of Lancaster, 1744 The Abenakis Defy the English Atiwaneto, Speech Resisting Colonial Expansion, 1752 The Chickasaws Appeal for Help Chickasaw Headman, Speech to the Govenor of South Carolina, April 5, 1756 French and Indian Wars, or French and English Wars? Delaware Indians, Response to the Moravian Ambassador, 1758 A New Era for Algonkians and Englishmen Minavavana, Speech to Alexander Henry, 1761 Pontiac''s War Pontiac, The Master of Life Speaks to the Wolf, 1763 The Pleas and Plight of the Choctaw Chiefs Choctaw Chiefs, Speeches to John Stuart, Mobile, Alabama, 1772 5. American Indians and the American Revolution, 1775-1783 The Oneidas Declare Neutrality Oneida Indians, Speech to Govenor Trumbull, 1775 Joseph Brant Addresses His Majesty''s Secretary of State Joseph Brant, Address to Lord Germain, 1776 Cherokees Fight for Their Survival Corn Tassel, Speech at Treaty Talks with Virginia and North Carolina, 1777 The Delawares and the Treaty of Fort Pitt Delaware Indians, Letter to George Morgan, 1779 The Revolution through the Eyes of a Seneca Woman Mary Jemison, A View of the Revolution, 1775-1779 The Revolution through Captain Pipe''s Eyes Captain Pipe, Speech to British Colonel DePeyester, November 1781 Adjusting to New Realities: The Chickasaws'' Revolution Chickasaw Chiefs, Message to Congress, July 1783 Brant Demands the Truth Joseph Brant, Message to Govenor Frederick Haldimand, 1783 6. Indian Voices from the New Nation Alexander McGillivray Rejects American Pretensions Alexander McGillivray, Letter to Govenor Arturo O''Neill, July 10, 1785 The United Indian Nations Announce a New Policy United Indian Nations, Speech at the Confederate Council, November 28 and December 18, 1786 The World Turned Upside Down Henry Quaquaquid and Robert Ashpo, Petition to the Connecticut State Assembly, May 1789 Joseph

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