10 Squatters, Indians, proprietary government, and land in the Susquehanna valley

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Maps and figures vii
4. Introduction ix
5. I. Peoples in conversation
6. 1 New Sweden, natives, and nature 3
7. 2 Colonialism and the discursive antecedents of Penn’s treaty with the Indians 18
8. 3 Imagining peace in Quaker and native American dream stories 41
9. 4 Indian, Métis, and euro-American women on multiple frontiers 63
10. II. Fragile structures of coexistence
11. 5 Female relationships and intercultural bonds in Moravian Indian missions 87
12. 6 The death of Sawantaeny and the problem of justice on the frontier 104
13. 7 Justice, retribution, and the case of John Toby 129
14. 8 The diplomatic career of Canasatego 144
15. III. Toward a white Pennsylvania
16. 9 Delawares and Pennsylvanians after the walking purchase 167
17. 10 Squatters, Indians, proprietary government, and land in the Susquehanna valley 180
18. 11 Violence, race, and the Paxton boys 201
19. 12 ‘Real’’ Indians, ‘‘white’’ Indians, and the contest for the Wyoming valley 221
20. 13 Whiteness and warfare on a revolutionary frontier 238
21. Afterword 259
22. Abbreviations 269
23. Notes 271
24. Contributors 325
25. Index 329