Introduction: Peculiar Connections

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Map xiv
5. Introduction: Peculiar Connections 1
6. I The Town and Its Neighbors
7. 1 Okfuskee and the British, 1708–1745: Formation, Assertion, Indecision 15
8. 2 Okfuskee and the British, 1749–1774: Decision, Correction, Reassertion 45
9. 3 Leaving Okfuskee: Economic Activities Outside of Town 75
10. II The Town and Its People
11. 4 Agriculture and Livestock: Changing Patterns of Land Use in Okfuskee 111
12. 5 Newcomers in the “Old White Town”: Traders and Economic Life in Okfuskee 135
13. 6 Big Women and Mad Men: Okfuskee Experiences with Gender and Generational Relations 162
14. Conclusion: “The Fiends of the Tallapoosie”—Nuyaka, Tohopeka, and the Rise of Andrew Jackson 196
15. Notes 205
16. Index 265