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The History of the American Indians The History of the American Indians by JAMES ADAIR Edited and with an Introduction and Annotations by KATHRYN E. HOLLAND BRAUND THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PRESS Tuscaloosa Copyright © 2005 The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380 All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Typeface: Bembo ∞ The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Science–Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48–1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Adair, James, ca. 1709–1783. The history of the American Indians / by James Adair ; edited and with an intro- duction and annotations by Kathryn E. Holland Braund. p. cm. Originally published: London : Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8173-1393-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Indians of North America—Southern States. 2. Indians of North America— Origin. I. Braund, Kathryn E. Holland, 1955– II. Title. E78.S65A65 2005 973.2′5—dc22 2004009056 Contents Illustrations and Maps vii Acknowledgments ix James Adair’s History: A Note on This Edition xi James Adair: His Life and History 1 The History of the American Indians 55 Notes to Introductory Essay 447 Annotations to Adair’s Text 475 Bibliography 549 Index 571 Illustrations and Maps The South in the 1750s Endpapers Representative page from the 1775 edition of The History of the American Indians (p. 179) xiii Advertisement for “A Modest Reply” 19 James Adair’s “very Sawcy and Insolent” notice to Governor James Glen 21 James Adair’s treatise advertisement 22 Title page of the 1775 edition of History of the American Indians 41 “A Map of the American Indian Nations. . . .” ca. 1775 56 Acknowledgments Special appreciation is extended to the following manuscript repositories and libraries that provided documents and information from their collec- tions: American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; South Caroliniana Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia; South Caro- lina Department of Archives and History, Columbia; Charleston Library Society, Charleston, South Carolina; William L. Clements Library, Univer- sity of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Georgia Historical Society, Savannah; Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; Public Record Of¤ce, Kew, England; Bir- mingham Public Library, Birmingham, Alabama; Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; and the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. The following people graciously responded to written request for infor- mation on Adair-related materials at their repositories: Charles Lesser and Robert Mackintosh, of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Henry G. Fulmer and Robin Copp of the South Caroliniana Li- brary; Jerry Wager, Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress; Edward C. Shoemaker, Director, Library Resources Division, Oklahoma Historical Society; Norwood Kerr, Alabama Depart- ment of Archives and History; Kayla Barrett, Georgia Department of Ar- chives and History; Catherine Sadler, Librarian of the Charleston Library Society; and Yvonne Crumpler of the Birmingham Public Library. Special thanks to Ellen Garrison and Special Collections of the University of Ala- bama Library for permission to use their copy of Adair’s book for editorial purposes. I am indebted to each for their prompt responses and cheerful expert assistance. I am also grateful to Dana Franklin of the Horseshoe Bend Regional Library who helped me obtain micro¤lm via interlibrary loan, and to that same end, I thank Dennis McNew and Ernest J. Emrich of the Library of Congress for helping me locate micro¤lm in their collec-
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