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facing east from indian country Facing East from Indian Country A Native History of Early America daniel k. richter harvard university press Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England • 2001 Copyright © 2001 by the President and Fellows ofHarvard College All rights reserved Printed in the United States ofAmerica First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2003 Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Richter, Daniel K. Facing East from Indian country : a Native history ofearly America / Daniel K. Richter. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-674-00638-o (cloth) ISBN 0-674-01117-1 (paper) 1. Indians ofNorth America—First contact with Europeans. 2. Indians ofNorth America— History—Colonial period, ca 1600-1775 3. Indians, Treatment of—United States—History. 4. United States—Discovery and exploration. 5. United States—Politics and government— To 1775. I. Title. E98.F39 R53 2001 970(cid:1).00497—dc21 2001024997 To Tom and Mary Contents Prologue: Early America as Indian Country 1 1 Imagining a Distant New World 11 2 Confronting a Material New World 41 3 Living with Europeans 69 4 Native Voices in a Colonial World 110 5 Native Peoples in an Imperial World 151 6 Separate Creations 189 Epilogue: Eulogy from Indian Country 237 A Technical Note 255 Notes 257 Acknowledgments 301 Index 303
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