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Modernity through Letter Writing M o d e r n i t y through L e t t e r W r i t i n g Cherokee and Seneca Political Representations in Response to Removal, 1830– 1857 Claudia B. Haake University of Nebraska Press Lincoln © 2020 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska All rights reserved Publication of this volume was aided by a grant from the Gerda Henkel Foundation (Gerda Henkel Stiftung). Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Haake, Claudia B., author. Title: Modernity through letter writing: Cherokee and Seneca political representations in response to removal, 1830– 1857 / Claudia B. Haake. Other titles: Cherokee and Seneca political representations in response to removal, 1830– 1857 Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: lccn 2020001501 isbn 9781496215673 (hardback) isbn 9781496222930 (epub) isbn 9781496222947 (mobi) isbn 9781496222954 (pdf) Subjects: lcsh: Cherokee Indians— Government relations— History— 19th century. | Seneca Indians— Government relations— History— 19th century. | Cherokee Indians— Correspondence. | Seneca Indians— Correspondence. | Cherokee Indians— Relocation. | Seneca Indians— Relocation. | Cherokee Indians— Politics and government— 19th century. | Seneca Indians— Politics and government— 19th century. Classification: lcc e99.c5 h217 2020 | ddc 975.004/97557— dc23 lc record available at https:// lccn .loc .gov /2020001501 Set in Garamond Premier by Mikala R. Kolander. Designed by N. Putens. For Nicholas and Katarina Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Civilization and the Removal Policy 19 2. Authorship and Writing Practices 55 3. Ideas of Law in a New Age of Letter- Writing Diplomacy 85 4. Indian Tradition and Diplomatic Custom 129 5. The Bonds between People, Land, and Culture 161 Conclusion 181 Notes 191 Bibliography 227 Index 249 Illustrations Maps 1. Cherokee pre- removal territorial losses by time period, from ca. 1700 15 2. Cherokee country, ca. 1825 16 3. Iroquois- Haudenosaunee lands, ca. 1500 17 4. Iroquois reservations in the northeastern United States and Canada, ca. 1800 18 Following page 160 Illustrations 1. Letter from the president of the Seneca Nation, November 7, 1849 2. Letter from Seneca chiefs, January 25, 1849 3. Seneca letter, February 19, 1855 4. Seneca letter, April 6, 1840 5. Another page from the letter from Seneca chiefs, January 25, 1849 6. Seneca letter, December 20, 1851 7. Another page from the letter from the president of the Seneca Nation, November 7, 1849 8. Cherokee letter, June 9, 1838
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