Les Sauvages AmericainsAlgonquian and Iroquois natives of the American Northeast were described in great detail by colonial explorers who ventured into the region in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Beginning with the writings of John Smith and Samuel de Champlain, Gor |
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Colonial American Literature across Languages and Disciplines | 1 |
John Smith and Samuel de Champlain Founding Fathers and Their Indian Relations | 49 |
Travel Narrative and Ethnography Rhetories of Colonial Writing | 79 |
Clothing Money and Writing | 144 |
The Beaver as Native and as Colonist | 218 |
War Captivity Adoption and Torture | 248 |
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Page 364 - Christino, and the Great Lakes. To which is subjoined An Account of the several Nations and Tribes of Indians residing in those Parts, as to Their Customs, Manners, Government, Numbers, &c. Containing many Useful and Entertaining Facts, never before treated of. London: MDCCLXV. 8vo. pp. 264.