Calloway, Colin G. 1953-
The Indian world of George Washington : the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation / First President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation - United Kingdom : Oxford University Press , 2018 . - xvii, 621 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, (some color) maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Learning curves -- Virginia's Indian country -- The Ohio Company and the Ohio Country -- Into Tanaghrisson's world -- Tanaghrisson's war -- Braddock and the limits of empire -- Frontier defense and a Cherokee alliance -- Frontier advance and a Cherokee war -- The other revolution -- Confronting the Indian boundary -- "A good deal of land." -- The question of Indian allies -- Town destroyer -- Killing Crawford -- Building a nation on Indian land -- The first President and the first Americans -- An Indian policy for the new nation -- Courting McGillivray -- The greatest Indian victory -- Philadelphia Indian diplomacy -- Achieving empire -- Transforming Indian lives -- A death and a non-death.
"An authoritative, sweeping, and fresh new biography of the nation's first president, Colin G. Calloway's book reveals fully the dimensions and depths of George Washington's relations with the First Americans."--Provided by publisher.
9780190652166 (hardback : alk. paper)
2017028686
Washington, George, 1732-1799 --Relations with Indians.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Indians of North America--Wars--1750-1815.
Indians of North America--History--18th century.
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
E312.17 / .C17 2018
323.11
The Indian world of George Washington : the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation / First President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation - United Kingdom : Oxford University Press , 2018 . - xvii, 621 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, (some color) maps ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Learning curves -- Virginia's Indian country -- The Ohio Company and the Ohio Country -- Into Tanaghrisson's world -- Tanaghrisson's war -- Braddock and the limits of empire -- Frontier defense and a Cherokee alliance -- Frontier advance and a Cherokee war -- The other revolution -- Confronting the Indian boundary -- "A good deal of land." -- The question of Indian allies -- Town destroyer -- Killing Crawford -- Building a nation on Indian land -- The first President and the first Americans -- An Indian policy for the new nation -- Courting McGillivray -- The greatest Indian victory -- Philadelphia Indian diplomacy -- Achieving empire -- Transforming Indian lives -- A death and a non-death.
"An authoritative, sweeping, and fresh new biography of the nation's first president, Colin G. Calloway's book reveals fully the dimensions and depths of George Washington's relations with the First Americans."--Provided by publisher.
9780190652166 (hardback : alk. paper)
2017028686
Washington, George, 1732-1799 --Relations with Indians.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Indians of North America--Wars--1750-1815.
Indians of North America--History--18th century.
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
E312.17 / .C17 2018
323.11