The ordeal of the longhouse : the peoples of the Iroquois League in the era of European colonization /

Richter, Daniel K.

The ordeal of the longhouse : the peoples of the Iroquois League in the era of European colonization / Daniel K. Richter. - Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, (c)1992. - 1 online resource (xvi, 436 pages) : illustrations, maps - Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- The Iroquois in the world on the turtle's back -- The great league of peace and power -- The great league for war and survival -- The economic lifeline to the Dutch -- The ascendency of the Francophiles -- The revolt of the Anglophiles -- The last of the Beaver Wars -- The political crisis of the Iroquois confederacy -- The precarious settlement abroad and at home -- The neutralist diplomacy of peace and balance -- The Iroquois in a Euro-American world -- Methodological comments.



9781469603209 9780807867914


Iroquois Indians--History.
Iroquois Indians--First contact with other peoples.
Iroquois Indians--Government relations.


Electronic Books.

E99 / .O734 1992