Setting all the captives free capture, adjustment, and recollection in Allegheny country /
Ian K. Steele.
- Montréal and Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (xvi, 688 pages :) illustrations, maps, portraits.
- McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 71 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part 1 : Captured in "Peacetime". Taken along Warriors' Paths -- Taking Traders, 1745-54 -- Colonial Soldiers Take Captives, 1754. Part 2 : Captured in War. Taken in Raids, 1754-59 -- Taken in Sieges and Surrenders, 1756-58 -- Taken in Battles, 1755-59 -- Indian War with Traders and Soldiers, 1763-65 -- Indian War with White Settlers, 1763-6. Part 3 : Captivity, Conversion, and Escape. Trails into Captivity -- Allegheny White Indians -- Escaped -- The Bereft. Part 4 : Setting all the Captives Free. Diplomacy of Gift Exchange, 1756-62 -- Redeemed and Exchanged, 1745-62 -- Forced Return of Captives -- Imperial Moment, 1765. Part 5 : Afterwards and Afterwods. Restoring and Revising Identities -- Captivating Accounts, 1755-1826 -- Conclusion -- Tables -- Abbreviations -- Appendix: Named Captives Taken on the Allegheny Frontier.
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Indian captivities--History--Allegheny River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)--18th century.