Ninigret, Sachem of the Niantics and Narragansetts : : Diplomacy, War, and the Balance of Power in Seventeenth-Century New England and Indian Country / / David J. Silverman, Julie A. Fisher.
"Ninigret adds layers to a crucial period in regional and early American history, and it invites future conversations about cross-cultural power brokers and the nature of indigenous authority and adaptation in the midst of English settler colonialism."— Christine DeLucia ― The New England...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2014] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 2 maps, 7 line figures |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface: Picturing Ninigret
- A Chronology of Key Events in the Life of Ninigret
- 1. Being and Becoming a Sachem
- 2. “To obtaine it by force”
- 3. “I doe but Right my owne quarrell”
- 4. A Time of Decision
- 5. Ninigret’s Narragansett War
- Epilogue: The Small Matter of Eltwood Pomeroy’s Mare
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Glossary of Key People and Places
- Index