Seeds of Empire : : The American Revolutionary Conquest of the Iroquois / / Max M. Mintz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Mintz, Max M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2022]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Seeds of Empire recreates the events surrounding General John Sullivan's scorched-earth campaign against the Six Nations of the American Indians of New York and the Eastern territories in 1779, following the surrender of General John Burgoyne's British army at the Battle of Saratoga. Mintz's meticulous historical research and renowned storytelling ability give life to this arresting narrative as it probes the mechanisms of the American Revolution and the structure and function of the Iroquois Six Nations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- MAPS -- PROLOGUE -- CHAPTER 1 IN HIS STEPS -- CHAPTER 2 ‘‘BLOOD OVER THE EARTH’’ -- CHAPTER 3 NO QUARTER -- CHAPTER 4 ‘‘WE DESTROYED MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN’’ -- CHAPTER 5 MISSION DEVASTATION -- CHAPTER 6 CRY MASSACRE -- CHAPTER 7 ‘‘A SOIL WORTH CONTENDING FOR’’ -- CHAPTER 8 RESISTANCE -- CHAPTER 9 SHORTFALL -- CHAPTER 10 AMBUSH -- CHAPTER 11 ‘‘TO EXTIRPATE US FROM THE EARTH’’ -- CHAPTER 12 ‘‘BETWEEN TWO HELLS’’ -- CHAPTER 13 BETRAYAL -- EPILOGUE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR