Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their WorldUniv of North Carolina Press, 2003 - 369 páginas Reconstructing the human and natural environment of the Creek Indians in frontier Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, Robbie Ethridge illuminates a time of wrenching transition. Creek Country presents a compelling portrait of a culture in crisis, of its resiliency in the face of profound change, and of the forces that pushed it into decisive, destructive conflict. Ethridge begins in 1796 with the arrival of U.S. Indian Agent Benjamin Hawkins, whose tenure among the Creeks coincided with a period of increased federal intervention in tribal affairs, growing tension between Indians and non-Indians, and pronounced strife within the tribe. In a detailed description of Creek town life, the author reveals how social structures were stretched to accommodate increased engagement with whites and blacks. The Creek economy, long linked to the outside world through the deerskin trade, had begun to fail. Ethridge details the Creeks' efforts to diversify their economy, especially through experimental farming and ranching, and the ecological crisis that ensued. Disputes within the tribe culminated in the Red Stick War, a civil war among Creeks that quickly spilled over into conflict between Indians and white settlers and was ultimately used by U.S. authorities to justify their policy of Indian removal. |
Contenido
Benjamin Hawkins in Creek Country | 7 |
The Beginnings of Creek Country A Historical Overview | 22 |
The Landscape of Creek Country | 32 |
The Heart of Creek Country | 54 |
The People of Creek Country | 92 |
The Hinterlands | 120 |
Creek Farmers | 140 |
Creek Ranchers | 158 |
Entrepreneurs Wage Laborers Thieves and the Creek Frontier Exchange Economy | 175 |
The Selling of Creek Country | 195 |
The Closing of Creek Country | 215 |
Scientific Taxonomy for Plants and Animals Mentioned in the Text | 243 |
Notes | 249 |
Bibliography | 327 |
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Creek Country: The Creek Indians and Their World Robbie Franklyn Ethridge Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
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Alabama American Indian archaeological areas Bartram Benjamin Hawkins Braund cane Carolina cattle Charles Hudson Chattahoochee River Cherokee Chickasaw chiefdoms Choctaw clan colonial Coosa Coosa River corn Coweta Creek Agency Creek Confederacy Creek country Creek Factory Creek headmen Creek Indian Creek territory Creek women Cusseta deer deerskin trade dian Entry Euro-American European Fall Line families farmers farming floodplains Florida Fusihatchee GDAH Hawkins's Henry Dearborn hickory Historic Period Hitchiti hogs horses hunting Ibid Indian Trade late eighteenth century lived livestock located longleaf pine Lower Creeks McGillivray métis Milfort Mississippi Muskogean National Council Naturalist's Edition North Ocmulgee Ocmulgee River old fields plan for civilization plant political present-day Press ranching Red Stick river valleys Sacred Revolt Saunt Seminoles settlers slaves social soils South Southeast Southeastern Indians Southeastern Mixed Forest southern frontier southern Indians Stiggins stipend Swanton Tallapoosa River Timothy Barnard tion travelers Treaty trees Tuckabatchee Upatoi warriors Waselkov Yuchi