The Mohicans of Stockbridge
Few American Indian tribal names are as well recognized as that of the Mohicans. Yet little is actually known about the people themselves, despite legendary images fixed by James Fenimore Cooper. Now we have the first thoroughly researched and documented study of the Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Mohicans, and it reveals a story fully as interesting as any fiction and more meaningful.
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The Mohicans of Stockbridge
Few American Indian tribal names are as well recognized as that of the Mohicans. Yet little is actually known about the people themselves, despite legendary images fixed by James Fenimore Cooper. Now we have the first thoroughly researched and documented study of the Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Mohicans, and it reveals a story fully as interesting as any fiction and more meaningful.
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The Mohicans of Stockbridge

The Mohicans of Stockbridge

by Patrick Frazier
The Mohicans of Stockbridge

The Mohicans of Stockbridge

by Patrick Frazier

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Few American Indian tribal names are as well recognized as that of the Mohicans. Yet little is actually known about the people themselves, despite legendary images fixed by James Fenimore Cooper. Now we have the first thoroughly researched and documented study of the Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Mohicans, and it reveals a story fully as interesting as any fiction and more meaningful.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780803268821
Publisher: Bison Books
Publication date: 01/01/1994
Pages: 307
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Patrick Frazier has been employed by the Library of Congress since 1959, most recently as a reference specialist on North American Indians. His publications include Portrait Index of North American Indians in Published Collections and a forthcoming guide to North American Indian collections in the Library of Congress.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsix
Prefacexi
Acknowledgmentsxvii
1Decline of the Spirit1
2Decline of the Spiritual18
3Approval on Both Sides28
4Centralize, Christianize, Civilize, Proselytize, Capitalize39
5Christ's Different Drummers57
6Behave like Christians, Fight like Indians69
7The Shepherd Gone, Danger from Other Sheep82
8Profiting from Education96
9Adding Injury to Insult105
10Loved and Loathed in the Army124
11Finished Colonial Business, Unfinished Indian Business138
12The Domestic War146
13Learning the King's Limitations160
14Postwar Depression172
15Separation of Church, State, and Indians183
16Joining the Brothers against the Father193
17Fighting and Dying for the Unappreciative212
18The Wages of War Is Death227
19Relocating the Council Fire234
Notes247
Bibliography281
Index297
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