The Mohicans of Stockbridge

by Patrick Frazier

Overview

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 Illustrations	ix
	Preface	xi
	Acknowledgments	xvii
1	Decline of the Spirit	1
2	Decline of the Spiritual	18
3	Approval on Both Sides	28
4	Centralize, Christianize, Civilize, Proselytize, Capitalize	39
5	Christ's Different Drummers	57
6	Behave like Christians, Fight like Indians	69
7	The Shepherd Gone, Danger from Other Sheep	82
8	Profiting from Education	96
9	Adding Injury to Insult	105
10	Loved and Loathed in the Army	124
11	Finished Colonial Business, Unfinished Indian Business	138
12	The Domestic War	146
13	Learning the King's Limitations	160
14	Postwar Depression	172
15	Separation of Church, State, and Indians	183
16	Joining the Brothers against the Father	193
17	Fighting and Dying for the Unappreciative	212
18	The Wages of War Is Death	227
19	Relocating the Council Fire	234
	Notes	247
	Bibliography	281
	Index	297

Editorial Reviews

"A stirring story, much more humanly complicated than any Cooper had to tell, or indeed than has been told by previous historian. . . . Individual anecdotes Frzier has turned up might be the subjects of whole novels."—Boston Globe

Boston Globe

"With extensive research in primary sources, Frazier's account deserves praise for its insights into the uncharted waters of eighteenth-century Indian history."—Choice

Choice

"The calm suggestiveness of The Mohicans of Stockbridge makes it a model for future studies of native peoples."—Times Literary Supplement

Times Literary Supplement

Immortalized by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans , the Mohican Indians originated in the area around Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Frazier, a specialist in Native American studies with the Library of Congress, presents a detailed, scholarly account of these Indians; he hopes to make his readers aware of the contributions they made to America's history. He covers the Mohicans' conversion to Christianity and examines the various ways they interacted with both Dutch and English settlers as traders, soldiers, and victims of expansion and alcohol. Frazier has done extensive research and uses solid documentation. The work will be illustrated and have appeal for Indian scholars.-- Dorothy Lilly, Grosse Pointe North H.S. Lib., Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich.

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