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The Chiefs Now in This City: Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America

by Colin Calloway

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" ... A large number of Native leaders were well acquainted with city life. In fact, over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were in town often, regularly traveling to Albany, Boston, Charleston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Quebec, New York and New Orleans -- primarly to conduct diplomatic or trade business, but often from a sense of curiosity and adventure. Some were even tourists. ... Based on primary accounts, Calloway's book illuminates in words and pictures what Native visitors to these cities both saw and how they were seen ..."--Inside jacket flap… (more)
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The point of this book is to demonstrate that Native American tribes and European settlers in the 13 colonies had much more extensive interactions than has been traditionally depicted. The author piles up enormous records of trade, treaty negotiations, and other delegations that visited major cities (New York, Albany, Charleston, and especially Philadelphia) throughout the 18th century. THe book is amply rupposted by scholarly research as accounts are drawn from diaries, popular press, official government documents and other sources. Details emerge reflecting the very different expectations the two groups had of each other and the conflicting motives they may have had for engaging in these interactions. The account seems to be even handed, at least as far as I can determine. Neither the colonists nor the natives are either villified nor are any groups entirely immune from criticism. It is a picture of cultures clashing with different economic needs, different legal traditions, and different relational concerns. It has been a very useful read in regard to the political issues but it is also very rich in details that illuminate some of the social history of the groups involved. ( )
  brianstagner | Jan 16, 2023 |
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" ... A large number of Native leaders were well acquainted with city life. In fact, over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were in town often, regularly traveling to Albany, Boston, Charleston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Quebec, New York and New Orleans -- primarly to conduct diplomatic or trade business, but often from a sense of curiosity and adventure. Some were even tourists. ... Based on primary accounts, Calloway's book illuminates in words and pictures what Native visitors to these cities both saw and how they were seen ..."--Inside jacket flap

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