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Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Town, Region, and Nation 10 2. “the antient Friendship and Union”: The Anglo-Cherokee Alliance 32 3. “in constant hostility with the Muskohge”: The Cherokee-Creek War 57 4. “the disaffected people of Great Tellico”: The Struggle for Empire in a Cherokee Town 75 5. “in a discontented mood”: The Crisis in Virginia 94 6. “every Town wept for some”: The Anglo-Cherokee War 110 7. “now all our Talks are about Lands”: Unstable Borderlands 130 8. “half war half peace”: The American Revolution in Cherokee Country 152 Epilogue. Toward the Cherokee Nation 178 Notes 183 Bibliography 217 Index 227 ...

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