Brothers Born of One Mother: British–Native American Relations in the Colonial Southeast

Contents

Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. A“Friend” and a“Brother”: Gender, Family, and Diplomacy 15 2. “I Am a Man and a Warrior”: Native and British Rhetorics of Manhood and Warfare 51 3. “To Protect Them and Their Wives and Children”: Women and War 84 4. Guns and Garters: Men, Women, and the Trade 118 5. “To Stay amongst Them by a Marriage”: The Politics and Domestics of Intermarriage 149 Conclusion 185 Appendix: Maps The Southeast circa 1715 194 The Southeast in the 1740s 195 The Southeast on the eve of the American Revolution 196 Cherokee settlements, mid-eighteenth century 197 Creek settlements, mid-eighteenth century 198 Notes 199 Bibliography 253 Index 285 Contents ...