The Memory of All Ancient Customs: Native American Diplomacy in the Colonial Hudson Valley

Contents

Contents List of maps ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xxiii Abbreviations xxv Chronology xxix Introduction: Politics and Society 1 1. Ties That Bound 21 2. Patterns of Diplomacy 41 3. Struggling with the Dutch 61 4. Living with the English 80 5. Friends and Enemies 99 6. In the Shadow of the Longhouse 122 7. Change and Continuity 143 8. War and Disunity 167 9. Disaster and Dispersal 191 Conclusion 210 Notes 217 Bibliography 269 Index 289 ...