The Deadly Politics of Giving: Exchange and Violence at Ajacan, Roanoke, and Jamestown

List of Illustrations

Figures 1.1. 16th-century La Florida with a close-up of the Middle Atlantic region that contains Ajacan, Roanoke, and Jamestown 2 1.2. Chesapeake tribes in the Powhatan paramount chiefdom 10 1.3. Carolina tribes in Ossomocomuck territory 16 4.1. Ossomocomuck balance of power after Chawanoac gift 70 Tables 2.1. Exchange classi¤cation criteria 32 3.1. Ajacan exchange and violence 56 4.1. Exchange lists for the different Ossomocomuck tribes 77 5.1. Pattern of inundation, date of theft or trade rejections, and date of violence 105 5.2. Pattern of inundation and Mamanatowick involvement in hostilities against the English settlers 105 6.1. Exchange violations and consequences 119 Illustrations ...