From Chicaza to Chickasaw: The European Invasion and the Transformation of the Mississippian World, 1540-1715

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Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 Chicaza and the Mississippian World, ca. 1540–1541 11 2 The Battle of Chicaza and Mississippian Warfare, ca. 1541 42 3 The Aftermath of Soto, ca. 1541–1650 60 4 The English Invasion and the Creation of a Shatter Zone, ca. 1650–1680 89 5 Eastern Shock Waves on Western Shores, ca. 1650–1680 116 6 Western Expansion of the Shatter Zone, ca. 1680–1700 149 7 European Imperialism and the Intensification of the Colonial Indian Slave Trade, ca. 1700–1710 194 8 The Emergence of the Colonial South, ca. 1710–1715 232 Epilogue 255 Notes 257 Bibliography 305 Index 335 This page intentionally left blank Figures,Maps,andTable Figures 1 Moundville as it may have appeared in the thirteenth century 14 2 Hypothetical model of Mississippian Indians’ conception of the cosmos 19 3 The Soto route from Coosa to Apafalaya as recounted by Rangel and showing the Mississippian provinces of Coosa, Tascalusa, Mabila, and Talisi 27 4 Copper repoussé plate depicting Birdman 45 5 Engraving depicting a Late Mississippian chief going to war with his army 52 6 The paramount chiefdom of Coosa 63 7 Chickasaw settlement in the Black Prairie from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries 76 8 The shattering of the Carolina piedmont, ca. 1650–1680 107 9 Chickasaw settlements near present-­day Tupelo, ca. 1680–1720 223 Maps 1 The Mississippian World, ca. 1540, Showing the Route of Hernando de Soto 13 2 Slave Raiding and Some Indian Population Movements, ca. 1550–1650 65 3 The American South, ca. 1650 72 4 Slave Raiding and Some Indian Population Movements, ca. 1650–1680 95 5 The American South, ca. 1680 101 6 Slave Raiding and Some Indian Population Movements, ca. 1680–1700 156 7 The American South, ca. 1700 158 8 Slave Raiding and Some Indian Population Movements, ca. 1700–1715 208 9 The American South, ca. 1715 245 Table 1 Timeline of European Colonization in Eastern North America 91 ...