Ninigret, Sachem of the Niantics and Narragansetts Diplomacy, War, and the Balance of Power in Seventeenth-Century New England and Indian Country

Name: Ninigret, Sachem of the Niantics and Narragansetts Diplomacy, War, and the Balance of Power in Seventeenth-Century New England and Indian Country
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ISBN: 9780801450006

ISBN-10: 0801450004

ISBN-13: 9780801450006

Edition: 2017

Authors: Julie A. Fisher, David J. Silverman

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Ninigret was a sachem of the Niantic and Narragansett Indians of what is now Rhode Island from the mid-1630s through the mid-1670s. For Ninigret and his contemporaries, Indian Country and New England were multipolar political worlds shaped by ever-shifting intertribal rivalries. In the first biography of Ninigret, Julie A. Fisher and David J. Silverman assert that he was the most influential Indian leader of his era in southern New England. As such, he was a key to the balance of power in both Indian-colonial and intertribal relations.Ninigret was at the center of almost every major development involving southern New England Indians between the Pequot War of 1636-37 and King Philip's War of…

Book details

List price: $130.00
Copyright year: 2017
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 5/22/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English