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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Introduction: "Times Are Altered with Us Indians" | |
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| A World of Changes | |
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| Indians in Colonial America | |
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| Sources of Indian History: Weighing the Evidence | |
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| Voices from the Shore | |
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| The Creation of the World | |
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| John Norton, Iroquois Creation Story, ca. 1816 | |
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| The Creeks Come to Their Homeland | |
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| Chekilli, Origin of the Creek Confederacy, 1735 | |
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| A Dream of Strangers | |
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| Josiah Jeremy, The Floating Island, 1869 | |
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| Meeting the Dutch at Manhattan | |
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| John Heckwelder, The Arrival of the Dutch, ca. 1765 | |
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| "What Can You Get by Warre . . .?" | |
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| Powhatan, Speech to Captain John Smith, 1609 | |
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| "The Coming of a Strange Race" | |
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| Josiah Quinney, July 4 Speech, 1854 | |
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| Cultural Conflicts, Contests, and Confluences | |
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| A Native American Theological Debate | |
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| John Eliot, A Dialogue between Piumbukhou and His Unconverted Relatives, ca. 1671 | |
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| A Micmac Questions French "Civilization" | |
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| Chrestien LeClerq, A Micmac Responds to the French, ca. 1677 | |
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| An Indian Woman Bequeths Her Property | |
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| Naomai Omaush, Will, 1749 | |
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| Autobiography of an Indian Minister | |
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| Samson Occom, A Short Narrative of My Life, 1768 | |
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| Letters of a Naragansett Family | |
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| Sarah Simon, Letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1767 | |
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| Sarah Simon (the Daughter), Letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1769 | |
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| Daniel Simon, Letter to Eleazar Wheelock, 1771 | |
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| The Iroquois Reject Wheelock's "Benevolence" | |
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| Speech of the Oneida Headman, 1772 | |
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| Speech of the Onondaga Council, 1772 | |
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| A Delaware "Mouthpiece" | |
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| Joseph Pepee, Response to the Unconverted Delawares, 1772 | |
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| "The White Woman of the Genesee" | |
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| Mary Jemison, A Narrative of Her Life, 1824 | |
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| Land, Trade, and Treaties | |
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| Submission to "Old England" | |
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| Naragansett Indians, Act of Submission, 1644 | |
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| Two Land Deeds from Maine | |
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| Nanuddemance, Deed to John Parker, June 14, 1659 | |
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| Jane of Scarborough, Deed to Andrew and Arthur Alger, September 19, 1659 | |
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| Indian Land Claims Disputed | |
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| Mittark, Agreement of Gay Head Indians Not to Sell Land to the English, 1681 | |
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| The "River Indians" Answer Govenor Burnet | |
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| Mahican Indians, Reply to William Burnet, Govenor of New York, 1722 | |
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| The Alienation of Natchez | |
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| Antoine Le Page du Pratz, Reply of the Stung Serpent, 1723 | |
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| The Casco Bay Treaty | |
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| Loron Sauguaarum, An Account of Negotiations Leading to the Casco Bay Treaty, 1727 | |
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| The "Walking Purchase": A Delaware Complaint and an Iroquois Response | |
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| Delaware Indians, Complaint against the "Walking Purchase," November 21, 1740 | |
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| Canasatego, Response to the Delawares' Complaint, July 12, 1742 | |
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| The Treaty of Lancaster | |
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| Canasatego, Speech at the Treaty of Lancaster, July 4, 1744 | |
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| A Guardian System for Indian Lands | |
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| Indians at Mashpee, Petition to the Massachusetts General Court, June 11, 1752 | |
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| Resolving Conflicts with Colonial Neighbors | |
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| King Hagler (Nopkehe), Reply to Colonists' Complaints, 1754 | |
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| Colonists Encroach on the Stanwix Line | |
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| John Killbuck, Speech to the Govenors of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, December 4, 1771 | |
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| In a World of Warfare: American Indians and the Wars for Empire | |
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| La Barre's Failed Bluff | |
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| Garangula, Speech to New France Govenor La Barre, 1684 | |
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| Iroquois Loyalty Turns to Disenchantment | |
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| Cheda, Promise to Uphold the Covenant Chain, 1692 | |
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| Intertribal Conflict Fostered by Colonists | |
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| Gachadow, Speech to the Virginia Commissioners at the Treaty of Lancaster, 1744 | |
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| The Abenakis Defy the English | |
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| Atiwaneto, Speech Resisting Colonial Expansion, 1752 | |
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| The Chickasaws Appeal for Help | |
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| Chickasaw Headman, Speech to the Govenor of South Carolina, April 5, 1756 | |
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| French and Indian Wars, or French and English Wars? | |
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| Delaware Indians, Response to the Moravian Ambassador, 1758 | |
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| A New Era for Algonkians and Englishmen | |
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| Minavavana, Speech to Alexander Henry, 1761 | |
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| Pontiac's War | |
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| Pontiac, The Master of Life Speaks to the Wolf, 1763 | |
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| The Pleas and Plight of the Choctaw Chiefs | |
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| Choctaw Chiefs, Speeches to John Stuart, Mobile, Alabama, 1772 | |
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| American Indians and the American Revolution, 1775-1783 | |
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| The Oneidas Declare Neutrality | |
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| Oneida Indians, Speech to Govenor Trumbull, 1775 | |
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| Joseph Brant Addresses His Majesty's Secretary of State | |
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| Joseph Brant, Address to Lord Germain, 1776 | |
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| Cherokees Fight for Their Survival | |
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| Corn Tassel, Speech at Treaty Talks with Virginia and North Carolina, 1777 | |
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| The Delawares and the Treaty of Fort Pitt | |
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| Delaware Indians, Letter to George Morgan, 1779 | |
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| The Revolution through the Eyes of a Seneca Woman | |
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| Mary Jemison, A View of the Revolution, 1775-1779 | |
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| The Revolution through Captain Pipe's Eyes | |
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| Captain Pipe, Speech to British Colonel DePeyester, November 1781 | |
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| Adjusting to New Realities: The Chickasaws' Revolution | |
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| Chickasaw Chiefs, Message to Congress, July 1783 | |
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| Brant Demands the Truth | |
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| Joseph Brant, Message to Govenor Frederick Haldimand, 1783 | |
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| Indian Voices from the New Nation | |
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| Alexander McGillivray Rejects American Pretensions | |
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| Alexander McGillivray, Letter to Govenor Arturo O'Neill, July 10, 1785 | |
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| The United Indian Nations Announce a New Policy | |
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| United Indian Nations, Speech at the Confederate Council, November 28 and December 18, 1786 | |
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| The World Turned Upside Down | |
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| Henry Quaquaquid and Robert Ashpo, Petition to the Connecticut State Assembly, May 1789 | |
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| Joseph Brant Weighs Indian and White Civilizations | |
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| Joseph Brant, Indian vs. White Civilization, 1789 | |
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| The Continuing Conflict over Land | |
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| Indian Representatives, Proposal to Maintain Indian Lands, 1793 | |
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| Epilogue: Surviving as Vanishing Americans | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Treaty between the Abenaki Indians and the English at Casco Bay, 1727 | |
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| Treaty with the Delawares, 1778 | |
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| Questions for Consideration | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |