Red Jacket Iroquois Diplomat and Orator

Name: Red Jacket Iroquois Diplomat and Orator
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ISBN: 9780815605485

ISBN-10: 081560548X

ISBN-13: 9780815605485

Edition: 1999

Authors: Christopher Densmore

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Red Jacket was an Iroquois diplomat who, as a representative of the Seneca and Six Nations, met and negotiated with American presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson. This book covers his career and reflects on various treaty negotiations.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication date: 4/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Christopher Densmore is curator of the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College, a member of the advisory board of the Kennett Underground Railroad Center, and author of Quaker Crosscurrents (0-8156-2664-9) and Red Jacket (0-8156-2785-8).



Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Indian Names


Abbreviations



Before the Whirlwind, 1758-1775



From the Revolution to Fort Stanwix, 1775-1784



An Uneasy Peace, 1784-1790



Tioga Point to the Canandaigua Treaty, 1790-1794



The Sale of the Seneca Lands, 1795-1802



Defense of Seneca Traditions, 1802-1811



War, Diplomacy, and Land, 1807-1819



"Pagan" versus Christian, 1818-1827



Red Jacket Attacked and Reconciled, 1826-1830



Treaty of Fort Stanwix, 1784



Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794



Red Jacket's Reply to Reverend Cram, 1805



Red Jacket to Reverend John Alexander, 1811



Speech to Mr. Richardson, 1811


Bibliography


Index