The Quinnipiac : cultural conflict in southern New England / John Menta.

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Menta, John [Browse]
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English
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New Haven, Conn. : Dept. of Anthropology, Yale University : Division of Anthropology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, ©2003.
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ix, 251 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

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    • "September 25, 2003."
    • Originally presented as the author's thesis (M.A.)--Southern Connecticut State University, 1994.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-238) and index.
    Contents
    • The Land and the People. Introduction ; The prehistory of the Quinnipiac ; The New England Algonquian of the 17th century ; The Quinnipiac country ; The population problem
    • Culture and Politics. Appearance and dress ; Dwellings ; Transportation ; Weapons ; Language ; Marriage and family ; Religion ; Seasonal migrations ; Subsistence ; Political organization ; Political and military relations
    • Trade, disease and war in Connecticut, 1614-1637. The coastal fur trrade: Dutch-Quinnipiac interactions ; The commercialization of wampum ; Pequot expansion ; The Dutch and English settle in Connecticut ; The epidemics of 1633 and 1634 ; Connecticut's indian war ; The English "Discover" Quinnipiac
    • Early Quinnipiac-English relations. Cultural adjustment at Quinnipiac ; The Momauguin treaty ; The Montowese treaty ; The Shaumpishuh treaty ; Trouble at Mattabaseck ; The Nepaupuck incident ; Quinnipiac becomes New Haven
    • Cultural conflict in New Haven Colony, 1640-1665. New Haven becomes a colony ; Quinnipiac-English cooperation ; The failure of the fur trade ; Kieft's War and Miantionomo's "Plot" ; Indian dogs and English swine ; Momauguin's unusual proposal ; Alcohol-related problems among the Quinnipiac ; Political dissension in New Haven Colony ; Overview.
    • King Philip's War and the East Shore land dispute. The Mohawk and Mohegan threat ; Minor development on the East Shore Reservation ; The Totoket and Menunkatuck Reserves ; The death of Montowese and the abandonment of his reservation ; The outbreak of King Philip's War ; New Haven during King Philip's War, 1675 too 1676 ; The repercussions of the Great Swamp Fight ; The war comes to Connecticut ; The final days of King Philip's War ; English encroachment on the East Shore Reservation ; Thomas Trowbridge, Sir, New Haven's land agent ; Nausup's bill of sale ; Wampom cedes land at Indian Neck ; George Sagamore accommodates his english neighbors ; The Quinnipiac participate in King William's War ; George Sagamore renegotiates a right-of-way ; An incident at the county court ; The end of the 17th Century
    • The Quinnipiac and the colonical legal system. Legal cases in the 17th century ; Indiana advocates ; Legal cases in the 18th century ; The Cupoquassen case ; "Lawful servants to the English."
    • Land sales and emigration in the 18th century. The Indian community at West Pond ; Queen Anne's War, 1703-1713
    • Shambisqua, the second woman sachem of the Quinnipiac ; The proprietors of the common and undivided land ; The emigration movement to Waterbury ; English-Quinnipiac relations in Branford ; The first society purchases Indian Neck ; The Quinnipiac in King George's War ; A Quinnipiac named Adam: a leader of the emigration movement ; Adam's suite against Joseph and Timothy Tuttle, Jr. ; The emigration to Farmington ; The execution of Moses Paul ; Samson Occom and Joseph Johnson ; Samson Occom and the Great Awakening ; The move to the Oneida country ; The effects of the American Revolution on Brothertown ; The Brothertown Indians at Stockbridge ; Back to the Oneida country
    • Quinnipiac descendants in the 19th century. The last years of the Brothertown Indians in New York ; The emigration to Wisconsin ; The Adams family at Brothertown ; The Brothertown Indian Nation of Wisconsin ; The Quinnipiac-Paugussett connection in the 18th century ; Intermarriage with non-indians ; Seasonal returns to the Quinnipiac country ; Seasonal returns to towns outside of New Haven ; The life of Asa Freeman, an indian basketmaker ; The "disappearance" of the Quinnipiac ; The disturbance of the Quinnipiac burial ground ; Quinnipiac descendants in the 19th century ; The Connecticut Algonquian in the 20th century ; What became of New Haven's Quinnipiac heritage?
    • Appendix A. Deed of April 20, 1683
    • Appendix B. Deed of July 19, 1683
    • Appendix C. Deed of March 15, 1686.
    ISBN
    • 0913516228 ((paperback))
    • 9780913516225 ((paperback))
    OCLC
    53446377
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