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1600-1754: Native Americans

American Eras

1600-1754: Chapter Nine: Native Americans

by PATRICK RIORDAN

CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGY 308

OVERVIEW 312

TOPICS IN THE NEWS

Early Virginia 315

French-English Rivalries 315

Scalping 317

Iroquois 317

Metacom’s War 318

The Pequot War 319

Puritan Massacre 320

Reservations 320

The Southeast 322

Seminoles 323

Cheating the Indians 325

HEADLINE MAKERS

Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) 327

Memeskia 327

Metacom 328

Pocahontas 329

PUBLICATIONS 330

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