The scalp hunters : Abenaki ambush at Lovewell Pond, 1725 / Alfred E. Kayworth, Raymond G. Potvin

Title

The scalp hunters : Abenaki ambush at Lovewell Pond, 1725 / Alfred E. Kayworth, Raymond G. Potvin

Description

Contents: White tide rising : the colonist's thirst for native lands -- First Nations rebellion : disillusionment of the original people -- The French Canadians : the Fleur de Lis versus the Cross of St. George -- The first people : history and culture of the Pigwacket Indians -- The fight : the scalp hunter's ambush by Paugus and 80 warriors -- The way home : the survivor's long road home -- The aftermath : heroes; cowards, and a cover-up -- Profiles and ballads : the scalp hunters recalled in song and verse -- Rogers' raid on Odanak : revenge raid on a mission village -- Epilogue : Abenaki resurgence in the new millennium

Publisher

Boston : Branden Books, c2002

Date

2002

Format

Physical Description

276 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-267) and index

Copies and Location

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SPIDELL READING ROOME 83.72 .K39 20022004.053.0001