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The Delaware Indians; a history [by] C.A. Weslager.

Title
The Delaware Indians; a history [by] C.A. Weslager.
Author
Weslager, C. A. (Clinton Alfred), 1909-1994.
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press [1972]

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Description
xix, 546 pages illustrations; 25 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Festschriften
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Delawares today -- The homeland of the Delawares -- How the Delawares lived -- The Walam Olum -- Early relations with the Dutch -- Rivalry for the land -- The Duke of York takes over -- The Delawares and William Penn -- Pennsylvania's New Indian Policy -- Trouble on the Susquehanna -- The warriors shed their petticoats -- Keeping peach in New Jersey -- Turmoil in Ohio -- Haven in Indiana Territory -- From Missouri to Kansas -- On to Oklahoma: the end of the road -- Delawares vs. the Cherokee -- Appendices. Maps and drawings related to Delaware Indian villages and reservations -- Henry R. Schoolcraft's letter to E.G. Squier -- Account of some of the traditions, manners, and customs of the Lenee Lenaupaa or Delaware Indians -- Voucher for annuities paid the Delawares in Missouri Territory on June 10, 1826 -- Letter from Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior, to President Abraham Lincoln relative to Delaware lands -- Letter from attorneys for Delaware Indians to President Abraham Lincoln, et. al, relative to railroads -- List of Delaware Indian pupils in attendance at Baptist Mission School (Kansas Territory) for the quarter ending September 30, 1858 -- List of Delaware Indian pupils in attendance at Baptist Mission School (Kansas Territory) for the six months ending December 31, 1867 -- Delaware Indian members, M Company, 6th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry -- List of Delawares on reservations in Kansas who decided to become American citizens -- List of Delaware Indians living on Anadarko Reservation, 1876.
ISBN
  • 0813507022
  • 9780813507026
  • 0813514940
  • 9780813514949
LCCN
78185397
OCLC
  • 282073
  • SCSB-10324686
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library