Category: Native American

In present-day Minneapolis a graduate student, Karla Palmer, discovers a sermon that was preached at the 1738 hanging of Katherine Garrett, a Pequot Indian woman who was executed for the murder of her bastard child. The baby's body was found in the barn of a Congregationalist minister to whom Katherine was bound as a servant. She pled not guilty at her trial and records show that a huge courtroom scene ensued when the verdict was announced. Karla, smelling a cover-up, fo... View more info

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Chronicles of Border Warfare, or A History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-western Virginia: and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that Section of the State; with Reflections, Anecdotes, &c.

By: Alexander S. Withers

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc:

Seller ID: W0781

A treasure trove of descriptions of events from the perspective of the early settlers of the border regions beyond the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains (and extending as far as Cincinnati and parts of KY). Focuses mainly on the last half of the 18th century, when Williamsburg was the bustling capital of the Virginia Colony, and Patrick Henry resided in the Governor's Mansion. Grand plantations were flourishing along the James River, while in the wilderness, pioneers st... View more info

French and Indian War Aftermath: Notices Abstracted from Colonial Newspapers, Volume 5

By: Armand Francis Lucier

Price: $31.50

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc:

Seller ID: L1535

By 1760, the capitulation of Canada by the French and Canadians all but ended the French & Indian War. Blockaded by the powerful British Navy, the people of New France might have been lacking in provisions, but certainly not in fighting spirit. Attempts to retake Montreal and Louisbourg stretched the resources of the British forces, who also were fending off the Creeks and the Cherokees on the western frontier. As if that weren't enough, the best troops and generals in B... View more info

CD: 1880 Cherokee Nation Census

By: Barbara Benge

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Heritage Books:

Seller ID: CD1419

"One of the pivotal rolls used for eligibility status for enrollment, whether Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole or Freedmen was the 1880 Cherokee Nation census." This book is a transcription of the 1880 Cherokee Nation census, complete with census card numbers, which were added in 1900. The Dawes Commission used these census cards for tribal enrollment, and each tribe had their own census cards. Some persons may appear on multiple cards if they were a... View more info

CD: 1890 Cherokee Nation Census

By: Barbara Benge

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Heritage Books:

Seller ID: CD2010

This book contained on this CD-ROM is a transcription of the 1890 Cherokee Nation Census in the same format used by the Federal 1890 census. This census will help bridge the gap between the 1880 Cherokee Nation census and the Dawes roll done in 1902. Districts—Canadian, Cooweescoowee, Delaware, Flint, Goingsnake, Illinois, Saline, Sequoyah, Tahlequah, and Orphans, group entries. The transcription of this census is divided into two volumes that include names, race, age,... View more info

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Category: Native American