Table of Contents

Prologue: "Sachems from nine different places"

Chapter 1. Communities and Kin
Chapter 2. Reorganizations and Relationships in the Hudson and Delaware Valleys, 1609-1682
"He knew the best how to order them"
Chapter 3. Sharing Lands and Asserting Rights in the Face of Pennsylvania's Expansion, 1682-1742
Chapter 4. Networks, Alliances, and Power, 1742-1765
"All the people which inhabit this Continent"
Chapter 5: Defining Delawares, 1765-1774
Chapter 6: Striving for Unity with Diversity, 1768-1783

Epilogue: "Sit down by us as a Nation"

List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

Promotional Information

Offers a fresh interpretation of the history of the Delaware, or Lenape, Indians in the context of events in the mid-Atlantic region and the Ohio Valley.

About the Author

Amy C. Schutt teaches history at the State University of New York College at Cortland.