Covered with night : a story of murder and indigenous justice in early America / Nicole Eustace.
"An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching consequences for Colonial America. In the summer of 1722, on the eve of a conference between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and British-American colonists, two colonial fur traders brutally attacked an Indigenous hunter in colonial Pennsylvania. The crime set the entire mid-Atlantic on edge, with many believing that war was imminent. Frantic efforts to resolve the case created a contest between Native American forms of justice, centered on community, forgiveness, and reparations, and an ideology of harsh reprisal, based on British law, that called for the killers' execution. In a stunning narrative history based on painstaking original research, acclaimed historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the crime and its aftermath, taking us into the worlds of Euro-Americans and Indigenous peoples in this formative period. A feat of reclamation evoking Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale and Alan Taylor's William Cooper's Town, Eustace's utterly absorbing account provides a new understanding of Indigenous forms of justice, with lessons for our era"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781631495878
- ISBN: 1631495879
- Physical Description: xiv, 447 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2021]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-427) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Tomorrow’s doom: July 30–August 1, 1722 -- Taquatarensaly (captain civility) -- When things go ill: February 1722 -- Sawantaeny -- Sorrow will come fast: March 6, 1722 -- John Catlidge -- What content and decency require: March 7–14, 1722 -- Peter Bezaillion -- Two heads are better than one: March 15–17, 1722 -- Weenepeeweytah and Elizabeth Cartlidge -- Forgive anyone sooner than thyself: March 21–26, 1722 -- Isaac Norris -- He will go to law: April 4–7, 1722 -- Satcheechoe -- Stark naught: May 4–11, 1722 -- William Keith -- Take him now: June 15–July 2, 1722 -- Ousewayteichks (Smith the Ganawese) -- Money and good men: August 3–15, 1722 -- James Le Tort -- A word to the wise: August–September 1722 -- James Logan -- Stiff obstinacy: October 3–5, 1722 -- Civility’s last word. |
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Genre: | True crime stories. History. True crime stories. True crime stories. |
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