The travels of Richard Traunter: two journeys through the native southeast in 1698 and 1699

"This work chronicles two treks of Richard Traunter's through the Native Southeast in the late seventeenth century, when a smallpox epidemic was killing unprecedented numbers of Indians, and when the Indian slave trade was contributing to depopulation. Traunter was a trader who made pacts...

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1. Verfasser: Traunter, Richard (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Dahlberg, Sandra L. 1958- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Charlottesville University of Virginia Press 2022
Schriftenreihe:Early American histories
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Zusammenfassung:"This work chronicles two treks of Richard Traunter's through the Native Southeast in the late seventeenth century, when a smallpox epidemic was killing unprecedented numbers of Indians, and when the Indian slave trade was contributing to depopulation. Traunter was a trader who made pacts with several Indian nations to increase profits for himself and his employer, William Byrd I, and by extension, to advance the English colonial enterprise"--
Beschreibung:xlviii, 95 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte lang-
ISBN:9780813947792
9780813947785