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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454709003321

Autore

Bowne Eric E (Eric Everett), <1970->

Titolo

The Westo Indians [[electronic resource] ] : slave traders of the early colonial South / / by Eric E. Bowne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8173-8262-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Disciplina

975.004/979

Soggetti

Yuchi Indians - History

Yuchi Indians - Migrations

Yuchi Indians - Social life and customs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-140) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Westos and their world -- Westo ethnology -- A short history of previous research -- The northeastern origins of the Westos -- Westo advantages in the South -- The Westos at their height -- The demise of the Westos -- The aftermath of the Westo War.

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive study that rescues the Westo from obscurity. The Westo Indians, who lived in the Savannah River region during the second half of the 17th century, are mentioned in few primary documents and only infrequently in secondary literature. There are no known Westo archaeological sites; no artifacts can be linked to the group; and no more than a single word of their language is known to us today. Yet, from the extant evidence, it is believed that the Westos, who migrated from around Lake Erie by 1656, had a profound effect on the development of the colonial South