Introduction: to "enjoy the light of heaven" -- "We conquer'd you; we made women of you": the Delawares as women and the Six Nations' Pennsylvania chain of friendship -- The western migration of the Delawares, 1730-1750 -- "We, the Delawares of Ohio, do proclaim war against the English": the political ascension of the western Delawares, 1750-1756 -- "We are now men, and not so easily frightened": western Delaware identity during the Seven Years' War -- "On behalf of all our nation": the coming together of the turtle, turkey, and wolf -- White Eyes, the great council, and the united brethren: peacemakers on the Muskingum, 1770-1776 -- The quest for nationhood: Delawares and the American Revolution -- "A nation...shattered, wrecked, and severed": the demise of the Delaware new world order, 1783-1795 -- Conclusion: "that we might again be one people". |