02950nam 22006494a 450 991045074950332120200520144314.00-8078-6155-3(CKB)1000000000447676(EBL)837903(OCoLC)56356641(SSID)ssj0000695219(PQKBManifestationID)12306779(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000695219(PQKBWorkID)10689216(PQKB)10670587(SSID)ssj0000132239(PQKBManifestationID)11136441(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132239(PQKBWorkID)10028211(PQKB)11448408(MiAaPQ)EBC837903(Au-PeEL)EBL837903(CaPaEBR)ebr10202623(CaONFJC)MIL929777(EXLCZ)99100000000044767620030520d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCreek country[electronic resource] the Creek Indians and their world /Robbie EthridgeChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20031 online resource (384 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5495-6 0-8078-2827-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-355) and index.Benjamin Hawkins in Creek country -- The beginnings of Creek country: a historical overview -- The landscape of Creek country -- The heart of Creek country -- The people of Creek country -- The hinterlands -- Creek farmers -- Creek ranchers -- Entrepreneurs, wage laborers, thieves, and the Creek frontier exchange economy -- The selling of Creek country -- The closing of Creek country.Reconstructing the human and natural environment of the Creek Indians in frontier Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, Robbie Ethridge illuminates a time of wrenching transition. Creek Country presents a compelling portrait of a culture in crisis, of its resiliency in the face of profound change, and of the forces that pushed it into decisive, destructive conflict.Ethridge begins in 1796 with the arrival of U.S. Indian Agent Benjamin Hawkins, whose tenure among the Creeks coincided with a period of increased federal intervention in tribal affairs, growing tension betweeCreek IndiansHistoryCreek IndiansLand tenureCreek IndiansGovernment relationsElectronic books.Creek IndiansHistory.Creek IndiansLand tenure.Creek IndiansGovernment relations.976.004/973Ethridge Robbie Franklyn1955-879421MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450749503321Creek country2041974UNINA