LEADER 02951nam 22006494a 450 001 9910777595503321 005 20230617042220.0 010 $a979-88-908754-9-5 010 $a0-8078-6155-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000447676 035 $a(EBL)837903 035 $a(OCoLC)56356641 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000695219 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12306779 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000695219 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10689216 035 $a(PQKB)10670587 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000132239 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11136441 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132239 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10028211 035 $a(PQKB)11448408 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837903 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10202623 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL929777 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837903 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000447676 100 $a20030520d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCreek country$b[electronic resource] $ethe Creek Indians and their world /$fRobbie Ethridge 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-5495-6 311 $a0-8078-2827-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [327]-355) and index. 327 $aBenjamin 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. 330 $aReconstructing 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 betwee 606 $aCreek Indians$xHistory 606 $aCreek Indians$xLand tenure 606 $aCreek Indians$xGovernment relations 615 0$aCreek Indians$xHistory. 615 0$aCreek Indians$xLand tenure. 615 0$aCreek Indians$xGovernment relations. 676 $a976.004/973 700 $aEthridge$b Robbie Franklyn$f1955-$01470900 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777595503321 996 $aCreek country$93725088 997 $aUNINA