LEADER 05130nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910808669303321 005 20240418023240.0 010 $a1-283-89749-0 010 $a0-8122-0708-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812207088 035 $a(CKB)3240000000064538 035 $a(OCoLC)794700788 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18466 035 $a(DE-B1597)449505 035 $a(OCoLC)1013954437 035 $a(OCoLC)979954244 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812207088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441665 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576106 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420999 035 $a(OCoLC)932312493 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441665 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000064538 100 $a20091102d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSeneca possessed$b[electronic resource] $eIndians, witchcraft, and power in the early American republic /$fMatthew Dennis 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2010 215 $aviii, 313 p. $cill., map 225 1 $aEarly American studies 311 $a0-8122-2199-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tPART I. Dominion --$tChapter 1 Colonial Crucible and Post-Revolutionary Predicament --$tPART II. Spirit --$tChapter 2 Handsome Lake and the Seneca Great Awakening: Revelation and Transformation --$tChapter 3 Patriarchy and the Witch-Hunting of Handsome Lake --$tPART III. Mastery --$tChapter 4 Friendly Mission: The Holy Conversation of Quakers and Senecas --$tChapter 5 From Longhouse to Farmhouse: Quakers and the Transformation of Seneca Rural Life --$tChapter 6 Seneca Repossessed, 1818-1826 --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aSeneca Possessed examines the ordeal of a Native people in the wake of the American Revolution. As part of the once-formidable Iroquois Six Nations in western New York, Senecas occupied a significant if ambivalent place within the newly established United States. They found themselves the object of missionaries' conversion efforts while also confronting land speculators, poachers, squatters, timber-cutters, and officials from state and federal governments. In response, Seneca communities sought to preserve their territories and culture amid a maelstrom of economic, social, religious, and political change. They succeeded through a remarkable course of cultural innovation and conservation, skillful calculation and luck, and the guidance of both a Native prophet and unusual Quakers. Through the prophecies of Handsome Lake and the message of Quaker missionaries, this process advanced fitfully, incorporating elements of Christianity and white society and economy, along with older Seneca ideas and practices. But cultural reinvention did not come easily. Episodes of Seneca witch-hunting reflected the wider crises the Senecas were experiencing. Ironically, as with so much of their experience in this period, such episodes also allowed for the preservation of Seneca sovereignty, as in the case of Tommy Jemmy, a Seneca chief tried by New York in 1821 for executing a Seneca "witch." Here Senecas improbably but successfully defended their right to self-government. Through the stories of Tommy Jemmy, Handsome Lake, and others, Seneca Possessed explores how the Seneca people and their homeland were "possessed"-culturally, spiritually, materially, and legally-in the era of early American independence. 410 0$aEarly American studies. 606 $aSeneca Indians$zGenesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSeneca Indians$zGenesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)$xSocial life and customs$y19th century 606 $aCommunity life$zGenesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSocial change$zGenesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aWitchcraft$zGenesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$zGenesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aQuakers$zGenesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGenesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)$xEthnic relations$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGenesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.)$xSocial life and customs$y19th century 610 $aAmerican History. 610 $aAmerican Studies. 610 $aNative American Studies. 615 0$aSeneca Indians$xHistory 615 0$aSeneca Indians$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aCommunity life$xHistory 615 0$aSocial change$xHistory 615 0$aWitchcraft$xHistory 615 0$aPower (Social sciences)$xHistory 615 0$aQuakers$xHistory 676 $a974.7004/9755 700 $aDennis$b Matthew$f1955-$01719897 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808669303321 996 $aSeneca possessed$94118118 997 $aUNINA