Deerskins and Duffels: The Creek Indian Trade with Anglo-America, 1685-1815 (Indians of the Southeast)
Description
Deerskins and Duffels documents the trading relationship between the Creek Indians in what is now the southeastern United States and the Anglo-American peoples who settled there. The Creeks were the largest native group in the Southeast, and through their trade alliance with the British colonies they became the dominant native power in the area. The deerskin trade became the economic lifeblood of the Creeks after European contact. This book is the first to examine extensively the Creek side of the trade, especially the impact of commercial hunting on all aspects of Indian society. British t...
ISBN(s)
0803261268, 9780803261266
