Covered with night : a story of murder and indigenous justice in early America / Nicole Eustace.
"An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching consequences for Colonial America. In the summer of 1722, on the eve of a conference between the Five Nations of the Iroquois and British-American colonists, two colonial fur traders brutally attacked an Indigenous hunter in colonial Pennsylvania. The crime set the entire mid-Atlantic on edge, with many believing that war was imminent. Frantic efforts to resolve the case created a contest between Native American forms of justice, centered on community, forgiveness, and reparations, and an ideology of harsh reprisal, based on British law, that called for the killers' execution. In a stunning narrative history based on painstaking original research, acclaimed historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the crime and its aftermath, taking us into the worlds of Euro-Americans and Indigenous peoples in this formative period. A feat of reclamation evoking Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale and Alan Taylor's William Cooper's Town, Eustace's utterly absorbing account provides a new understanding of Indigenous forms of justice, with lessons for our era."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781631495878
- ISBN: 1631495879
- ISBN: 9781324092162
- Physical Description: xiv, 447 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-427) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Tomorrow's doom: July 30-August 1, 1722 -- Taquatarensaly (captain civility) -- When things go ill: February 1722 -- Sawantaeny -- Sorrow will come fast: March 6, 1722 -- John Catlidge -- What content and decency require: March 7-14, 1722 -- Peter Bezaillion -- Two heads are better than one: March 15-17, 1722 -- Weenepeeweytah and Elizabeth Cartlidge -- Forgive anyone sooner than thyself: March 21-26, 1722 -- Isaac Norris -- He will go to law: April 4-7, 1722 -- Satcheechoe -- Stark naught: May 4-11, 1722 -- William Keith -- Take him now: June 15-July 2, 1722 -- Ousewayteichks (Smith the Ganawese) -- Money and good men: August 3-15, 1722 -- James Le Tort -- A word to the wise: August-September 1722 -- James Logan -- Stiff obstinacy: October 3-5, 1722 -- Civility's last word.
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- Subject:
- Five Nations > Treaties.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > History > 18th century.
Indians of North America > Crimes against > History > 18th century.
Homicide investigation > United States > History > 18th century.
Murder > United States > History > 18th century.
Iroquois Indians > Politics and government.
Iroquois Indians > Social life and customs.
Iroquois Indians > Treaties > History. - Genre:
- True crime stories.
Treaties.
Available copies
- 41 of 41 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 364.1523 EUS (Text) | 36015000402269 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | 364.152 EUS (Text) | 80605000592237 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | 364.152 EUSTA (Text) | 34208900096057 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | 364.15230973 EUS (Text) | 0020513100022 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bogue Banks | LAW&CRIM TRUECRIM EUSTA (Text) | 34208900096081 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | 364.152 Eus (Text) | 37807000037666 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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