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Covered with night : a story of murder and indigenous justice in early America / Nicole Eustace.

Eustace, Nicole, (author.).

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"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.

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  • 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]

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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.
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True crime stories.
Treaties.

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