British travelers among the southern Indians, 1660-1763

Randolph, J. Ralph 1935- (Author).

Summary: This book is indispensable to ethnologists, sociologists, anthropologists and historians as well as general readers who wish to understand the roots of Indian-white relations in America.

Record details

ISBN: 0806110198
Physical Description: print
xv, 183 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1973.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Bibliography: p. 163-173 and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Explorers among the Piedmont and Coastal Indians, 1660-1674 -- Colonists and travelers among the Coastal Indians, 1670-1719 -- Impressions of the Virginia Indians: Beverley and Jones -- Impressions of the Virginia Indians: Byrd and the Fontaines -- John Lawson: perceptive traveler among the Carolina Indians -- Early Georgia colonists and the indians -- Travelers among the Southern indians, 1720-1739 -- Travelers among the Southern indians, 1740-1760 -- Henry Timberlake and the Cherokees -- Conclusion.