An Abridgment of the Indian Affairs: Contained in Four Folio Volumes, Transacted in the Colony of New York, From the Year 1678 to the Year 1751 (Classic Reprint)
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
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- Title
- An Abridgment of the Indian Affairs: Contained in Four Folio Volumes, Transacted in the Colony of New York, From the Year 1678 to the Year 1751 (Classic Reprint)
- Author
- Peter Wraxall
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- HRD
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0266303919
- ISBN 13
- 9780266303916
- Item weight
- 730 grams
The Balance of Trade and War: A View into Colonial Indian Affairs
Abridged from Peter Wraxall’s New York Indian Records, this edition frames the fur trade as the linchpin of colonial strategy against French influence.
With an introductory framework by Charles Howard McIlwain, it reveals how trade shaped alliances, diplomacy, and frontier security in late 17th and early 18th century New York.
The volume consolidates Wraxall’s notes and contemporary documents to illuminate the complex web of relations among the Iroquois, Canadian delegates, and colonial authorities. It situates readers inside negotiations, gifts, belts of wampum, and strategic settlements that governed how settlers and tribes interacted, traded, and marched toward war or peace.
- Understand how the fur trade influenced alliances and the colonial balance of power.
- Explore how Indian records, council minutes, and correspondence illuminate diplomacy and daily life on the frontier.
- See the roles of interpreters, Jesuits, and brokers in shaping policy and trade routes.
- Learn about the aims, challenges, and outcomes of early colonial governance in New York.
Ideal for readers of early American history and colonial diplomacy who want a clearer view of how trade and politics intersected on the New York frontier.
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