Speculators in Empire: Iroquoia and the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix (Volume 7) (New Directions in Native American Studies Series)

by William J. Campbell

Explores the Iroquois-British diplomacy leading up to the treaty At the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the British secured the largest land cession in colonial North America. Crown representatives gained possession of an area claimed but not occupied by the Iroquois that encompassed parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The Iroquois, however, were far from na ve-and the outcome was not an instance of their simply being...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806146656
• ISBN13: 9780806146652
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"