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Chainbreaker’s War is a highly accessible edition of this fascinating memoir. -- Karim M. Tiro (Dept. of History, Xavier University) New York History, Fall 2003
For anyone interested in New York or Pennsylvania history, Native American history, or the history of the Revolutionary War period. -- The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 3/2003
Hardly the naïve Native Americans of popular lore … Chainbreaker’s War presents their story with stark immediacy. -- Dutchess Magazine, December 2002
Here is the vivid retelling of the greatest chapter in America’s story from an underrepresented point of view. -- Albany Times Union, January 26, 2003.
For anyone interested in New York or Pennsylvania history, Native American history, or the history of the Revolutionary War period. -- The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 3/2003
Hardly the naïve Native Americans of popular lore … Chainbreaker’s War presents their story with stark immediacy. -- Dutchess Magazine, December 2002
Here is the vivid retelling of the greatest chapter in America’s story from an underrepresented point of view. -- Albany Times Union, January 26, 2003.
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An authentic, eyewitness account by a Seneca warchief of the American Revolution. Chainbreaker's (European-Americans called him Blacksnake or Governor Blaacksnake)war path led him to some of the bloodiest encouters on the New York and Pennsylvania frontiers, including the desperate hand-to-hand battle at Oriskany. At war's close, Chainbreaker met former adversary George Washington for treaty negoitiations and became an emissary for peace to western Indian nations.
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In the winter of 1845-46, an old man sits by his fireside in Cold Spring, New York, and tells a remarkable story. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Six Nations, New York, Great Britain, Captain Hudson, Fort Niagara, Joseph Brant, Fort Stanwix, Lewis Henry Morgan, United States, Genesee River, Revolutionary War, Red Eyes, Seneca Nation, The Constitution of the Five Nations, Allegheny River, American Revolution, Lyman Draper, Uncle Cornplanter, Buffalo Historical Society, Jane Strope Whitaker, Wisconsin Historical Society, Buffalo Creek, Lake Erie, Seneca Lake, Tan Wr Nyrs New!
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In the winter of 1845-46, an old man sits by his fireside in Cold Spring, New York, and tells a remarkable story. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
several other chiefs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Six Nations, New York, Great Britain, Captain Hudson, Fort Niagara, Joseph Brant, Fort Stanwix, Lewis Henry Morgan, United States, Genesee River, Revolutionary War, Red Eyes, Seneca Nation, The Constitution of the Five Nations, Allegheny River, American Revolution, Lyman Draper, Uncle Cornplanter, Buffalo Historical Society, Jane Strope Whitaker, Wisconsin Historical Society, Buffalo Creek, Lake Erie, Seneca Lake, Tan Wr Nyrs New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Constitution Of The Five Nations by A.c. Parker on 7 pages
- Code of Handsome Lake by A. C. Parker on page 209, page 213, and page 214
- Parker on the Iroquois: Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants; the Code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca Prophet; the Constitution of the Five Nations (New York State Studies Series) by Arthur C. Parker on page 209, page 211, and page 214
- Joseph Brant (Thayendaneagea the Life of the Mohawk Indian War Chief) by Howard Thomas on page 81, and page 94
- Seneca Myths and Folk Tales by Arthur C. Parker on page 213, and page 217
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