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The Chiefs Now in This City: Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America

by Colin Calloway

During the years of the Early Republic, prominent Native leaders regularly traveled to American cities–Albany, Boston, Charleston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Quebec, New York, and New Orleans–primarily on diplomatic or trade business, but also from curiosity and adventurousness. They were frequently referred to as “the Chiefs now in this city” during their visi

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Publication date

2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780197547656