The European and the Indian : essays in the ethnohistory of colonial North America

Studies the interaction between white settlers and native Americans during the colonial period. Frontmatter The Ethnohistorical Approach 1. Ethnohistory: An Historian's Viewpoint (page 3) 2. The Unkindest Cut, or Who Invented Scalping?: A Case Study (page 16) From Indian to European 3. The Invasion Within: The Contest of Cultures in Colonial North America (page 39) 4. Dr. Wheelock's Little Red School (page 87) 5. Last Rights: The Acculturation of Native Funerals in Colonial North America (page 110) From European to Indian 6. The Scholastic Philosophy of the Wilderness (page 131) 7. The White Indians of Colonial America (page 168) 8. Scalping: The Ethnohistory of a Moral Question (page 207) American Encounter 9. The English Colonial Impact on Indian Culture (page 245) 10. The Indian Impact on English Colonial Culture (page 272) Notes (page 317) Index (page 387) The Ethnohistorical Approach -- 1. Ethnohistory: An Historian's Viewpoint -- 2. The Unkindest Cut, Or Who Invented Scalping?: A Case Study -- From Indian To European -- 3. The Invasion Within: The Contest Of Cultures In Colonial North America -- 4. Dr. Wheelock's Little Red School -- 5. Last Rights: The Acculturation Of Native Funerals In Colonial North America -- From European To Indian -- 6. The Scholastic Philosophy Of The Wilderness -- 7. The White Indians Of Colonial America -- 8. Scalping: The Ethnohistory Of A Moral Question -- American Encounter -- 9. The English Colonial Impact On Indian Culture -- 10. The Indian Impact On English Colonial Culture. James Axtell. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Drawing on a wide variety of sources, Axtell explores the cultural adjustments that occurred when white Europeans met and attempted to "civilize" the native Americans. He explodes a number of popular myths and illustrates how having the Indians as adversaries helped mold an American identity, leading to the American Revolution." Deals with the encounters of Europeans and Indians in colonial North America. A blending of history and anthropology, the author draws on a wide variety of sources, including archaeological findings, linguistics, accounts of colonists, art, and published scholarship.