Seneca possessed : Indians, witchcraft, and power in the early American republic

Seneca possessed : Indians, witchcraft, and power in the early American republic / Matthew Dennis.

Seneca Possessed explores how the Seneca people and their homeland were "possessed"--Culturally, spiritually, materially, and legally--in the wake of the American Revolution

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dennis, Matthew, 1955-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2010.
Series:	Early American studies.
Subjects:	Handsome Lake, > 1735-1815. Handsome Lake, > 1735-1815 1800-1899 Quakers > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > History > 19th century. Power (Social sciences) > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > History > 19th century. Witchcraft > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > History > 19th century. Social change > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > History > 19th century. Community life > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > History > 19th century. Seneca Indians > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century. Seneca Indians > Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > History > 19th century. HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) Community life Ethnic relations Manners and customs Power (Social sciences) Quakers Seneca Indians Seneca Indians > Social life and customs Social change Witchcraft Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 19th century. Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century. United States > Genesee River Valley History
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Table of Contents:

pt. 1. Dominion
Colonial crucible and post-Revolutionary predicament
pt. 2. Spirit
Handsome Lake and the Seneca great awakening : revelation and transformation
Patriarchy and the witch-hunting of Handsome Lake
pt. 3. Mastery
Friendly mission : the holy conversation of Quakers and Senecas
From longhouse to farmhouse : Quakers and the transformation of Seneca rural life
Seneca repossessed, 1818-1826.