Ninigret, sachem of the Niantics and Narragansetts : diplomacy, war, and the balance of power in seventeenth-century New England and Indian country

Publication Data

• Title Ninigret, sachem of the Niantics and Narragansetts : diplomacy, war, and the balance of power in seventeenth-century New England and Indian country
• Author Julie A. Fisher
• Contributor David J. Silverman
• Publisher Cornell University Press
• Publication date 2014
• Publication location Ithaca
• Language English

Contents

Preface : picturing Ninigret
A chronology of key events in the life of Ninigret
Being and becoming a sachem
"To obtaine it by force"
"I doe but right my owne quarrell"
A time of decision
Ninigret's Narragansett war
Epilogue : the small matter of Eltwood Pomeroy's mare.

Topics

• Ninigret, approximately 1610-1677
• Niantic Indians :: Kings and rulers :: Biography
• Narragansett Indians :: Politics and government :: 17th century
• New England :: History :: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
• New England

Ninigret, sachem of the Niantics and Narragansetts : diplomacy, war, and the balance of power in seventeenth-century New England and Indian country by Julie A. Fisher. ISBN 9780801450006. Published by Cornell University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.