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Curses on You, White Men!

by George Franklin Feldman

May 12th, 2008

The inhumane acts committed by both sides in this war equal the most heinous crimes of history. The hate was uncontrollable. The Indians sought revenge and a return to their way of life before colonization, and the New Englanders felt they had God on their side. The renowned Puritan preacher and scholar Cotton Mather asserted that “. . . the Evident Hand of Heaven appearing on the Side of a people whose Hope and Help was alone in the Almighty Lord of Hosts, Extinguished whole Nations of Savages.”

Four Shipwrecked Castaways Cross Sixteenth Century America

by Paul Comstock

December 19th, 2007

“But at that point most of the expeditionaries perished as a result of Indian attacks, illness, and starvation. In fact, several expedition members resorted to cannibalism to stay alive. Eventually, out of three hundred men comprising the original land contingent, only four survived. These four castaways remained as slaves of the coastal Indians of Texas for six years until they finally made their escape into what is now northeast Mexico.”

The Translation of Dr. Apelles: A Love Story - by David Treuer

by Douglas Robinson

April 24th, 2007

The novel’s postmodernism is not its strongest or even its most salient feature; and comparing the book to Calvino, Borges, and Saramago does it a great disservice.

Never Come To Peace Again: Pontiac’s Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America - by David Dixon

by Robert C. Cheeks

April 22nd, 2007

Dixon’s approach is both refreshing and accurate. He eschews the required kowtowing associated with ethnic minorities.

An Interview With Scott Zesch

by Paul Comstock

April 3rd, 2007

“It seems to have been universal throughout North America. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, abductions by Indians were common along the eastern seaboard, especially in colonial Massachusetts and Virginia. A large number of those children also came to prefer the natives’ way of life.”

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