I: Thinking about animals -- Chickwallop and the strange beast: Indians and animals in early America -- The deer with the red collar: english ideas about animals -- II: Settling with animals -- The company of cattle: domestication and colonization -- The wild gangs of the Chesapeake: livestock husbandry in the south -- A world of pastures and pounds: raising livestock in early New England -- III: Contending with animals -- Forgiving trespasses: living with livestock in early America -- A prophecy fulfilled: from cooperation to the displacement of Indians -- Full circle.