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Author Dennis, Matthew, 1955-

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

Publication Info. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]
©2010

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 Granby, Main Library - Adult  974.7004 DEN    Check Shelf
Description viii, 313 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Series Early American studies
Early American studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Seneca Indians -- 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.
Handsome Lake, 1735-1815.
Community life -- Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
Social change -- Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
Witchcraft -- Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
Power (Social sciences) -- Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
Quakers -- Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century.
Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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