"In this richly detailed cultural and political history, David Narrett shows how Cherokee nationhood emerged from the pressures of colonial encounter. Cherokee diplomats - primarily women - take center stage, adeptly managing relationships with European empires and Indigenous rivals and in the process forging solidarities among once-disparate Cherokees."--

Introduction.

Cherokees in a Changing World --

Part One.

Cherokees in Their Homeland and Beyond, 1670-1730. Cherokee Culture and Lifeways ; South Carolina and the Native Southeast ; "Not Like White Men" ; A Cherokee Voyage to London --

Part Two.

Cherokees, Native Peoples, and Empires, 1730-1762. Warfare and Peace Quests across Half a Continent ; Confronting Colonialism and the Creek Nation ; Tempests of the French and Indian War ; Prelude to the British-Cherokee War ; Carnage and Peace Diplomacy --

Part Three.

Upheavals and the Will to Live, 1762-1795. The Politics of Alliance and Survival ; Cherokees and the American Revolution ; Bloodshed and Quests for Peace ; An Unbroken People --

Conclusion.

Washington's Farewell and Cherokee Paths