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Catawba Nation : treasures in history /

Title
Catawba Nation : treasures in history / Thomas J. Blumer.
Author
Blumer, Thomas J., 1937-
Publication
Charleston, SC : History Press, 2007.

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Description
125 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Summary
In Catawba Nation: Treasures in History, Thomas J. Blumer seeks to preserve and present the history of this resilient people. Blumer, who served for nineteen years as the Catawba tribal historian and still works with the tribe, chronicles Catawba history from the first contact with Spanish explorers to their present-day fame as makers of traditional Catawba pottery.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-125).
Contents
Catawba/Spanish contact, 1521 -- Chicora, cofitachique or yupaha -- Juan Pardo and cofitachique or canos -- First Tuscarora War -- Second Tuscarora War, 1712 -- The Yamassee War, 1715-1716 -- King Haigler (Nop-kee-hee), ca. 1700-1763 -- Treaty of Pine Tree Hill, 1760 -- Treaty of Augusta, 1763 -- The American Revolution begins -- Catawba patriots flee to Virginia -- Rhoda Harris, a child of a Seminole war -- Treaty of Nations Ford, 1840 -- Removal attempt of 1860 -- War Between the States -- The war ends -- Reconstruction, 1865-1877 -- The murder of Austen (Allison) Harris, 1881 -- Chief James Harris, 1858-1912 -- Catawba Indian school -- The death of Tom Steven -- The great flood of 1916 -- Influenza epidemic of 1918 -- Citizenship -- Chief Raymond Harris -- Samuel Taylor Blue -- Samuel J. Beck, traditionalist faction founded -- Georgia Henrietta Harris, 1905-1997 -- Settlement of 1993 -- E. Fred Sanders.
ISBN
  • 9781596291638
  • 159629163X
LCCN
2006027436
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library