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ISBN13: 9780374265014 |
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In April, 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of Native Americans, "savages," had made her their weroanza-a word that meant "big chief." The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and by her favorite, Sir Walter Ralegh. His first American expedition had brought back a captive, Manteo, whose tattoed face and otter-skin cloak had caused a sensation in Elizabethan London. In 1857, Manteo was returned to his homeland as Lord and Governor, along with more than 100 English men, women and children.In 1590, a supply ship arrived at the colony to discover that the settlers had vanished.
For almost twenty years the fate of Ralegh's colonists was to remain a mystery. When a new wave of settlers sailed to America to found Jamestown, their efforts to locate the lost colony were frustrated by the mighty chieftain, Powhatan, father of Pocahontas, who vowed to drive the English out of America. Only when it was too late did the settlers discover the incredible news that Ralegh's colonists had survived in the forests for almost two decades before being slaughtered in cold blood by Powhatan's henchmen. While Sir Walter Ralegh's "savage" had played a pivotal role in establishing the first English settlement in America, he had also unwittingly contributed to one of the earliest chapters in the decimation of the Native American population.
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baltimoron, February 1, 2008 (view all comments by baltimoron)
The subtitle of this book is perhaps more accurate than the title, which should be something like "Walter Ralegh, America's First Governor", or such. The events of the book span the reigns of three English monarchs, from Henry VIII to James I, but Ralegh's constant devotion to his colonization project amidst all the distractions of English and world history is the main focus. The casualty of those distractions is the Roanoke colony, the so-called "Lost Colony", founded in 1585.
One surprising aspect of this book's discussion, other than the theory it espouses about the fate of the Lost Colonists, is Ralegh's opinion and directives about how colonists should deal with the native inhabitants. Having studied the Spanish approach to dealing with the Indians, Ralegh made it a crime punishable by death to harm Indians. Obviously, this policy was difficult to keep, and Milton is quite clear about how many chiefs dealt with outsiders. But, this policy led to several public relations campaigns featuring tours of England by willing and unwilling Indians to London. The most notable, of course, was the marriage and visit to London of Pocahontas and her husband, John Rolfe. Within this civilizing project, whereby Indians were converted to Christianity and lived as English, lies one strand of the future problems plaguing American-Native American relations to this day.
This book is loaded with a wealth of colorful details about all participants in the colonization project. For instance, Englishmen walked the entire coast of America well before Jamestown and Plymouth were founded. The author tries to address alternate theories of what happened to the Lost Colony, but not thoroughly. His retelling of this narrative includes the Pocahontas legends, the story of Jamestown, the competition between England and Spain, Elizabeth's and James' court politics, and some Native American politics. It works best as an introduction to all.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780374265014
- Subtitle:
- How England's Adventurers Wooed the Native Tribes of America and Won the New World
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Great britain
- Subject:
- English
- Subject:
- America
- Subject:
- Indians of north america
- Subject:
- Native American
- Subject:
- United States - Colonial Period
- Subject:
- Indians, treatment of
- Subject:
- Europe - Great Britain - General
- Subject:
- United States / Colonial Period(1600-1775)
- Copyright:
- 2000
- Edition Number:
- 1st American ed.
- Edition Description:
- American
- Series Volume:
- no. 00-E005
- Publication Date:
- 20001115
- Binding:
- HC
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Yes
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 8.57x5.89x1.27 in. 1.22 lbs.
