Preface

Acknowledgments

Note on the text and terminology

Introduction

Part I : South to 1701

Mississippian era ; Carolina, the Westo, and the trade in Indian slaves, 1670-1685 ; Crossroad of cultures : Scots, Yamasee, and the Carolina colony, 1684-1701

Part II : Adjustments, 1698-1708

Arkansas, Tunica, Taensa, and French missionaries : communication across the cultural divide, 1698-1700 ; Diplomacy and war, 1699-1706 ; British imperialism and Indian warfare in the South : John Stewart and Thomas Nairne

Part III : Intentions, 1707-1711

Indians, traders, and the reform of the Indian trade, 1707-1708 ; Defining the empire : Carolina and the conversion of Indians ; Carolina's Indian traders

Part IV : Repercussions, 1712-1717

Tuscarora War ; Contours of the Indian slave trade ; Yamasee War

Afterword.