The Enterprise of War The Military Economy of the Chickasaw Indians, 1715–1815

After interacting for several centuries with the Indians of eastern North America, many Europeans and Euro-Americans had concluded that Native Americans were innately violent, possessed of what Henry Knox called a “passion for war.” Modern ethnohistorians believe that Indians had no more innate incl...

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Published inThe Native South p. 33
Main Author DAVID A. NICHOLS
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States UNP - Nebraska 01.07.2017
University of Nebraska Press
Subjects
American minorities
Anthropology
Armed conflict
Behavioral sciences
Big game hunting
Conflict
Countries
Deer hunting
Economic policy
Economics
Ethnic groups
Ethnology
Human behavior
Human geography
Hunting
Indian slaves
International agreements
International alliances
International cooperation
International politics
International relations
Military science
Native Americans
Political geography
Political science
Politics
Slavery
Slaves
Social behavior
Social interaction
Social organization
Social sciences
Sociology
War
War conflict
War economics
Warfare
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Summary:After interacting for several centuries with the Indians of eastern North America, many Europeans and Euro-Americans had concluded that Native Americans were innately violent, possessed of what Henry Knox called a “passion for war.” Modern ethnohistorians believe that Indians had no more innate inclination to violence than their European contemporaries, but they do acknowledge that, like Europeans, Native North Americans had inherited a long military tradition, predating European contact by many centuries. The evidence for this lies in archaeological sites bearing traces of ancient warfare, in art objects bearing images of military weapons (like the engraved copper plates found at
ISBN:9780803296909
0803296908
DOI:10.2307/j.ctt1q1xq7h.6