Mistranslations and Misinformation: Diplomacy on the Maine Frontier, 1725 to 1755

• Main Author: Ghere, David L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 1984
• Subjects: treaties; American Indian rights; Francis Jennings; misleading rhetoric; Indian-white relations; Indian; Jennings; abenaki
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7k0901r4

The texts of treaties and the journals of treaty negotiations are major sources both for historians and for attorneys engaged in present-day litigation of American Indian rights and land claims. These sources are available in a field largely devoid of documentary evidence on the thoughts and motivat...