New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816(Studies in North American Indian History)

Series: Studies in North American Indian History

Claudio Saunt vividly depicts a dramatic transformation in the eighteenth century that overturned the world of the powerful and numerous Creek Indians and forever changed the Deep South. As the Creeks amassed a fortune in cattle and slaves, new property fostered a new possessiveness, and government by coercion bred confrontation. A New Order of Things is the first book to chronicle this decisive t