Examines Ralegh's plan to create an English empire in the New World but also the attempts of native peoples to make sense of the newcomers who threatened to transform their world in frightening ways.

The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand
Roanoke's Forgotten Indians

Michael Leroy Oberg

2007 | 232 pages | Cloth $32.50
American History | Native American Studies

Table of Contents

Prologue

Chapter One: Ossomocomuck
Chapter Two: Granganimeo
Chapter Three: Wingina
Chapter Four: A Killing, and Its Consequences
Chapter Five: Vengeance
Chapter Six: Lost Colonists, Lost Indians

Epilogue
Notes
Index

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