Chainbreaker

The Revolutionary War Memoirs of Governor Blacksnake as Told to Benjamin Williams

• Author(s): Governor Blacksnake,
• Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
• Pages: 306
• ISBN_13: 9780803264502
  ISBN_10: 080326450X
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Revolutionary , Biography & Autobiography / Historical , Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Native American & Aboriginal , History / Native American , History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies ,

Description:... One of the earliest memoirs by an American Indian, Chainbreaker presents the recollections of a Seneca chief, also known as Governor Blacksnake. A fighter in the American Revolution who lived more than a century, Chainbreaker told his story as an old man in the 1840s to a fellow Seneca, Benjamin Williams, who translated it and committed it to paper. Epic in scale and yet intensely personal, Chainbreaker's story provides a rare Native view of warfare and diplomacy during a crucial period in American history. His account is only fully available in this edition, featuring extensive commentary by Thomas S. Abler. Thomas S. Abler is a professor of anthropology at the University of Waterloo. He is the author of Hinterland Warriors and Military Dress: European Empires and Exotic Uniforms.