The Spring 2009 issue of the journal Pennsylvania History includes a book review of Peoples of the River Valleys: The Odyssey of the Delaware Indians by Amy C. Schutt. The book was published by Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press in 2007.
Written by Thomas J. Lappas of Nazareth College of Rochester, the review is generally complimentary. Lappas mentions that all scholars of colonial-era Native American history must depend on imperfect sources and make conjectural assertions. He concludes that Schutt "usually remains on solid ground in her interpretations" but he does mention some questionable areas.
According to Lappas, Schutt explains how and why the eastern dialectical groups - the Unami, Unalachtigo and Munsee Delawares were forced to move westward. They migrated throuigh Pennsylvania and ultimately to Ohio, forming and reforming their communities.
Lappas says that the book's narrative is held together by the "argument that alliance formation among Delawares and their neighboring groups was a salient characteristic of life before, during and after their 'odyssey'."
Schutt provides "excellent" maps that include details of villages, streams and rivers, and also movement of the Delawares and relationships among their allies and enemies, per Lappas.
Written by Thomas J. Lappas of Nazareth College of Rochester, the review is generally complimentary. Lappas mentions that all scholars of colonial-era Native American history must depend on imperfect sources and make conjectural assertions. He concludes that Schutt "usually remains on solid ground in her interpretations" but he does mention some questionable areas.
According to Lappas, Schutt explains how and why the eastern dialectical groups - the Unami, Unalachtigo and Munsee Delawares were forced to move westward. They migrated throuigh Pennsylvania and ultimately to Ohio, forming and reforming their communities.
Lappas says that the book's narrative is held together by the "argument that alliance formation among Delawares and their neighboring groups was a salient characteristic of life before, during and after their 'odyssey'."
Schutt provides "excellent" maps that include details of villages, streams and rivers, and also movement of the Delawares and relationships among their allies and enemies, per Lappas.
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