John Oliphant
Biographic Data
| ID | 3977291 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Oliphant |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Oliphant |
| SIGNATURE | OLIPHANT J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Touching the light”
Philosophers, physicians and oculists had long investigated the capacities and consciousness of the blind, particularly in the context of debates on perception and understanding, but certain less “scientific” associations pertaining to blindness, derived from the Old Testament and Greek legend, shaped assumptions on the blind person’s educability. Hence, the first attempts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to devise methods for the blind…
Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier, 1756-63
Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier, 1756-63
Editorial note: It is JAH policy that staff members not review for the journal. This review was completed before Konstantin Dierks joined the staff. This highly complex and poorly organized work covers Cherokee relations primarily with South Carolina and secondarily with Virginia during the Seven Years' War. Whereas the Cherokees actively fought beside the British army against France and her Indian allies in 1757–1758, conflicts with the white se…
Epilogue
Meanwhile the Carpenter’s rivals were still trying to outflank him. In November 1761, while Occonostota took himself off to Louisiana, Standing Turkey returned to the Virginian camp- There he invited Byrd’s successor, Adam Stephen, to send an officer to put the peace terms before the whole Chora council. Stephen sent Ensign Henry Timherlake, who luckily for us published a memoir of his subsequent adventures in I 765. 1 With his servant, interpret…
Lyttelton’s Folly
In October 1759 Lyttelton declared war on the Cherokee nation. He did so In the face of a divided council, of Commons unwilling to vote sufficient funds and a Cherokee delegation patently bent on peace. He threw conciliation to the winds by abducting two sets of Cherokee deputies and marched on the Lower Towns with a quarter of the militia of the province. Yet this expedition was Incapable of forcing the Cherokees to accept the will of South Caro…
Long Canes Creek
The Cherokee nation Inhabited some sixty towns 1 scattered across the southern tip of the great Appalachian range, from the Tennessee, or Cherokee, River in the west, to the edge of the Carolina piedmont In the east. Most of the region was mountainous, wild and formidable, giving the Cherokee far greater security than would have been available in the piedmont or tidewater regions. Yet It also gave the nation great strategic importance, giving its…
‘Two Brothers Falling Out’
In the autumn of 1758 a series of savage combats broke out in the back settlements of Virginia. White settlers, exasperated by the robberies and violence of warriors en route to or from the defence of the frontier, ambushed Cherokee parties without distinction- Cberokees, frightened of British Intentions, short of trade goods, cheated of their presents for courageous service and out to avenge fallen comrades, struck back In implacable fury. Brita…
Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier, 1756–63
While the Seven Years War pushed London towards a protective Native American policy, outcomes were determined by men on the spot. The savage Anglo-Cherokee war was resolved by Cherokee headmen willing
The Cherokee embassy to London, 1762
Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier, 1756–63
While the Seven Years War pushed London towards a protective Native American policy, outcomes were determined by men on the spot. The savage Anglo-Cherokee war was resolved by Cherokee headmen willing
The Cherokee embassy to London, 1762
Touching the light”
Philosophers, physicians and oculists had long investigated the capacities and consciousness of the blind, particularly in the context of debates on perception and understanding, but certain less “scientific” associations pertaining to blindness, derived from the Old Testament and Greek legend, shaped assumptions on the blind person’s educability. Hence, the first attempts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to devise methods for the blind…
Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier, 1756-63
Editorial note: It is JAH policy that staff members not review for the journal. This review was completed before Konstantin Dierks joined the staff. This highly complex and poorly organized work covers Cherokee relations primarily with South Carolina and secondarily with Virginia during the Seven Years' War. Whereas the Cherokees actively fought beside the British army against France and her Indian allies in 1757–1758, conflicts with the white se…
The Cherokee embassy to London, 1762
Epilogue
Meanwhile the Carpenter’s rivals were still trying to outflank him. In November 1761, while Occonostota took himself off to Louisiana, Standing Turkey returned to the Virginian camp- There he invited Byrd’s successor, Adam Stephen, to send an officer to put the peace terms before the whole Chora council. Stephen sent Ensign Henry Timherlake, who luckily for us published a memoir of his subsequent adventures in I 765. 1 With his servant, interpret…
Lyttelton’s Folly
In October 1759 Lyttelton declared war on the Cherokee nation. He did so In the face of a divided council, of Commons unwilling to vote sufficient funds and a Cherokee delegation patently bent on peace. He threw conciliation to the winds by abducting two sets of Cherokee deputies and marched on the Lower Towns with a quarter of the militia of the province. Yet this expedition was Incapable of forcing the Cherokees to accept the will of South Caro…
Long Canes Creek
The Cherokee nation Inhabited some sixty towns 1 scattered across the southern tip of the great Appalachian range, from the Tennessee, or Cherokee, River in the west, to the edge of the Carolina piedmont In the east. Most of the region was mountainous, wild and formidable, giving the Cherokee far greater security than would have been available in the piedmont or tidewater regions. Yet It also gave the nation great strategic importance, giving its…
‘Two Brothers Falling Out’
In the autumn of 1758 a series of savage combats broke out in the back settlements of Virginia. White settlers, exasperated by the robberies and violence of warriors en route to or from the defence of the frontier, ambushed Cherokee parties without distinction- Cberokees, frightened of British Intentions, short of trade goods, cheated of their presents for courageous service and out to avenge fallen comrades, struck back In implacable fury. Brita…
Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier, 1756–63
While the Seven Years War pushed London towards a protective Native American policy, outcomes were determined by men on the spot. The savage Anglo-Cherokee war was resolved by Cherokee headmen willing
Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier, 1756-63
Editorial note: It is JAH policy that staff members not review for the journal. This review was completed before Konstantin Dierks joined the staff. This highly complex and poorly organized work covers Cherokee relations primarily with South Carolina and secondarily with Virginia during the Seven Years' War. Whereas the Cherokees actively fought beside the British army against France and her Indian allies in 1757–1758, conflicts with the white se…
Peace and War on the Anglo-Cherokee Frontier, 1756-63
Touching the light”
Philosophers, physicians and oculists had long investigated the capacities and consciousness of the blind, particularly in the context of debates on perception and understanding, but certain less “scientific” associations pertaining to blindness, derived from the Old Testament and Greek legend, shaped assumptions on the blind person’s educability. Hence, the first attempts in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to devise methods for the blind…
History (9 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (8 works) · Cherokee (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Frontier (6 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (3 works)