Introduction. Cherokees in a Changing World --
Part One. Cherokees in Their Homeland and Beyond, 1670-1730. Cherokee Culture and Lifeways ; South Carolina and the Native Southeast ; "Not Like White Men" ; A Cherokee Voyage to London --
Part Two. Cherokees, Native Peoples, and Empires, 1730-1762. Warfare and Peace Quests across Half a Continent ; Confronting Colonialism and the Creek Nation ; Tempests of the French and Indian War ; Prelude to the British-Cherokee War ; Carnage and Peace Diplomacy --
Part Three. Upheavals and the Will to Live, 1762-1795. The Politics of Alliance and Survival ; Cherokees and the American Revolution ; Bloodshed and Quests for Peace ; An Unbroken People --
Conclusion. Washington's Farewell and Cherokee Paths.
