In:Writing History in Late Modern English: Explorations of the Coruña Corpus
Edited by Isabel Moskowich, Begoña Crespo, Luis Puente-Castelo and Leida Maria Monaco
[Not in series 225] 2019
► pp. 21–39
Chapter 2“There were always Indians passing to and fro”
Notes on the representation of Native Americans in CHET documents
Published online: 9 October 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.225.02dos
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.225.02dos
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The documents under investigation
- 3.Native Americans in CHET
- 3.1Cruelty, warfare, and other clichés
- 3.2Ideology in language representation: Wigwam words and eloquent speeches
- 3.3Interpreters and scouts, missionaries and trappers
- 4.Concluding remarks
Acknowledgements Notes References
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