TY - JOUR
AU - Beilharz, Edwin A.
AB - ilmericas The Cherokee Frontier, our most detailed account of that nation during 1751- 1762. Now in The Creek Frontier he gives us an overview of Creek developments during the two and one-half centuries from the arrival of the Spanish among them until, at the close of the American Revolution, their British allies aban- doned them to the victorious Americans. In doing this he fills a gap in historical literature and thus achieves one of his two primary purposes. His other primary purpose is achieved in telling the story from the Creek point of view. Thus he emphasizes the influence in policy making of "such institutional factors as the iron-clad character of the clan tie, the prestigial influence of the elders, and the tribal expectation that the young men conduct themselves with boldness." Although he does not call it such, Corkran's is in essence a study of Creek foreign policy, or, more specifically, of this nation's relations with its Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw neighbors to the north and west and its English, Span- ish, and French neighbors to the east and south. In his last two chapters the author tells of Creek reaction to the American Revolution. The decentralization within 
TI - The Rediscovery of new Mexico, 1580–1594: The Explorations of Chamuscado, Espejo, Castaño de Sosa, Morlete, and Leyva de Bonilla and Humaña. By George P. Hammond and Agapito Rey. [Coronado Cuarto Centennial Publications, 1540–1940, Volume III.] (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. 1966. Pp. xiv, 341. $12.50.)
JO - The American Historical Review
DO - 10.1086/ahr/73.2.585
DA - 1967-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-rediscovery-of-new-mexico-1580-1594-the-explorations-of-chamuscado-TiVfQC7Oot
SP - 585
EP - 586
VL - 73
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -