TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stephens,Ann S.
TI  - The Indian queen
T2  - Beadle's American library, no. 43
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Indians of North America -- Fiction
KW  - Indian women -- Fiction
KW  - Dime novels
KW  - Québec (Province) -- Fiction
KW  - Racially mixed children -- Fiction
N1  - Release date is 2024-12-16; Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive); Originally published; United Kingdom: George Routledge and Sons, 1861
N2  - "The Indian Queen" by Ann S. Stephens is a historical novel likely written in the mid-19th century. The story is set in the early days of American Indian tribes and follows the complex character of Mahaska, a half-white, half-Indian woman who rises to power among the Seneca tribe. Her struggle for acceptance and authority, juxtaposed with her ruthless ambition to avenge perceived wrongs and dominate the tribe, serves as the core tension of the narrative.  At the start of the novel, we are introduced to a council of the Iroquois tribes gathered around a council-fire beside Seneca Lake, where Mahaska stands as a powerful figure, attempting to assert her influence despite opposition from some traditional chiefs. As tensions rise, her ambition is further fueled by the desire to wage war against the Delawares, a neighboring tribe. Following a daring act of retribution against an enemy who disrespected her, Mahaska emerges as both prophet and queen, but her brutal rise to power complicates her relationship with her husband, Gi-en-gwa-tah, and sets the stage for conflict as she weaves a darker plot to shift her tribe's allegiances from the French to the English. The opening chapters immerse the reader in the fierce dynamic of power struggles, supernatural belief, and personal transformation in a deeply historical context. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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