Colin G. Calloway is Professor of History, Samson Occom Professor of Native American Studies, and chair of the Native American Studies Program at Dartmouth College. His many books include The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America and One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark.

A comparative approach to the American Indians and Scottish Highlanders, this book examines the experiences of clans and tribal societies which underwent parallel experiences on the peripheries of Britain's empire in Britain, the United States, and Canada.

• Preface


• Introduction


• 1: Cycles of Conquest and Colonization


• 2: Scots and Indians in a Changing World


• 3: Savage Peoples and Civilizing Powers


• 4: Warriors and Soldiers


• 5: Highland Traders and Indian Hunters


• 6: Highland Men and Indian Families


• 7: Clearances and Removals


• 8: Highland Settlers and Indian Lands


• 9: Empires, Myths, and New Traditions


• Epilogue: History, Heritage, and Identity