In the winter of 1722, a pair of colonial fur traders brutally assaulted a Seneca hunter in Pennsylvania. The crime ignited a contest between Native American forms of justice―rooted in community, forgiveness, and reparations―and the colonial ideology of harsh reprisal that called for the accused killers to be executed if found guilty. In Covered with Night, historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the attack and its aftermath, introducing a group of unforgettable individuals as she narrates a remarkable series of criminal investigations and cross-cultural negotiations. 

Learn more at Eustace's talk. Register at: https://libraryc.org/salinaspubliclibrary/20926

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