Source: New Paths Beaten: Verner Crane's The Southern Frontier (ID564)
Author: Hahn, Steven (ID58)
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1715-01-01 - 1799-12-31
The Creek Confederacy held the balance of power after the Yamasee War
Indians also figure prominently in the triangular struggle between Britain, Spain, and France for mastery of the South. Though all three empires asserted their dominion over the territory in question, Crane rightly recognized the Creek Confederacy, masters of the "play-off" system of politics, as the true "custodians of the wilderness balance of power" following the Yamasee War.
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