Drew Lopenzina is Assistant Professor of American Literature at Sam Houston State University.

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Preface and Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction
Survival Writing: Contesting the "Pen and Ink Work" of Colonialism

1. Wussuckwheke, or the Painted Letter: Glimpses of Native Signification Acknowledged and Unwitnessed (1492-1643)

2. Praying Indians, Printing Devils: Centers of Indigeneity within Colonial Containments (1643-1665)

3. King Philip's Signature: Ascribing Philip's Name to Land, War, and History in Native New England (1660-1709)

4. Beneath the Wave: The Maintenance of Native Tradition in Hidden Transcripts (1709-1768)

5. A Tale of Two Settlements: Mohican, Mohegan, and the Road to Brotherton (1724-1785)

Afterword
O' Brotherton, Where Art Though

Notes
Bibliography
Index