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\nIn her book Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America, NYU historian Nicole Eustace tells the story of a 1722 murder of a Seneca man, Sawanteni, by two colonial fur traders, the Cartlidge brothers,...\nIn her book Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America, NYU historian Nicole Eustace tells the story of a 1722 murder of a Seneca man, Sawanteni, by two colonial fur traders, the Cartlidge brothers, after a trade dispute turned violent. The incident sparked fear among colonial authorities of potential Native retaliation. While Pennsylvania officials promised \"English justice\" through trials and possible executions, Indigenous leaders, including a diplomat known as Captain Civility, sought reparations and restorative justice—emotional, spiritual, and material gestures of repair, rather than further bloodshed. Their approach ultimately prevailed, resulting in the Great Treaty of Albany, the oldest continuously recognized treaty in Anglo-American law. Eustace uses this case to highlight contrasting concepts of justice and the enduring legacy of Indigenous diplomacy.\n
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2025
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