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This collection of essays, stories, and poems comes from the pages of The Vassar Miscellany, a student-run literary magazine published at Vassar College in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. With contributions from some of the college's most talented writers of the time, this volume offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the literary culture of a women's college of yesteryear.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

First published in 1987, "Beyond the Covenant Chain" was one of the first studies to acknowledge that the Iroquois never had an empire. This book remains a valuable study of diplomatic amd military relations among Native American groups in 17th- and 18th-century North America.