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## Stories guide

### OVERVIEW

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OVERVIEW

### 1 - INTRODUCTION
0.0 **Display**: Blank map - no features displayed. **Text**: "Overview" then "For a long time, American history was ...".

Display: Indigenous & European settlements and placenames [Mitchell 1755]
Text: "Introduction"

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Text begins: “Maps of early America do not tell the whole truth ...”
0.1 **Display**: Blank map - no features displayed. **Text**: "'We live encompassed with people...'".

Display: European settlements [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins: “Settlement was fragmented and confined to a narrow strip ...”

Display: Pathways, Indigenous & European settlements [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins: “While the common worlds of . . .”

1 - INTRODUCTION


### 2 - HOMELANDS
1.1 **Display**: Indigenous & European settlements and placenames [Mitchell 1755]. **Title**: "Introduction".

Display: selection of Indigenous-related annotations [Mitchell 1755], transforming from normalized spelling to Indigenous versions
Text: "Homelands"
1.2 **Display**: (unchanged). **Text**: “Maps of early America do not tell the whole truth ...”

Display: Pathways, Indigenous & European settlements [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins: “American history begins with the deep history of the land ...”
1.3 **Display**: European settlements [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “Settlement was fragmented and confined to a narrow strip ...”.

Display: Rivers [Mitchell 1755]; Indigenous & European settlements and placenames [all maps]
Text begins: “The Indigenous landscape was more than a homeland ...”

Display: Principal rivers, Indigenous settlements, placenames and council fires [all maps]
Text begins: “The land was political ....”
1.4 **Display**: Pathways, Indigenous & European settlements [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “While the common worlds of ...”.

Display: Charlestown [Mitchell 1755]; Catawba territory (source: https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/catawba/)
Text begins: “Indigenous people were map makers ...”

Display: Haudenosaunee-related annotations [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins: “Haudenosaunee can be translated as ‘the whole house’ ...”
2 - HOMELANDS

Display: Haudenosaunee-related annotation "Iroquois" and colonial domains Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York [Mitchell 1755];
Text begins: “British mapmakers took care in noting ...”
2.0 **Display**: Selection of Indigenous-related annotations [Mitchell 1755], transforming from normalized spelling to Indigenous versions. **Title**: "Homelands".

Display: as above + other Indigenous-related annotations [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins: “Yet this was not a wholly peaceful landscape”
2.1 **Display**: Pathways, Indigenous & European settlements [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “American history begins with the deep history of the land ...”

2.2 **Display**: Rivers [Mitchell 1755]; Indigenous & European settlements and placenames [all maps]. **Text**: “The Indigenous landscape was more than a homeland ...”.

2.3 **Display**: Principal rivers, Indigenous settlements, placenames and council fires [all maps]. **Text**: “The land was political ...”.

Display: Indigenous settlements, principal rivers [all maps]
Text begins: “The United Colonies emerged as a new power ...”
2.4 **Display**: Charlestown [Mitchell 1755]; Catawba territory (source: https://native-land.ca/maps/territories/catawba/). **Text**: “Indigenous people were map makers ...”.

Display: Indigenous & European settlements, council fires [all maps]; Haudenosaunee-related annotations [Cary 1783, Bradley 1796]
Text begins: “The village worlds of the Haudenosaunee were broken apart ...”
2.5 **Display**: Haudenosaunee-related annotations [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “Haudenosaunee can be translated as ‘the whole house’ ...”.


### 3 - PATHWAYS
2.6 **Display**: Haudenosaunee-related annotation "Iroquois" and colonial domains Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “British mapmakers took care in noting ...”.

Display: Two animations - principal rivers followed by pathway & council fires [Mitchell 1755]
Text: "Pathways"
2.7 **Display**: as above + other Indigenous-related annotations [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “Yet this was not a wholly peaceful landscape ...”.

Display: Pathways, Indigenous & European settlements [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins:“For the Haudenosaunee, the path was a powerful metaphor ...”
2.8 **Display**: Indigenous settlements, principal rivers [all maps]. **Text**: “The United Colonies emerged as a new power ...”.

Display: Pathways, principal rivers [all maps]; Indigenous & European settlements [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins:“Pathways were conduits of communication”
2.9 **Display**: Indigenous & European settlements, council fires [all maps]; Haudenosaunee-related annotations [Cary 1783, Bradley 1796]. **Text**: “The village worlds of the Haudenosaunee were broken apart ...”.

Display: Pathways, Indigenous & European settlements [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins: “For the geographer Lewis Evans ...”
3 - PATHWAYS

Display: Rivers [Bradley 1796]; Indigenous & European settlements [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins: “Washington found himself serving as a messenger ...”
3.0 **Display**: Two animations - principal rivers followed by pathway & council fires [Mitchell 1755]. **Title**: "Pathways".

Display: Rivers [Bradley 1796]
Text begins: “As Washington learned, rivers were the highways ...”
3.1 **Display**: Pathways, Indigenous & European settlements [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “For the Haudenosaunee, the path was a powerful metaphor ...”.

Display: Rivers, pathways [Bradley 1796]
Text begins: “Europeans found their way along single file ...”
3.2 **Display**: Pathways, principal rivers [all maps]; Indigenous & European settlements [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**:“Pathways were conduits of communication ...”.

3.3 **Display**: Pathways, Indigenous & European settlements [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “For the geographer Lewis Evans ...”.

3.4 **Display**: Rivers [Bradley 1796]; Indigenous & European settlements [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “Washington found himself serving as a messenger ...”.

3.5 **Display**: Rivers [Bradley 1796]. **Text**: “As Washington learned, rivers were the highways ...”.

### 4 - VILLAGERS, SETTLERS
3.6 **Display**: Rivers, pathways [Bradley 1796]. **Text**: “Europeans found their way along single file ...”.

Display: animation of council fire sites [Mitchell 1755]
Text: "Villagers, Settlers"

Display: Indigenous settlements and placenames [Foster 1677]
Text begins: “European claims to the conquest of the ‘new world’ ...”
4 - VILLAGERS, SETTLERS

Display: Indigenous settlements [White 1590]
Text begins: “The English settled among Indigenous nations ...”
4.0 **Display**: Animation of council fire sites [Mitchell 1755]. **Title**: "Villagers, Settlers".

Display: Hudson River, Indigenous & European settlements [Foster 1677]
Text begins: “A century after the creation of White’s map ...”
4.1 **Display**: Indigenous settlements and placenames [Foster 1677]. **Text**: “European claims to the conquest of the ‘new world’ ...”.

Display: Principal rivers, Haudenosaunee settlements [all maps]
Text begins: “The creation of new colonies disrupted the flows ...”
4.2 **Display**: Indigenous settlements [White 1590]. **Text**: “The English settled among Indigenous nations ...”.

Display: Principal rivers, Indigenous & European settlements [Evans 1752]
Text begins: “Settlers pushed out of towns and villages ...”
4.3 **Display**: Hudson River, Indigenous & European settlements [Foster 1677]. **Text**: “A century after the creation of White’s map ...".

Display: Border lines [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins: “As British traders, diplomats and settlers ...”
4.4 **Display**: Principal rivers, Haudenosaunee settlements [all maps]. **Text**: “The creation of new colonies disrupted the flows ...”

Display: Border lines [Buell 1784]
Text begins: “Increasingly, maps portrayed colonies as ...”
4.5 **Display**: Principal rivers, Indigenous & European settlements [Evans 1752]. **Text**: “Settlers pushed out of towns and villages ...”.

Display: Mississippi River system, Indigenous settlements [Mitchell 1755, Hutchins 1778]
Text begins: “Jefferies map is concerned with larger spaces ...”
4.6 **Display**: Border lines [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “As British traders, diplomats and settlers ...”.

Display: Pathways, Indigenous & European settlements, council fires [Bradley 1796]
Text begins: “Abraham Bradley’s A Map of the United States shows ...”
4.7 **Display**: Border lines [Buell 1784]. **Text**: “Increasingly, maps portrayed colonies as ...”.

Display: Pathways, European settlements [Bradley 1796]
Text begins: “Bradley’s map shows state-driven colonialism ...”
4.8 **Display**: Mississippi River system, Indigenous settlements [Mitchell 1755, Hutchins 1778]. **Text**: “Jefferies map is concerned with larger spaces ...”.

4.9 **Display**: Pathways, Indigenous & European settlements, council fires [Bradley 1796]. **Text**: “Abraham Bradley’s *A Map of the United State*s* shows ...”.


### 5 - LINES
5 - LINES

5.0 **Display**: Four animations of expanding border lines [Seller 1676; Burghers 1738; Mitchell 1755; Bradley 1796]. **Title**: "Lines".

Display: four animations of expanding border lines [Seller 1676; Burghers 1738; Mitchell 1755; Bradley 1796]
Text: "Lines"
5.1 **Display**: Virginia [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “The royal charters that created colonies out of ...”.

Display: Virginia [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins: “The royal charters that created colonies out of ...”
5.2 **Display**: Colonial domains [Burghers 1738]. **Text**: “As settlement expanded into the western reaches ...”.

Display: Colonial domains [Burghers 1738]
Text begins: “As settlement expanded into the western reaches ...”
5.3 **Display**: Pathways, descriptions, European settlements [Evans 1752]. **Text**: “The most detailed maps focused on areas ...”.

Display: Pathways, descriptions, European settlements [Evans 1752]
Text begins: “The most detailed maps focused on areas ...”
5.4 **Display**: Indigenous settlements, colonial domains [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “William Herbert’s ‘new’ and ‘accurate’ map ...”.

Display: Indigenous settlements, colonial domains [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins: “William Herbert’s ‘new’ and ‘accurate’ map ...”
5.5 **Display**: European, Indigenous and Haudenosaunee-related annotations [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “The charter borders of colonies are shown at scale ...”.

Display: European, Indigenous and Haudenosaunee-related annotations [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins: “The charter borders of colonies are shown at scale ...”
5.6 **Display**: Colonial domains [Burghers 1738] with 1763 Royal Proclamation line added. **Text**: “The Royal Proclamation of 1763 created ...”.

Display: Colonial domains [Burghers 1738] with 1763 Royal Proclamation line added
Text begins: “The Royal Proclamation of 1763 created ...”
5.7 **Display**: (unchanged). **Text**: “A letter in the St. James’ Chronicle ...”.

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Text begins: “A letter in the St. James’ Chronicle ...”
5.8 **Display**: Colonial border lines [all maps]. **Text**: “Later maps used European treaties to produce ...".

Display: Colonial border lines [all maps]
Text begins: “Later maps used European treaties to produce ...”
5.9 **Display**: Colonial border lines [Buell 1784]. **Text**: “Where colonies sat near Indigenous nations ...”.

Display: Colonial border lines [Buell 1784]
Text begins: “Where colonies sat near Indigenous nations. ...”
5.10 **Display**: Connecticut [Buell 1784]. **Text**: “The transition between British Empire and American territorial republic ...”.

5.11**Display**: Colonial border lines [Bradley 1796], Indigenous settlements [Mitchell 1755]. **Text**: “The names and location of Indigenous nations ...”.


Display: Connecticut [Buell 1784]
Text begins: “The transition between British Empire and American territorial republic ...”

Display: Colonial border lines [Bradley 1796], Indigenous settlements [Mitchell 1755]
Text begins: “The names and location of Indigenous nations ...”




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