History Literature / WhiteIndian

** In ''Seneca Patriots'' President Jefferson refers to himself as writing the ''Constitution''. Madison was the principle writer of the document; Jefferson wrote the ''Declaration of Independence'' and was in Europe while the ''Constitution'' was written.

%%* DamselInDistress: A favorite trope of the authors.

%%* InjunCountry: Also inevitable in a novel series centered on an Indian tribe

%%* RapeAsDrama: ''Father of Waters'' for most of the entire novel

%%* StuffedIntoTheFridge: A rare male example in ''Sachem's Daughter''.

* ArrowsOnFire: inflicted upon the Seneca village in ''Renno'', but was said to be done to light buildings on fire, and not against the villagers directly.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: quite a few
** In 1785 an Indian refers to the ''US Constitution'' as something that was borrowed from the Indian, but the ''Constitution'' was made in 1787. Two novels later the heroes visit Philadelphia as it was being written, so may be a retroactive continuity error.
** In ''Seneca Patriots'' President Jefferson refers to himself writing the ''Constitution'' to James Madison. Madison was the principle writer of the document; Jefferson wrote the ''Declaration of Independence'' and was in Europe while the ''Constitution'' was written.

* TheBeastmaster: the original Renno had a pet bear in the first novel, and eventually names his son after the bear.

* TheChiefsDaughter: quite a few in series get some limelight, and especially so in ''Sachem's Daughter''.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: the second Renno should be tied down to the Seneca village as he is their chief, but throughout the various novels he ends up going to the Yucatan, England, the Caribbean, and even Africa just to right wrongs.
* DamselInDistress: a favorite trope of the authors.
* EconomyCast: Most couples only had one or two children, althro there was an attempt to explain this in-universe: whites have far more children than Indians for some reason. The second Renno's last wife never had children was a stretch of credibility, especially since her brother in England was said to have lots of children. Of course, they didn't have to be individually depicted due to being far away from where action took place in the series.

* FlayingAlive: enemy Indians occasionally did this, and of course scalping was frequently done by both good and enemy Indians.
* HappilyAdopted: the original Renno, althro he did not learn this until later in life.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: several, with the most notable being King Louis XV, King George III, and five of the first six Presidents of the United States, but especially George Washington.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: the French were portrayed as extremely evil and anti-freedom in the early novels
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: everyone can see that Dalnia would be a bad person for the second Renno to marry, except Renno himself.

* IndianMaiden: inevitable in a novel series centered on an Indian tribe
* InjunCountry: also inevitable in a novel series centered on an Indian tribe

* LoinCloth: typical wear for male Indians, especially the Seneca.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: "manitous" were often mentioned in the early novels, but as the series went on the supernatural elements kept piling on.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: all the times hawks appear just before a major event happens.

* NobleSavage: the Seneca are often portrayed as such. The original Renno when he visited London in particular displayed this trope.
* NotBloodSiblings: the relationship and later marriage of the second El-i-chi and Ah-wa-o is considered problematic by the elder matrons of the Seneca tribe due to the marriage of El-i-chi's mother Toshabe and Ah-wa-o's father Ha-ace.
* RapeAsDrama: ''Father of Waters'' for most of the entire novel

* SnipeHunt: in ''Sachem's Daughter'', Renna's fiance is subjected to one by Little Hawk and El-i-chi, only for the tables to be turned on the pranksters.
* SpoilerOpening: if you look at the family chart at the beginning of ''Sachem's Daughter'', you will learn that one of the characters that was never married before suddenly has two spouses and in which order they were. The next novel ''Seneca Patriots'' had a similar problem with a marriage and a birth spoiler.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: a rare male example in ''Sachem's Daughter''.
* TheSavageIndian: enemies of the Seneca are usually portrayed as such

* VillainousMotherSonDuo: the witch Melisande and her adopted son Othon Hugues.