Harriet S Caswell

Our Life Among the Iroquois Indians

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Produktbeschreibung

Harriet S. Caswell was a nineteenth-century missionary to the Seneca and Cayuga Indians in New York state. She was the author of Walter Harland; or, Memories of the Past and The Path of Duty. Joy A. Bilharz is a professor of anthropology at the State University of New York at Fredonia and the author of The Allegany Senecas and the Kinzua Dam: Forced Relocation through Two Generations (Nebraska 2002). Jack T. Ericson, a retired archivist and genealogist, is the curator emeritus of the Seneca Indian Collection at the State University of New York at Fredonia and the editor of the newsletter of the Cornplanter Descendants Association.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 205mm x 162mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780803259997
• ISBN-10: 0803259999
• Artikelnr.: 22801656

Autorenporträt

Harriet S. Caswell was a nineteenth-century missionary to the Seneca and Cayuga Indians in New York state. She was the author of Walter Harland; or, Memories of the Past and The Path of Duty. Joy A. Bilharz is a professor of anthropology at the State University of New York at Fredonia and the author of The Allegany Senecas and the Kinzua Dam: Forced Relocation through Two Generations (Nebraska 2002). Jack T. Ericson, a retired archivist and genealogist, is the curator emeritus of the Seneca Indian Collection at the State University of New York at Fredonia and the editor of the newsletter of the Cornplanter Descendants Association.

Inhaltsangabe

I. THE CHILD:
Adoption.
The Little Runaway.
A Child Prayer Meeting.
The Sampler . . . II. THE MAIDEN:
Boarding School.
Essays.
Teaching School.
Local Catechism.
A New Coorespondent.
The Unseen Lover . . . III. THE BRIDE:
The Wedding Journey.
Old Log Mission House.
Reception by the Indians.
The Gift of Tongues.
Missionary Diet . . . IV. THE YOUNG MISSIONARY:
The Horse and Saddlebags.
"Miss Bishop! he can't mad!"
Deacon Fish Hook's Opinion.
The Cholera.
Translating the Scriptures.
The Mission Church.
"White Man's Bread."
The Light of the Mission.
The First Letter.
Experiences . . . V. THE FOSTER MOTHER:
Catherine King.
Martha Hoyt.
Asher Wright Two
Guns.
Louisa Jones.
Henry Morrison.
Phinie Sheldon . . . VI. VISIT TO VERMONT:
The Canal Boat.
Indian Children.
The Inverted Album . . . VII. WHITE CAPTIVES:
Old White Chief.
Mary Jemison.
The Old Indian Burial Ground . . . VIII. INDIAN CHARACTERS:
Young King.
Chief Infant.
Fish Hook . . . IX. THE SEVEN YEARS' TROUBLE:
The White Man's Treaty.
Removal.
Touching Tribute.
A Bit of Yellow Paper.
The Indian Revolution . . . X. A BOSTON GIRL AMONG THE INDIANS:
"Auntie Wright."
Dogs and Babies at Church.
Boarding with an Indian Chief.
Teaching School.
Tests of Courage.
Dividing the Log.
"Pray, father!"
The Lace Sleeves.
Clean Mouths and Clear Brains.
An Indian Martyr.
Adopted into the Tribe.
Taken Home . . . XI. THE INDIAN ORPHAN ASYLUM:
"Great many goods."
Narrow Escape.
"Be very stingy of me!"
Our Johnny.
The Little Bird.
"See! See!"
The Stolen Baby.
The Revival.
Indian Child's Prayer.
"I looked mad!"
Children's Letters.
Blue Sky.
A Novel Gift . . . XII. BY THE WAY:
The Old
fashioned Chaise.
Peter Twenty
Canoes.
The Young Infidel.
A Combination Picnic . . . XIII. AMONG THE PAGANS:
The Wonderful Box.
Story of Logan.
Mrs. George Washington.
John Hudson.
John Logan.
Moses Crow.
Grandmother Destroytown.
A Day Among the Pagans.
Mr. Porcupine.
Moses Cornplanter.
Mrs. Big Kettle
Mrs. Black Snake.
Mrs. Johnny John.
The Bottomless Buggy.
Industrial Education.
The Pagan Prophet.
Feasts and Dances . . . XIV. THE MYSTERIOUS PAST:
Origin of Good and Evil.
Before Columbus.
Two Hundred Years Ago.
Indian Funerals.
The Long House.
Wampum Belt.
The Calumet.
Who were the Kah
gwas?
The Frogs.
Looking into the Future XV. INDIAN ELOQUENCE XVI. "A WEDDING LIKE WHITE PEOPLE" XVII. EXTRACTS FROM MRS. WRIGHT'S LETTERS XVIII. LAST MESSAGES XIX. TESTIMONIES XX. CONCLUSION