Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: McClinton, Rowena

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In 1801 the Moravians, a Pietist German-speaking group from Central Europe, founded the Springplace Mission at a site in present-day northwestern Georgia. The Moravians remained among the Cherokees for more than thirty years, longer than any other Christian group. John and Anna Rosina Gambold served at the mission from 1805 until Anna's death in 1821. Anna, the principal author of the diaries, chronicles the intimate details of Cherokee daily life for seventeen years. Anna describes mission life and what she heard and saw at Springplace: food preparation and consumption, transactions pertaining to land, Cherokee body ornaments, conjuring, Cherokee law and punishment, Green Corn ceremonies, ball play, and matriarchal and marriage traditions. She similarly recounts stories she heard about rainmaking, the origins of the Cherokee people, and how she herself conversed with curious Cherokees about Christian images and fixtures. She also recalls earthquakes, conversions, notable visitors, annuity distributions, and illnesses. This abridged edition offers selected excerpts from the definitive edition of the Springplace diary, enabling significant themes and events of Cherokee culture and history to emerge. Anna's carefully recorded observations reveal the Cherokees' worldview and allow readers a glimpse into a time of change and upheaval for the tribe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska Paperback
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780803234390
• Artikelnr.: 37845367

Autorenporträt

Rowena McClinton is an associate professor of history at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. She is the editor of the two-volume set The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees (Nebraska 2007).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps     
Series Editors' Preface
Acknowledgments  
Editorial Policy 
Introduction     
Chapter 1. Significant Events and Themes at Springplace Mission between
1805 and 1821    
      Conversion, Moravian Style   
      Principal Converts to the Moravian Church
      James Vann's Rejection of Christianity   
      Annuity Distribution at Vann's Plantation
      Cherokee Education, Moravian Style 
      Children's Illnesses at the Mission
      Removal of Children from the Mission School    
      Rumors of Mistreatment of Students 
      Runaway Students 
      Rumors of Abductions   
      Rumors of Hunger 
      Children's "Errant" Behavior 
      A Child's Death at the Mission     
      Use of Alcohol   
      Travelers and Notable Visitors     
      Earthquakes
      Creek War of 181314
 
Chapter 2. Continuity of Traditional Cherokee Cultural Traits    
      Cherokees' Concept of Land and Land Values     
      Voices in Cherokee Councils  
      Moravians and the U.S. Government  
      Cherokee Agricultural Practices    
      Cherokee Traditional Rituals and Contact with Christianity 
      Trade
      Cherokee Law and Punishment  
      Green Corn Ceremony    
      Ball Play  
      Cherokee Origin Stories
      Cherokees' Responses to Christian Images 
 
Epilogue   
Notes