To live upon hope Mohicans and missionaries in the eighteenth century northeast

Introduction : Indian and Christian -- The river god and the lieutenant -- Covenants, contracts, and the founding of Stockbridge -- The chief and the orator -- Moravian missionaries of the blood -- Mohican men and Jesus as Manitou -- The village matriarch and the young mother -- Mohican women and th...

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1. Verfasser: Wheeler, Rachel (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca, NY u.a. Cornell Univ. Press 2008
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction : Indian and Christian -- The river god and the lieutenant -- Covenants, contracts, and the founding of Stockbridge -- The chief and the orator -- Moravian missionaries of the blood -- Mohican men and Jesus as Manitou -- The village matriarch and the young mother -- Mohican women and the community of the blood -- The dying chief and the accidental missionary -- Indian and white bodies politic at Stockbridge -- Irony and identity -- The cooper and the sachem -- Epilogue : real and ideal Indians
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIII, 316 S. : Ill., Kt.
ISBN:9780801446313