Pietist, Moravian, and Anabaptist Studies
The Diaries of the Moravian Mission to the Iroquois Confederacy, 1745â1755
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Pietist, Moravian, and Anabaptist Studies
The Diaries of the Moravian Mission to the Iroquois Confederacy, 1745â1755
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Located at the confluence of the north and west branches of the Susquehanna River, Shamokin was a significant historical settlement in the region that became Pennsylvania. By the time the Moravians arrived to set up a mission in the 1740s, Shamokin had been a site of intertribal commerce and refuge for the Native peoples of Pennsylvania for several centuries. It served first as a Susquehannock, then a Shawnee, and then a primarily Lenape settlement and trading post, overseen by the Oneida leader and diplomat Shikellamy.
Cultures at the Susquehanna Confluence is an annotated translation of the diaries documenting the Moravian mission to the area. Unlike other missions of the time, the Moravians at Shamokin integrated their work and daily life into the diverse cultures they encountered, demonstrating an unusual compromise between the Church's missionary impetus and the needs of the Six Nations of the Iroquois. The diaries counter the dominant vision of the area around Shamokin as a sinister place, revealing instead a nexus of vibrant cultural exchange where women and men speaking Lenape, Mohican, English, and German collaborated in the business of survival at a pivotal time.
The Shamokin diaries, which until now existed only in manuscript form in difficult-to-read German script in the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, allow today's readers to experience the Susquehanna confluence and the rich intercultural exchanges that took place there between Europeans and Native Americans.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Native Americans in Shamokin, Circa 1748
- Note on Translation and Editorial Principles
- Introduction
- 1. September 13âNovember 10, 1745
- 2. May 26âJune 28, 1747
- 3. June 29âAugust 2, 1747
- 4. September 29âDecember 31, 1747
- 5. January 4âApril 18, 1748
- 6. April 18âJune 28, 1748
- 7. November 30, 1748âJanuary 31, 1749
- 8. April 3âJuly 26, 1749
- 9. January 8âMarch 5, 1750
- 10. April 14âJune 2, 1753
- 11. June 4âJuly 31, 1753
- 12. January 11âJuly 2, 1754
- 13. December 19â25, 1754
- 14. April 1âMay 31, 1755
- 15. June 1âJuly 31, 1755
- 16. August 1âSeptember 30, 1755
- 17. SeptemberâOctober 1755
- Appendix A: List of Missionaries and Blacksmiths at Shamokin
- Appendix B: Extracts of Letters from Frederick Cammerhof
- Glossary of Terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Register of Individuals
- Register of Place Names
- Index