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...
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XIII, 316 S, Ill., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8014-4631-3 |
