A narrative of the mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians from its commencement in the year 1740 to the close of the year 1808 /
by John Heckewelder, who was many years in the service of that mission ; edited by William Elsey Connelley.

Description

Main Author

Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823.

Related Names

Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921.
Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930.

Language(s)

English

Published

Cleveland : Burrows Bros. Co., 1907.

Subjects

Travel.
Moravian Indians > Moravian Indians / Missions.
Mohegan Indians > Mohegan Indians / Missions.
Delaware Indians > Delaware Indians / Missions.
Mohegan Indians > Mohegan Indians / Missions.
Delaware Indians > Delaware Indians / Missions.
Moravian Indians > Moravian Indians / Missions.
Ohio River Valley.
Ohio River Valley > Ohio River Valley / Description and travel.

Note

(Cont.) Appendices: A. Lenni Lennape or Delaware Indian names. Prepared for the Transactions of the Moravian historical society from a ms. by John Heckewelder, by William C. Reichel, Nazareth, 1872. B. Narrative of a late expedition against the Indians, with the accounts of Col. Crawford, Dr. Knight, John Slover, and Mrs. Frances Scott. Reprinted from a copy of the edition published by Ames & Parker, Andover, no date.--Index.
Printed from the original manuscript, with facsimile of t.p. of original edition, Philadelphia, 1820.
"The edition consists of one hundred and sixty copies, all numbered."
Portraits and facsimiles accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress.
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Physical Description

xi, 616 pages : illustrations, maps ; 33 cm

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