| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees/ edited and with an introduction by Rowena McClinton. |
| Author: |
Gambold, Anna Rosina, |
| other author: |
Gambold, John, |
| Published: |
Lincoln ;University of Nebraska Press, : c2010., |
| Description: |
1 online resource (181 p.) :maps. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
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 1813-14 -- Continuity oftraditional Cherokee cultural traits -- Cherokees' conceptof land andland 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. |
| Subject: |
Missionaries - Diaries. - Georgia - |
| Subject: |
Spring Place (Ga.) - Sources. - History - 19th century - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780803234390/Full text available: |
| ISBN: |
9780803234390 (electronic bk.) |