Forging identites: Native Americans and Moravian missionaries in Pennsylvania and Ohio, 1765-1782 1995

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Forging identites: Native Americans and Moravian missionaries in Pennsylvania and Ohio, 1765-1782 1995

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1.0 Volume(s), 1 volume, 286 p., photocopy

American Philosophical Society

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Schutt, Amy C.

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Moravian Church

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The Moravians came to the United States in 1735 primarily to preach the gospel to the Indians. Although the Moravians had contacts with many Indian tribes, they did most of their work among the Delawares. They followed this tribe westward from Pennsylvania to Ohio, to Canada, to Indiana,and finally to Kansas. They also worked among the Mahicans in New York and Connecticut, and among the Cherokees in Georgia and Oklahoma. The work lasted until 1900, for a total of over 150 years. From...