A New England pioneer among the Oneida Indians, 1926 1926

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A New England pioneer among the Oneida Indians, 1926 1926

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Read before the Northampton Historical Society January 28, 1926, this typescript essay presents the life of a man who was raised by Oneida Indians, James Dean (1748-1823) of Westmoreland, New York. It contains a version of the Oneida creation myth.

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Deane, S. N. (Sidney Norton), 1878-1943

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Deane was born May 4, 1978 to James and Annie M. (Bosworth) Deane. He graduated from Yale University, A.B., 1902; Ph. D., 1914 in classics. From 1909 to 1912 he was assistant curator of classical art and secretary to the director at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. From 1912 to his death he taught classics at Smith College. He also studied at the American Academy in Rome and at the Universities of Bonn and Rome. He was an editor and contributor to scholar publications in the field of classical l...

Dean, James, 1748-1823

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Groton, Conn., native who as a child lived for five years among the Oneidas and who attended Dartmouth as a charity student, graduating in 1773. Under the auspices of Eleazer Wheelock of Dartmouth, James Dean, Levi Frisbie, and another charity student spent the summer of 1774 among the Canadian Indians. Dean's oratorical abilities and his familiarity with the languages and customs of the Iroquois gave him great influence among them; during the Revolution he was instrumen...