To live upon hope : Mohicans and missionaries in the eighteenth-century Northeast

To live upon hope : Mohicans and missionaries in the eighteenth-century Northeast / Rachel Wheeler.

Author/creator	Wheeler, Rachel M.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Description	xiii, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Moravian Church--Missions --New York (State) --Shekomeko Site --History --18th century. Stockbridge Indians--Missions --Massachusetts --Stockbridge --History --18th century. Moravian Indians--Missions --New York (State) --Shekomeko Site --History --18th century. Mahican Indians--Missions --History --18th century. Congregational churches--Missions --Massachusetts --Stockbridge --History --18th century. Stockbridge (Mass.)--History --18th century. Shekomeko Site (N.Y.)--History --18th century. Stockbridge (Mass.)--Ethnic relations. Shekomeko Site (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.

Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-308) and index.
LCCN	2007050005
ISBN	9780801446313 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0801446317 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E 99.S8 W54 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold