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The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees, Abridged Edition edited and with an introduction by Rowena McClinton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gambold, Anna Rosina, -1821.
- Series:
- Indians of the Southeast.
- Indians of the Southeast
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missionaries--Georgia--Spring Place--Diaries.
- Missionaries.
- Moravians--Georgia--Spring Place--Diaries.
- Moravians.
- Indian school children--Georgia--Spring Place--History--19th century--Sources.
- Indian school children.
- Cherokee Indians--Georgia--Spring Place--History--19th century--Sources.
- Cherokee Indians.
- Moravians--Missions--Georgia--Spring Place--History--19th century--Sources.
- Cherokee Indians--Missions--Georgia--Spring Place--History--19th century--Sources.
- Spring Place (Ga.)--History--19th century--Sources.
- Spring Place (Ga.).
- Springplace Mission (Ga.)--History--19th century--Sources.
- Springplace Mission (Ga.).
- Gambold, Anna Rosina, d. 1821--Diaries.
- Gambold, John, ca. 1761-1827--Diaries.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (184 p.)
- Edition:
- Abridged ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012
- Place of Publication:
- London : University of Nebraska Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1801 the Moravians, a Pietist German-speaking group from Central Europe, founded the Springplace Mission at a site in present-day northwestern Georgia. The Moravians remained among the Cherokees for more than thirty years, longer than any other Christian group. John and Anna Rosina Gambold served at the mission from 1805 until Anna's death in 1821. Anna, the principal author of the diaries, chronicles the intimate details of Cherokee daily life for seventeen years. Anna describes mission life and what she heard and saw at Springplace: food preparation and consumption, transactions pertaining to land, Cherokee body ornaments, conjuring, Cherokee law and punishment, Green Corn ceremonies, ball play, and matriarchal and marriage traditions. She similarly recounts stories she heard about rainmaking, the origins of the Cherokee people, and how she herself conversed with curious Cherokees about Christian images and fixtures. She also recalls earthquakes, conversions, notable visitors, annuity distributions, and illnesses. This abridged edition offers selected excerpts from the definitive edition of the Springplace diary, enabling significant themes and events of Cherokee culture and history to emerge. Anna's carefully recorded observations reveal the Cherokees' worldview and allow readers a glimpse into a time of change and upheaval for the tribe.
- Contents:
- 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 of traditional Cherokee cultural traits
- Cherokees' concept of land and land 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780803234390
- 0803234392
- OCLC:
- 707983073
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