The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees / edited and with an introduction by Rowena McClinton.
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TextSeries: Indians of the SoutheastPublication details: Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010.Edition: Abridged edDescription: 1 online resource (xxi, 157 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - 9780803234390
- 0803234392
- Gambold, John, approximately 1761-1827 -- Diaries
- Gambold, Anna Rosina, -1821 -- Diaries
- Springplace Mission (Ga.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Gambold, Anna Rosina, -1821 -- Diaries
- Gambold, John, approximately 1761-1827 -- Diaries
- Gambold, Anna Rosina, -1821
- Gambold, John, approximately 1761-1827
- Springplace Mission (Ga.)
- Cherokee Indians -- Missions -- Georgia -- Spring Place -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Moravians -- Missions -- Georgia -- Spring Place -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Cherokee Indians -- Georgia -- Spring Place -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Indian school children -- Georgia -- Spring Place -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- Moravians -- Georgia -- Spring Place -- Diaries
- Missionaries -- Georgia -- Spring Place -- Diaries
- Spring Place (Ga.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
- RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions
- Cherokee Indians
- Cherokee Indians -- Missions
- Indian school children
- Missionaries
- Moravians
- Moravians -- Missions
- Georgia -- Spring Place
- 1800-1899
- 266/.467583108997557 22
- E99.C5 G164 2010eb
- online - EBSCO
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-157).
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.
Print version record.