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Informationen zum Autor Rowena McClinton is an associate professor of history at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. She is the editor of the two-volume set The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees (Nebraska 2007). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Abridged edition of a diary written by Anna Rosina Gambold! a Moravian missionary to the Cherokee Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgments Editorial Policy Introduction Chapter 1. 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 181314 Chapter 2. 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 ...
