Samson Occom and the Christian Indians of New England
By: by W. DeLoss Love ; with an introduction by Margaret Connell Szasz.
Edition: 1st Syracuse University Press ed.
Series: The Iroquois and their neighbors
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Syracuse, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Occom, Samson, 1723-1792.; Mohegan Indians -- Biography.; Missionaries -- New England -- Biography.; Algonquian Indians -- Missions.; Algonquian Indians -- Relocation.; Algonquian Indians -- Government relations.; Presbyterian Church -- Missions -- New England -- History.; Brotherton Indians -- History.; Brotherton Indians -- Land tenure.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Long out of print, this account reveals one of the most unusual actors to step on stage in the eighteenth-century American colonies. Mohegan yet Christian, a native speaker of Mohegan and fluent in English - and literate in Greek, Latin, and French - Occom strode across the cultures of his time and place.".

"Occom was man passionate about his advocacy for Native Americans in education and religious training. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he was a spiritual and educational broker among cultures immersed in an era of tumultuous change. As a businessman, he secured the funding necessary for the creation of Dartmouth College.

He proved to be a dominant and influential presence in the eighteenth-century world of the Great Awakening of the 1740s, the War of Independence, and the emergence of the Young Republic." "Drawing on primary source material - manuscript collections, Occom's diaries and letters - Love brings a vast historical knowledge and a degree of critical evidence unmatched by any recent modern work on Occom."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: Boston : Pilgrim Press, 1899.
Table of contents: title: Illustrations
pagenum: xiii; title: Introduction
pagenum: xv
authors: Margaret Connell Szasz; title: Preface
pagenum: xxxiii; label: Chapter I
title: The New England Fathers and Indian Civilization, 1620-1723
pagenum: 1; title: The Civilization of the Indian a Problem; title: A Missionary Purpose in all Puritan Charters; title: It is Adopted by our Forefathers; title: Their Plan to Civilize; title: The Evangelizing Method; title: Eliot's Indian Town; title: His Educational Work; title: The Seed Scattered Abroad. First Century of Indian Missions; label: Chapter II
title: A Mohegan Youth, 1723-1749
pagenum: 21; title: Samson Occom of Mohegan; title: Early Attempts to Christianize his Tribe; title: The Visit of Experience Mayhew; title: A School Established; title: Influences from Natick; title: Ben Uncas and his Son; title: North, Church, of New London; title: 'The Great Awakening.'; title: Conversion of Occom; title: Eleazar Wheelock; title: The Indian at School; label: Chapter III
title: The Indian Teacher at Montauk, 1749-1761
pagenum: 42; title: The Montauk Indians; title: A Schoolmaster and his Salary; title: Successful Methods; title: Occom's Religious Work; title: Hardships of Wigwam Life; title: A License to Preach; title: The Cherokee Mission; title: Ordination as a Presbyterian Minister; title: His Marriage to Mary Fowler; title: Some Good Fruits of his Work at Montauk; label: Chapter IV
title: Wheelock's Indian Charity School, 1754-1770
pagenum: 56; title: Wheelock's Plan to Educate Indian Missionaries; title: Two Pupils Arrive at Lebanon; title: Prospects of Support; title: The Gift of Joshua More; title: Missionary Headquarters on a Connecticut Hilltop; title: Joseph Johnson; title: David Fowler; title: Pupils from the Mohawk and Oneida Tribes; title: New England Indians at the School; title: Death of Tobias Shattock; title: Samuel Ashbow; label: Chapter V
title: Occom's Missions to the Oneida Indians, 1761-1764
pagenum: 82; title: Missions among the Six Nations; title: 'Good Peter'; title: Occom's Call to Service; title: Departure of the First Missionaries; title: An Indian's Diary; title: The Oneidas Receive the Gospel; title: A Second Mission; title: Wheelock's Memorial to the Connecticut Assembly; title: Correspondents of the Scotch Society; title: Occom's Appointment Among the New England Indians; title: His House at Mohegan; label: Chapter VI
title: Samuel Kirkland and His Indian Friends, 1765-1768
pagenum: 105; title: Samuel Kirkland Goes to the Senecas; title: Indian Schoolmasters Sent Out from Lebanon; title: David Fowler, the Teacher at Kanawarahore; title: Trials Among the Heathen; title: Some of His Letters; title: A 'Missing Rib' Found; title: Kirkland and Fowler Among the Oneidas; title: The Cabin of a Missionary; title: Famine in the Land; title: Kirkland is Rescued by His Indian Friend; label: Chapter VII
title: The Mohegan Land Case and Samson Occom, 1764-1769
pagenum: 119; title: Failure of a Westward Mission; title: The 'Mason Controversy'; title: Position of an Indian Councilor; title: Robert Glelland, the Schoolmaster at Mohegan; title: Jealousy of David Jewett; title: Occom's Opinions Offend the Whites; title: A Meeting of the Connecticut Correspondents; title: The Indian is Reproved; title: Jewett's Retraction; label: Chapter VIII
title: The Indian Preacher in England, 1765-1768
pagenum: 130; title: Whitefield's Project to Assist the Indian Charity School; title: Nathaniel Whitaker to Accompany Occom; title: Opposition from the Boston Commissioners; title: Talents of the Indian Preacher; title: Arrival in England; title: Occom in Whitefield's Tabernacle; title: He Creates a Sensation and Sees the Sights; title: Some Notable Friends; title: Attitude of the Church of England; title: Success in Scotland; title: The 'Trust Fund'; title: Opinions Favorable to Occom; title: Portraits of the Indian Preacher; label: Chapter IX
title: Dark Days at Mohegan, 1768-1771
pagenum: 152; title: Samson Occom's Disappointment; title: His Family Trials; title: Wheelock is Reproved for Neglect; title: Removal of the School to Hanover; title: The Indians are Offended at their Patron; title: Occom's Fall into Intemperance; title: Examined and Acquitted by the Suffolk Presbytery; title: His Subsequent Reputation; title: Some Indian Prodigals Return; label: Chapter X
title: Occom's Sermon, Hymns and Hymn Book, 1772-1774
pagenum: 169; title: Moses Paul Executed at New Haven; title: Occom's Sermon on Intemperance; title: His Utterance on Slavery; title: Singing among the Indians; title: Hymn-writers among Occom's Friends; title: 'A Choice Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs'; title: 'Indian Melodies'; title: Some Hymns ascribed to Occom; title: 'Awak'd by Sinai's Awful Sound'; label: Chapter XI
title: Seven Settlements of Christian Indians, 1717-1776
pagenum: 188; label: Chapter XII
title: The Plan of Emigration to Oneida, 1771-1776
pagenum: 207; title: Occom's Design to Unite the Christian Indians; title: Missionary Purpose in the Emigration; title: Joseph Johnson Enlisted in the Service; title: He Secures Lands at Oneida; title: Adoption of the New England Indians; title: Wheelock Approves the Plan; title: Departure of the Emigrants; title: The Revolutionary War; title: Influence of the Christian Indians Over the Oneidas; title: The Messenger of Washington; title: Occom's Plea for Neutrality; title: Death of Joseph Johnson; label: Chapter XIII
title: Indian Friends at Stockbridge, 1734-1783
pagenum: 231; title: The Emigrants Retreat to Stockbridge; title: Missions among the Housatonic Tribe; title: Labors of John Sergeant; title: Defect of His Plan; title: Stockbridge Indians in the Revolution; title: Three Prominent Councilors; title: Experiences of the Refugees; title: They Influence Their Friends to Emigrate; title: Lands Secured from the Oneidas; label: Chapter XIV
title: The Missionary of the Wilderness, 1783-1789
pagenum: 247; title: The Return to Oneida; title: Indian Pilgrims Set Sail from New London; title: Occom in Charge of the Removal; title: His Visit to Oneida in 1785; title: The Founding of Brothertown; title: Preaching to the Stockbridge and New England Indians; title: Another Visit to His People; title: Jacob Fowler's Death; title: The Season of 1787; title: Occom's Own Removal; title: His Ministry in New Settlements; title: An Indian Presbyterian Church; label: Chapter XV
title: The Trials of Occom's Last Days, 1785-1792
pagenum: 283; label: Chapter XVI
title: Indian Town Government, 1785-1842
pagenum: 283; title: The Connecticut Town their Model; title: Appointment of Superintendents; title: Indian Peacemakers; title: Laws of their Town; title: Progress in Agriculture; title: Public Improvements; title: Religious Affairs after Occom's Death; title: The Superintendents Select an Agent; title: Thomas Dean and His Services; label: Chapter XVII
title: The Last Remove, 1809-1898
pagenum: 299; title: The Embassy of Hendrick Aupaumut; title: Failure of the White River Enterprise; title: Eleazar Williams; title: Lands Secured in Wisconsin; title: 'New York Indians vs. the United States'; title: A Claim to Honor; title: Emigration to the West; title: The New Indian Settlement; title: Organization and Experiences; title: The Last Stand of the New England Indians; label: Appendix
title: Family History of the Brothertown Indians
pagenum: 335