Title: The journals of Christian Daniel Claus and Conrad Weiser
First published: 1994
Description: Conrad Weiser and Christian Daniel Claus both came from the state of Württemberg in Germany. Weiser arrived in America in 1710 and Claus in 1749. Conrad Weiser, experienced Indian agent, was asked to go to Onondaga to invite Iroquois representatives to a council at Fredericksburg. "Weiser and Claus's journey would take them from Tulpehocken and Reading, northwest to the Delaware, where they followed the Shawangunk mountains into northern New Jersey, entering the Hudson Valley near Kingston. From here they proceeded north to Albany, and then west into the Mohawk Valley to Onondaga. They returned through the Schoharie Valley, traveling overland to Catskill and then south along the Hudson and the Delaware and home"--Intro.
Subjects: Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Diaries, Onondaga Indians, Onondaga county (n.y.)
Places: Pennsylvania, New York (State)
People: Conrad Weiser (1696-1760), Daniel Claus (1727-1787)
LC classification: F122 .C595 1994