The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees /

The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gambold, Anna Rosina, -1821.
Edition:	Abridged ed.
Imprint:	Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 157 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Indians of the Southeast Indians of the Southeast.
Subject:	Gambold, John, -- approximately 1761-1827 -- Diaries. Gambold, Anna Rosina, -- -1821 -- Diaries. Gambold, Anna Rosina, -- -1821. Gambold, John, -- approximately 1761-1827. Springplace Mission (Ga.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. 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. Cherokee Indians. Cherokee Indians -- Missions. Indian school children. Missionaries. Moravians. Moravians -- Missions. Spring Place (Ga.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Georgia -- Spring Place. Electronic books. Diaries. History. Sources.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11259159

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:	McClinton, Rowena, 1940- Gambold, John, approximately 1761-1827.
ISBN:	9780803234390 0803234392 9780803220959 0803220952
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-157). Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Gambold, Anna Rosina, -1821. Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees. Abridged ed. Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, ©2010 9780803220959

Description
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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 157 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-157).
ISBN:	9780803234390 0803234392 9780803220959 0803220952