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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10025

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Title:Journal, 1760, of the great council of the different Indian nations
Contributor:Post, Christian Frederick, 1710?-1785
Hays, John, 1729 or 1730-1796
Teedyuscung, Delaware chief, 1700-1763
Date:1760
Description: Christian Frederick Post was a Moravian missionary and observer of Native peoples and cultures; he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1768. This journal of Post's, who was in the company of fellow colonist John Hays and Delaware leader Teedyuscung (and also mentions Delawares Isaac Still and Moses Tattamy), relates to Post's mission as a representative of the Governor and Council of Pennsylvania to the Ohio Valley Indians and the conference held near the Ohio River in 1760. Copy in clerk's hand. Concerning message carried to Mingoes (or Mingos, who were Haudenosaunee, aka Six Nations Iroquois, in the Ohio Valley) and other Ohio Indians, return of colonists taken captive during the Seven Years' War, and other happenings on the journey. Includes description of conjuring ceremony. This is a microfilm of an original in possession of Mrs. Henry P. Gummere.
Extent:1 reel
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10025
Language:English
Language (ISO639):eng
Subject:Delaware
Haudenosaunee
Shawnee
Nanticoke
Mohawk
Seneca
Onondaga
Meskwaki
Mahican
Wyandot
Ojibwe
Miami
Kickapoo
Diplomacy
Warfare
Politics and government
Government relations
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763
Pennsylvania--History
Ohio--History
Religion
Moravians
Indian captivities
Rites and ceremonies
Social life and customs
Type:Microfilms
Journals
Travel narratives
Type (DCMI):Text

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Archive:  Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
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DateStamp:  2020-03-02
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Citation: Post, Christian Frederick, 1710?-1785; Hays, John, 1729 or 1730-1796; Teedyuscung, Delaware chief, 1700-1763. 1760. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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