Eastern North America materials, John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder letters and papers, 1789-1796
Culture:
Miami includes: Myaamiaki
Lenape includes: Lenni-Lenape, Delaware
Haudenosaunee includes: Iroquois, Onkwehonwe
Language: English
Date: 1789; 1794
Contributor: Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823
Subject: Ohio--History | Warfare | Land tenure | Land claims | Missions | Moravians | Surveying
Type: Text
Genre: Microfilms | Correspondence
Extent: 2 items
Description: Two letters of Moravian missionary John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder concerning Native Americans. From originals in the Massachusetts Historical Society. A 4-page 1789 letter to an unknown recipient concerns the danger of surveying Moravian Indian lands on the Muskingum River due to threats from Indians, particularly Miamis, and mentions Zeisberger. A 2-page 1794 letter to Timothy Pickering contains information from David Zeisberger concerning Indian affairs; according to Zeisberger and [Gottlob] Senseman, Native peoples (especially Five Nations) at Thames River desire peace.
Collection: John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder letters and papers, 1789-1796 Mss.Film.805.2