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The world of the mid-nineteenth-century Seneca Indians comes vividly to life in this classic biography of missionaries Asher and Laura Wright. The Wrights lived with the Senecas for over forty years, during which they translated parts of the New Testament and hymns into the Seneca language, oversaw a periodical, and recorded much about everyday reservation life and history. Their recollections are an indispensable source of information about traditional Seneca life and the activities of missionaries among them. It was a time of intense change for the Senecas, as they withdrew from the centuries-old Iroquois Confederacy and increasingly embraced Christianity. The Wrights recall religious disputes between Christians and traditionalists on the reservation, including a contentious Christmas observance held within a longhouse, a debate over the origins of the world, and Chief Logan's fierce opposition to Christian burial rites for a relative. They helped to found and manage the first twenty years of the Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children, later known as the Thomas Indian School, which continued until the mid-1950s. The Wrights also provide valuable descriptions of Seneca religious ceremonies, eyewitness accounts of community events and conversions, memorable speeches by Red Jacket and Honondeuh, and many Seneca legends, origin stories, and historical accounts.
Contents
I. THE CHILD: -- Adoption. --The Little Runaway.-- A Child Prayer Meeting. -- The Sampler . . . II. THE MAIDEN: -- Boarding School. -- Essays. -- Teaching School. -- Local Catechism. -- A New Coorespondent. -- The Unseen Lover . . .III. THE BRIDE: -- The Wedding Journey. -- Old Log Mission House. -- Reception by the Indians. -- The Gift of Tongues. -- Missionary Diet . . . IV. THE YOUNG MISSIONARY: -- The Horse and Saddlebags. -- "Miss Bishop! he can't mad!" -- Deacon Fish Hook's Opinion. -- The Cholera. -- Translating the Scriptures. -- The Mission Church. -- "White Man's Bread." -- The Light of the Mission. -- The First Letter. -- Experiences . . . V. THE FOSTER MOTHER: -- Catherine King. -- Martha Hoyt. -- Asher Wright Two-Guns. -- Louisa Jones. -- Henry Morrison. -- Phinie Sheldon . . .VI. VISIT TO VERMONT: -- The Canal Boat. -- Indian Children. -- The Inverted Album . . .VII. WHITE CAPTIVES: -- Old White Chief. -- Mary Jemison. -- The Old Indian Burial Ground . . . VIII. INDIAN CHARACTERS: -- Young King. -- Chief Infant. -- Fish Hook . . .IX. THE SEVEN YEARS' TROUBLE: -- The White Man's Treaty. -- Removal. -- Touching Tribute. -- A Bit of Yellow Paper. -- The Indian Revolution . . . X. A BOSTON GIRL AMONG THE INDIANS: -- "Auntie Wright." -- Dogs and Babies at Church. -- Boarding with an Indian Chief. -- Teaching School. -- Tests of Courage. -- Dividing the Log. -- "Pray, father!" -- The Lace Sleeves. -- Clean Mouths and Clear Brains. -- An Indian Martyr. -- Adopted into the Tribe. -- Taken Home . . .XI. THE INDIAN ORPHAN ASYLUM: -- "Great many goods." -- Narrow Escape. -- "Be very stingy of me!" -- Our Johnny. -- The Little Bird. -- "See! See!" -- The Stolen Baby. -- The Revival. -- Indian Child's Prayer. -- "I looked mad!" -- Children's Letters. -- Blue Sky. -- A Novel Gift . . . XII. BY THE WAY: -- The Old-fashioned Chaise. -- Peter Twenty-Canoes. -- The Young Infidel. -- A Combination Picnic . . .XIII. AMONG THE PAGANS: -- The Wonderful Box. -- Story of Logan. -- Mrs. George Washington. -- John Hudson. -- John Logan. -- Moses Crow. -- Grandmother Destroytown. -- A Day Among the Pagans. -- Mr. Porcupine. -- Moses Cornplanter. -- Mrs. Big Kettle -- Mrs. Black Snake. -- Mrs. Johnny John. -- The Bottomless Buggy. -- Industrial Education. -- The Pagan Prophet. -- Feasts and Dances . . .XIV. THE MYSTERIOUS PAST: -- Origin of Good and Evil. -- Before Columbus. -- Two Hundred Years Ago. -- Indian Funerals. -- The Long House. -- Wampum Belt. -- The Calumet. -- Who were the Kah-gwas? -- The Frogs. -- Looking into the FutureXV. INDIAN ELOQUENCEXVI. "A WEDDING LIKE WHITE PEOPLE"XVII. EXTRACTS FROM MRS. WRIGHT'S LETTERSXVIII. LAST MESSAGESXIX. TESTIMONIESXX. CONCLUSION
