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Olmstead, Earl P., 1920-

Title Blackcoats among the Delaware : David Zeisberger on the Ohio frontier / Earl P. Olmstead.

Published	Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [1991]
	©1991

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
UniM Store	977.103092 ZEIS/OLMS MJ2	AVAILABLE

Physical description	xviii, 283 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index.
Summary	Thousands of pages of diaries and hundreds of letters serve as David Zeisberger's testament to 63 years as a Moravian missionary among North American Indians. This unrivaled record of Indian culture and colonial life provides firsthand evidence of the 18th-century struggle between the American Indians and their British and American adversaries.Readers of Blackcoats among the Delaware will find new and interesting historical data taken from recently discovered correspondence and previously untranslated diaries. Olmstead also presents a fascinating analysis of Zeisberger's unique approach to Christian philosophy vis-à-vis native Indian religion and culture.
Subject	Zeisberger, David, 1721-1808.
	Moravian Church -- Missions -- Ohio -- Tuscarawas River Valley.
	Delaware Indians -- Missions.
	Delaware Indians -- History -- Sources.
	Missionaries -- Ohio -- Tuscarawas River Valley -- Biography.
	Tuscarawas River Valley (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
ISBN	0873384229 (cloth :alkaline paper) $32.00
	0873384342 (paper : alkaline paper) $18.50