Records Of The Moravians Among The Cherokees

Synopsis

In The Mid-eighteenth Century, Members Of The Moravian Church, Which Had Its Origins In Central Europe, Began Conducting Mission Work Among The Cherokee People. Their Archives, Now Housed In North Carolina, Include Valuable Records Of Their Contact With The Cherokees. Drawing From These Archives, These Volumes Offer A Firsthand Account Of Daily Life Among The Cherokees From Initial Contact Between The Moravians And Cherokees In 1752 To The Close Of The Nineteenth Century. V. 1. Early Contact And The Establishment Of The First Mission, 1752-1802 -- V. 2. Beginnings Of The Mission And Establishment Of The School, 1802-1805 -- V. 3. The Anna Rosina Years, Part 1 : Success In School And Mission, 1805-1810 -- V. 4. The Anna Rosina Years, Part 2 : Warfare On The Horizon, 1810-1816 -- V. 5. The Anna Rosina Years, Part 3 : Farewell To Sister Gambold, 1817-1821 -- V. 6. March To Removal, Part 1. Safe In Ancestral Homeland, 1821-1824 -- V. 7. March To Removal, Part 2. Death In The Land And Mission, 1825-1827. C. Daniel Crews, Robert W. Starbuck, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.