| | 1 | Author: | Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1742-1823 | | | | | Moravian missionary, ethnographer, linguist. Heckewelder, a member of the Moravian community at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was active among the Indians of Pennsylvania and Ohio, from 1763 until 1810. He served as envoy and consultant for the U.S. government on Indian affairs and was correspondent with P. S. Du Ponceau on Indian linguistics. | |
| | | Title: | Journal of travels among the Indians; Miscellaneous letters and papers
| | | | Type: | Text items | | | | Format: | Microfilm | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | 1780-1826 | | | | Extent: | 1 reel | | | | Abstract: | Includes journal of his travels among the Indians, 1793; correspondence, 1789-1790; miscellaneous correspondence, 1780-1826 | | | | Source: | Journal of travels among the Indians (Film 805.1) Miscellaneous letters and papers (Film 805.2) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology | |
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