Eaton, Harriet Phillips.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Notes on Moravian missions
Collection — Huntington box 15a - folder 1
Identifier: 9080
Scope and content
Handwritten notebook. Gives a history of the Moravian Church and missions and their work with Indians. One section deals with the Moravian mission in Dutchess County, New York. There is mention of baptisms and giving Indians names. Works of George Loskiel, a Moravian historian, are used to write parts of the history. A laid in newspaper clipping about the ghost dance of the Cheyenne and Apache Indians is also included.
Dates:
[18--?]
Notes on the Indians of North America
Collection — Huntington box 9 - folder 1
Identifier: 9235
Scope and content
Typed notes by Eaton on the North American Indians with some handwritten notes, ca. 1900. Writings include, Indians of North America, 12 pages; Origins, Migration, Mounds, 27 pages; Kin-ship and Governments, 16 pages; Houses and Customs, 27 pages; Primitive Art, 19 pages; Mythology and Religion, 22 pages; Wampum, 9 pages.
Dates:
undated.
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- Algonquian Indians. 1
- Apache Indians. 1
- Cheyenne Indians. 1
- Delaware Indians. 1
- Dutchess County (N.Y.). 1
- Ghost dance. 1
- Indian mythology -- North America. 1
- Indians of North America -- Funeral customs and rites 1
- Indians of North America -- Migrations 1
- Indians of North America -- Missions 1
- Indians of North America -- New York (State) 1
- Indians of North America -- Origin 1
- Indians of North America -- Politics and government 1
- Indians of North America -- Religion 1
- Indians of North America -- Social life and customs 1
- Mahican Indians. 1
- Mohegan Indians. 1
- Moravian Indians -- Missions -- New York (State) -- Dutchess County. 1
- Moravian Indians -- Missions. 1
- Moravian Indians. 1
- Munsee Indians. 1
- Shekomeko Indians. 1
- Shekomeko Site (N.Y.) 1
- Wampanoag Indians. 1
- Wampum. 1 + ∧ less
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