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An account of the history, manners, and customs, of the Indian nations: who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighboring states
Transactions of the Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society • 1 • Published In 1819 • Pages: 348
By: Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The basic source on the Delaware, this paper was written by a missionary on the basis of thirty years of contact with the Indians. A considerable amount of the work is devoted to a consideration of relations between the Indians and the whites, the author attempting to show that the Indians were often not understood, and unfairly treated. Social and political structure, the life cycle, clothing, medicine, warfare, magic, cookery, and other aspects of Delaware life are described, the author omitting only religious ceremonies which he felt has been adequately covered by a previous work. Information is given on several other groups of eastern Indians, particularly the Iroquois.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Historical reconstruction
- Sociolinguistics
- Diet
- Oratory
- Naming
- Friendships
- Community heads
- External relations
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Alcoholism and drug addiction
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Medical personnel
- Burial practices and funerals
- Special burial practices and funerals
- Transmission of cultural norms
- Transmission of skills
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Delaware
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- James R. Leary ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1800
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1700 - ca. 1818
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- eastern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- John Heckewelder
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 04011463
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware Indians