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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus,
1743-1823
Title:
An account of the history, manners, and customs, of the Indian
nations: who once inhabited Pennsylvania and the neighboring states
Published in: if part or section of a book or monograph
Transactions of the Historical and Literary Committee of
the American Philosophical Society -- Vol. 1
Published By: Original publisher
Transactions of the Historical and Literary Committee of
the American Philosophical Society -- Vol. 1
Philadelphia: Abraham Small. 1819. 348 p.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
John Heckewelder
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2003. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Delaware (NM07)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Traditional history (173);
Historical reconstruction (174);
Sociolinguistics (195);
(197252);
Diet (262);
Oratory (537);
Naming (553);
Friendships (572);
Community heads (622);
External relations (648);
Warfare (726);
Aftermath of combat (727);
Alcoholism and drug addiction (733);
Shamans and psychotherapists (756);
Medical personnel (759);
Burial practices and funerals (764);
Special burial practices and funerals (766);
Transmission of cultural norms (867);
Transmission of skills (868);
Abstract: Brief 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.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
1
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
nm07-001
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Monograph
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
ca. 1800
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Missionary-5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
James R. Leary ; 1961
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1700 - ca. 1818
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
eastern United States
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Delaware Indians
