A translation of the speech made by Jimmy Johnson at the Grand Council of the Confederacy of Iroquois held at the Indian village of Tonawanda ... [manuscript] : this speech is an abridgement of his annual speech or a repetition in brief of their religious precepts pretended to have been communicated from heaven, 1845 Oct.

A translation of the speech made by Jimmy Johnson at the Grand Council of the Confederacy of Iroquois held at the Indian village of Tonawanda ... [manuscript] : this speech is an abridgement of his annual speech or a repetition in brief of their religious precepts pretended to have been communicated from heaven, 1845 Oct. / translated by Ely S. Parker.

October, 1845, speech by Jimmy Johnson, translated and abridged by Ely S. Parker (later U.S. commissioner of Indian affairs) which reiterates the religious and moral teachings of the Seneca prophet, Handsome Lake. Around 1800, Handsome Lake began to see visions and to preach the message of the Great...

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Main Author: Johnson, Jimmy, 1774-1854 (Author)
Corporate Author: AM (Publisher) (digitiser.)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Series:Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America.
Subjects:
Handsome Lake, > 1735-1815.
Iroquois Indians.
Mohawk Indians.
Seneca Indians.
New York (N.Y.)
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