Index
Achkonema (Delaware), 55, 62 Ackahorn (Lenape), 32, 34–35 adoption, 23, 181 Agnes (Delaware), 55, 70, 78, 93, 98, 141 alcohol, 102–3, 141, 156, 159, 227 n.3 Amalia (Delaware), 53, 55, 66, 70–71, 86, 89, 98, 99, 129, 133–35, 141 Andreas (Delaware), 55, 62, 69 Anna Benigna (Delaware), 55, 62, 78, 79 Anna Charity (Delaware), 157 Anna Johanna (Delaware), 121 Anna Maria (Delaware), 73–75, 76 Anna Regina (Delaware), 121 Anthony, Albert Seqaqkind (Munsee Delaware), 107 Aquila (Delaware), 81, 89, 90, 135 Armstrong, Catherine (Delaware), 45 Assinisink, 178, 184 Augustina (Delaware), 62, 80–81, 98 Augustus (or Mamanawad) (Delaware), 52, 53, 55, 56, 59, 62, 67–69, 72–73, 95, 98, 140, 224 n.26, 225 nn.39, n.41, 226 n.61; and hunting, 83–85; as interpreter, 95–96; and land ownership, 64; as leader, 83–92; and marriage, 79–81; relationship between Delawares and Mahicans, 70 authority, 2–4, 176–77, 186; among Indians, 29, 32–35, 54, 82, 153, 168, 196–97; and age, 81, 119, 207–8; and gender, 40, 81, 101, 119, 124, 147, 157, 162, 167, 171, 181, 195, 204, 207–8; and hierarchy, 25, 27–28, 30, 128, 164, 196–97; in missions, 11, 58, 113, 139, 144, 157; sources of, 10, 42, 44, 101, 116, 119, 153, 171. See also power baptism of Indians, 43, 139–43, 153; and children, 74, 93, 97, 142; and gender hierarchy, 123; and ill health, 74, 93, 97, 133, 141–42, 151; Moravian, 52–59, 206; relations between baptized and unbaptized kin, 69–72, 84, 103, 206, 224 n.26; and women, 74, 78, 92–93, 97, 117, 129, 131, 133. See also conversion Bathseba (Mahican), 109–10, 119–20 Beata (Munsee Delaware), 151–53, 158, 208, 210 Beaver River, 1, 121, 178, 185 Bedith (Delaware), 55, 62 Benjamin (Delaware), 63, 72 Bethlehem (Pa.), 50, 54, 57–58, 63–65, 75, 78, 81, 87, 88, 90–91, 113, 142, 165, 175, 178 Biörck, Eric, 43, 116 blood: in Moravian missions, 78, 98, 110–11, 114, 124, 126, 139; in native American cultures, 41, 139, 183, 187, 204; symbolism of, 32–34, 190 Blue Mountain, 11, 49, 53, 54 Brainerd, David, 97, 136–38, 148–49 Brandywine Creek, Indians from, 38 Brinton, Daniel, 107, 184, 193 Buckongahelas (or Pachgantschihilas), 152–53 Cammerhoff, Johann C. F. (bishop), 56, 78, 95 Campanius, Johannes, 21, 43 Canasatego (Onondaga), 162–67, 177 Canatowa, 40–41, 46 Canyase (Mohawk), 176 captives, 23, 37, 43, 61, 146 Caritas (Delaware), 75 ceremonies, 17, 20–21, 24, 29, 36, 45–46, 77, 105–6, 144–47, 149, 151–56, 163, 169–70, 177, 189–92, 194–96, 217 n.19, 218 n.24, 220 n.43, 233 n.29, 234 n.39 Chalkley, Thomas, 40–41, 46 Cherokee Indians, 181, 204–6 Chicalicka Nanni Kettelev (Lenape), 20, 44 Christian Renatus (Delaware), 53 Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations and maps. 244 Index Christiana (Delaware), 53, 89 Christina (Delaware), 154–56, 234 n.41 Cock, Lasse, 172 Cock, Peter, 49 conceptions of evil, 44, 101, 109–21; and disorder, 109, 119, 123–24; evil words, 118, 158, 229 n.23; Indian, 115–19, 150, 228 n.18, 229 n. 20 and n.22; Moravian, 111–12, 114, 119–21, 123; Satan, 11, 101, 111, 114–18, 119, 123–24, 150; witchcraft or poison, 152. See also Devious One; manitous; hell Conestogas, 40–42, 45–46, 172–74, 220 nn.42, 44, 237 n.19 conversion, 53, 57, 66, 70, 91, 101, 154; and Indian women, 114, 125, 128–29, 136–44; opposition to, 95, 101, 120, 122–23, 149–50. See also baptism Cornelius (Delaware), 133 Covenant Chain, 173, 177–78, 238 n.26 Creek Indians, 139, 204–6, 236 n.9 Crow, Mary (Delaware), 45 culture, cultural encounters, 1, 3–4, 9–10, 41–43, 145, 208–10 Danckaerts, Jasper, 20–21, 44, 115 De Laet, Johan, 27 De Rasieres, Isaack, 30, 108 De Vries, David, 15 Deborah (Delaware), 121 Delaware River, vii, 5, 7, 10, 15–17, 21–22, 28, 47, 129, 182, 192, 197, 202–3; land along, 31–36 Delaware Water Gap, 1, 165 Delawares-as-women, women nation, 160–98 Devious One, 115, 117 diplomacy, 12, 27, 29, 51, 128, 137, 144, 158, 163–67, 179, 196–97, 205, 208; and metaphoric language, 163–67, 171, 176–77, 185, 204–5, 239 n.34; women in, 38–41, 136, 172–73, 175. See...
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