"OSTINDIEN - SEMLER, JOHANN SALOMON (Hrsg.).Livre Rare Book
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A Prayer Book in the Language of the Six Nations of Indians
1837371596New York: Swords Stanford & Co 1837. 168pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original publisher's cloth. Library bookplate and markings. 168pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Oneida prayer book for tribes in Wisconsin and upper New York. Davis' work is a revision of the Indian prayer book published in 1815 by the Rev. Eleazar Williams a catechist in Oneida Castle New York. It does not contain the entirety of the prayer book but "the Morning and Evening Service the Litany Catechism some of the collects and the prayers and thanksgivings upon several occasions in the Book of Common Prayer.together with forms of family and private devotion." At the end are four hymns in Oneida without music. The Episcopal Church had a very successful ministry to the Oneida in the 19th century and one of the Episcopal Seminaries Nashotah House was founded in 1842 specifically as a mission to them. Siebert Sale 499; Ayer Indian Linguisitcs Oneida 3; Pilling Proof Sheets 998 Swords, Stanford, & Co unknown
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