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Open book Historical account of the doings and sufferings of the Christian Indians in N. England in the years 1675, 1676, 1677

Title Historical account of the doings and sufferings of the christian indians in n. england in the years 1675, 1676, 1677

Creator Gookin, Daniel, 1612-1687

Date 1831

Place Massachusetts, New England

Language English

Subjects Indians of North America, King Philip's War, 1675-1676, Publishers and publishing

Description Includes index.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Formerly known as Ayer MS 329.6.
Provenance: signature of W. [Wilberforce] Eames and bookplate of Frank C. Deering.
T.p. also includes Jared Sparks's account of how Gookin's manuscript was obtained and Samuel Drake's reasons for making a second copy of the manuscript.
Half bound in leather and cloth.

Summary In the fall of 1677 Daniel Gookin wrote his Historical account ... as a vindication of the Praying or Christian Indians role during King Philip's War (1675-1676). In this detailed account, Gookin describes the hostilities between the Indian tribes and English settlements in New England and their terrible effect upon the Praying Indians, many of whom were mercilessly attacked by their unconverted tribesmen. Further, he defends the actions of the Praying Indians and relates their general condition and sufferings.

Biographical/Historical Note Daniel Gookin (1612-1687), colonist, soldier, magistrate and ardent Puritan, settled in Massachusetts in 1644 and held various positions in the colonial government. He was greatly interested in the welfare of the Indians who had been converted to Christianity and served as Superintendent of the Praying Indians within the jurisdiction of Massachusetts from 1656 to 1686. Gookin sent his manuscript of this work in 1677 to Robert Boyle, Governor of the Society for Propagation of the Gospel in New England, with the hope that the Society would publish it. For whatever reasons, it was not printed at the time and remained unknown until 1830 when it was rediscovered by Jared Sparks, the famous American historian and editor. According to the inscription on the title page, Sparks had Gookin's manuscript transcribed and loaned his copy in 1831 to Samuel G. Drake, also a well-known historian of the time. While making a second copy of Gookin's work, Gardner added his own detailed historical notes and a separate subject index. This version was used for the first published edition which appeared in the Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society (vol. II, 1836)

Extent 128, 13, [16] p. ; 21 cm

User-Contributed Transcription them & forced them to be Inds. belonging to unclear., Long I., & Raquod, who had all been at work about 7 weeks with one Maj. Jonathan Tyng (1) of Dunstable upon Merrimack river, & hearing of the wars, they reckoned with their master, & getting their wages conveyed themselves away without his priority; & being afraid marched secretly through the woods, designing to go to their own countries, until they were intercepted as before. This act of our unclear. Inds. of unclear. was an evident demonstration of unclear fidelity to the Eng. interest. The? They? These? prisoners after further unclear before the council where they told the same thing as before, were for a fewdays committed to prison, but afterward released. But to return to our purpose. Notwithstanding the certificate which hereafter follows, & is before touched, concerning the courage & fidelity of our Ch. Inds. at Mount H., yet I am not ignoratn that some officers & soldiers in the army, who had concieved much animosity, against all Inds., disgusted our Chst. Ind. soldiers, & reported ultimately concerning them, saying, that they were cowards & skulked behind trees in fight & that they shot over the enemies heads, & such like repraoches, but as the proverb says, "ill will speaks no good," but certainly none could better know their doings than their particular commenders, who have subscribed the certificate, who are men not inferior to any in the army for honesty & fidelity. This I do also know upon my own personal knowledge, that some of those INdian soldiers at their return, viz. John Hunter, (1) Son of Edward Tyng, was born 15 Dec, 1642, & died 19 Jan. 1724. He was a magistrate member of Sir Edmund Anders' Council, & a man of influence. Tyngsborough in Mas. was so named from the family of Tyngs.

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Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection, Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 3090

BibID 132758

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