Collected Writings of Samson Occom, Mohegan

This volume brings together for the first time the known writings of the pioneering Native American religious and political leader, intellectual, and author, Samson Occom (Mohegan; 1723-1792). The largest surviving archive of American Indian writing before Charles Eastman (Santee Sioux; 1858-1939), Occom''s writings offer unparalleled views into a Native American intellectual and cultural universe...