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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Robert Warrior Abbreviations A Note on the Texts Chronology Introduction Prose 1. Temperance Hannabal, February 9, 1754 2. Herbs and Roots, 1754 3. Account of the Montauk Indians, on Long Island, 1761 4. Autobiographical narrative, first draft, November 28, 1765 5. Autobiographical narrative, second draft, September 17, 1768 6. The most remarkable and Strange State Situation and Appearance of Indian Tribes in this Great Continent, 1783 Letters 1. To Solomon Williams, November 1, 1752 2. To "Madam," 1756 3. To Eleazar Wheelock, November 12, 1756 4. To Eleazar Wheelock, January 14, 1760 5. To Eleazar Wheelock, June 24, 1761 6. To Eleazar Wheelock, September 25, 1761 7. To Eleazar Wheelock, May 12, 1762 8. To Mary Fowler Occom, June 1, 1763 9. To Eleazar Wheelock, February 8, 1764 10. To Eleazar Wheelock, May 7, 1764 11. To Eleazar Wheelock, August 1764 12. To Eleazar Wheelock, August 22, 1764 13. To Eleazar Wheelock, October 4, 1765 14. To the Connecticut Board of Correspondents, November 21, 1765 15. To Eleazar Wheelock, December 6, 1765 16. To Nathaniel Shaw, December 17, 1765 17. To Samuell Buell, March 8, 1766 18. To Mary Fowler Occom, March 11, 1766 19. To Eleazar Wheelock, May 30, 1766 20. To Mary and Esther Occom, 1766 21. To Mary Fowler Occom, January 21, 1767 22. To Eleazar Wheelock, February 12, 1767 23. To Mary Fowler Occom, 1767 24. To Mary Fowler Occom, 1767 25. To Robert Keen, 1767 26. To Robert Keen, September 27, 1768 27. To Eleazar Wheelock, November 12, 1768 28. To Eleazar Wheelock, December 28, 1768 29. To Robert Clelland, 1768 30. "They don't want the Indians to go to Heaven with them," 1768 31. To Nathaniel Champlin, February 23, 1769 32. To the Long Island Presbytery, 1769 33. To the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, January 4, 1769 34. To Eleazar Wheelock, March 17, 1769 35. To Eleazar Wheelock, July 1, 1769 36. "Your Good Offer," January 15, 1770 37. To Eleazar Wheelock, March 6, 1770 38. "The Flame of Friendship," June 9,1770 39. To Joseph Fish, November 16, 1770 40. To Benjamin Forfitt, March 4, 1771 41. To Susanna Wheatley, March 5, 1771 42. To Eleazar Wheelock, July 24, 1771 43. To Eleazar Wheelock, January 27, 1772 44. To Eleazar Wheelock, July 13, 1772 45. To Andrew Gifford, October 19, 1772 46. To John Moorhead, April 10, 1773 47. To Eleazar Wheelock, June 1, 1773 48. To Susanna Wheatley, September 21, 1773 49. To The Honorable Trustees, November 10, 1773 50. To Samuel Buell, 1773 51. To Eleazar Wheelock, January 6, 1774 52. To Eleazar Wheelock, March 14, 1774 53. To Joseph Johnson, April 14, 1775 54. To the Oneida Indians, 1775 55. To John Thornton, 1776 56. To John Thornton, January 1, 1777 57. To Benjamin Lathrop, January 8, 1778 58. To Benoni Occom, June 24, 1780 59. To John Bailey, 1783 60. To Samuel Buell, 1783? 61. The Recommendation of Eliphalet Lester, 1783 or 1784 62. To John Bailey, 1784 63. To Benjamin Garrett, August 21, 1784 64. To Solomon Welles, September 26, 1784 65. To the Honorable Trustees of Easthampton, [1784?] 66. "Is there no redress for the Indians?,"[1788?] 67. To the Stockbridge Indians, 1788 68. To the Friends in Philadelphia, February 22, 1788 69. To Dr. John Rodgers, May 12, 1788 70. To Benoni Occom, December 1790 71. To Benoni Occom, January 17, 1791 72. "Sorrow fills our Hearts,"1791 73. To Rev. Jedediah Chapman, [June 1791] 74. "Indians must have Teachers of their own Coular or Nation," November 1791 75. "Steady in Religion," December 26, 1791 Petitions 1. Mohegan Tribe to Sir William Johnson, [1764] 2. Mohegan Tribe Against Robert Clelland, April 26, 1764 3. Mohegan Tribe Standing Agreements, [1773] 4. Mohegan Tribe to Colonial Overseer, [1774] 5. Mohegan Tribe on Rents, April 29, 1778 6. Mohegan and Niantic Tribes to the Connecticut Assembly, [May 1785] 7. Brotherton Tribe to United States Congress, [1785] 8. Montaukett Tribe to the State of New York, [1785] 9. Shinnecock Tribe to the State of New York, [1787 or 1788] 10. Mahican-Stockbridge Tribe to Samson Occom: "Brothers in the Lord," August 27, 1787 11. Mahican-Stockbridge and Brotherton Tribes to "all Benevolent Gentlemen," November 28 - 29, 1787 12. Mohegans to Richard Law, December 5, 1789 13. Brotherton Tribe to the New York State Assembly, 1791 Sermons 1. "Saying what think ye of Christ" (I), Matthew 22:42 (1759) 2. "Awake thou that Sleepest," Ephesians 5:14 (1760) 3. "Turn ye from your evil ways," Ezekiel 33:11 (1765) 4. "Fight the good fight of faith," 1 Timothy 6:12 (July 13, 1766) 5. "In Christ, he is a new creature," 2 Corinthians 5:17 (July 13, 1766) 6. "Saying what think ye of Christ" (II), Matthew 22:42 (1766 - 1768) 7. A Sermon, Preached at the Execution of Moses Paul, An Indian (1772) 8. "To all the Indians in this Boundless Continent" (1784) 9. "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin," Daniel 5:25 (October 16, 1785; November 30, 1786; January 2, 1787; April 15, 1787?) 10. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," Luke 10: 26 - 27 (May 13, 1787?) 11. "And, behold, I come quickly," Revelations 22:12 (August 19, 1787?) 12. "Whither shall I go from thy spirit?," Psalms 139:7 (n.d.) 13. "I Sat under his Shadow with Great Delight," Canticles 2:3 (n.d.) 14. "Cry aloud, spare not" (I), Isaiah 58:1 (n.d.) 15. "Cry aloud, spare not" (II), Isaiah 58:1 (n.d.) 16. "Wo unto him that givest his Neighbour Drink," Habakkuk 2:15 and Isaiah 5: 11, 22 (n.d.) 17. "Saying what think ye of Christ" (III), Matthew 22:42 (n.d.) 18. "Giving thanks always for all things unto God," Ephesians 5:20 (n.d.) 19. "Stand fast therefore in liberty," Galatians 5:1 (n.d.) 20. "When he has drowned his reason"(n.d.) Hymns 1. Preface to A Choice Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs (1774) 2. "The Sufferings of Christ," or, "Throughout the Saviour's Life We Trace" 3. "The Slow Traveller," or, "O Happy Souls How Fast You Go" 4. "A Morning Hymn, or, Now the Shades of Night are Gone" 5. "A Son's Farewell, or, I Hear the Gospel's Joyful Sound" 6. "Conversion Song, or, Wak'd by the Gospel's Pow'rful Sound" 7. "Come All My Young Companions" Journals 1. December 6, 1743 - November 29, 1748 2. June 21, 1750 - February 9, 1751 3. June 28, 1757 - September 25, 1760 4. May 30, 1761 - July 7, 1761 5. September 15, 1761 - October 22, 1761 6. November 21, 1765 - July 22, 1766 7. July 8, 1774 - August 14, 1774 8. December 22, 1774 - February 9, 1775 9. September 13, 1777 - September 26, 1777 10. May 8, 1784 - April 26, 1785 11. May 1, 1785 - October 3, 1785 12. October 4, 1785 - December 4, 1785 13. December 5, 1785 - December 14, 1785 14. December 15, 1785 - January 22, 1786 15. January 23, 1786 - April 26, 1786 16. June 26, 1786 - December 10, 1786 17. December 11, 1786 - April 7, 1787 18. April 6, 1787 - July 4, 1787 19. July 5, 1787 - September 16, 1787 20. September 20, 1787 - December 5, 1787 21. December 11, 1787 - August 10, 1788 22. May 11, 1789 - October 9, 1789 23. October 13, 1789 - January 10, 1790 24. February 22, 1790 - March 6, 1790 Glossary of Names Notes Bibliography
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Occom, Samson, 1723-1792 -- Diaries.
Occom, Samson, 1723-1792 -- Correspondence.
Mohegan Indians -- Biography.
Indian civic leaders -- New England -- Biography.
Indian religious leaders -- New England -- Biography.
Preaching -- Early works to 1800.
Indians of North America -- Missions -- New England.
Indians of North America -- New England -- Religion.