Record #:

29117

Author(s):

Kilpatrick, Jack Frederick

Abstract:

Presented are several documents in the Cherokee language about the life at the Echota Methodist Mission on Qualla Boundary in the middle of the 19th century. Most of the documents were written by Inoli a Methodist preacher and keeper of the townhouse records. The documents discuss minutes from Sunday School, the conversions of members to the church, and information about early Christian figures.

Source:

Southern Indian Studies (NoCar E 78.S55 S6), Vol. 14 Issue , Oct 1962, p29-31

Subject(s):

Methodist Church--North Carolina; Methodist Church--Clergy; Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Religion and mythology