Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees
Volume Six: March to Removal, Part 1, Safe in the Ancestral Homeland, 1821–1824
Edited by C. Daniel Crews and Richard W. Starbuck
Published by: Cherokee Heritage Press
Imprint: Cherokee Heritage Press
568 Pages | 6 x 9
$50.00
Despite the loss of teacher Anna Rosina Gambold, the Moravians open a second mission station near Oochgeelogy Creek, thirty miles south of Springplace, their first station. Meanwhile, confident of its future, the Cherokee Nation sets about building a civilization of its own with a national capital, legislature, code of laws, and diplomatic negotiations with Washington. Now, all the Cherokee Nation needs is a syllabary to write its own language—a goal that will be achieved during the time period covered in volume 7 of Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees.
Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees uses original diaries, minutes, reports, and correspondence in the Moravian Archives in North Carolina to provide a firsthand account of daily life among the Cherokee throughout the nineteenth century. Though written by missionaries from their perspective, these records provide much insight into Cherokee culture, society, customs, and personalities.
C. Daniel Crews, an ordained minister and Archivist of the Moravian Church, Southern Province, is the author of several publications on Moravian history and theology.
Richard W. Starbuck was born and raised in the Moravian Church. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College and worked for twelve years as a writer and editor for the Winston-SalemJournal and Sentinel newspapers. In 1986 he joined the Moravian Archives, where he has been instrumental in editing numerous works for publication in print and online. He is the coauthor of With Courage for the Future: The Story of the Moravian Church, Southern Province and editor of eight volumes of Records of the Moravians among the Cherokees. Starbuck was appointed and briefly served as the Archivist of the Moravian Church, Southern Province, before retiring in 2017.