History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations Who Once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighbouring States - Paperback

by John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (Author)

An account of the Lenni Lenape and other American Indian tribes in the mid-Atlantic region by Reverend John Heckewelder, a Moravian missionary based in Ohio and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. First published by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1818.

Author Biography

John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder (1743-1823) was an English native, a cooper, and a Moravian missionary. He assisted at several treaties during the French and Indian War and worked as a postmaster, a justice of the peace, and an associate justice of the court of common pleas in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In the latter part of his life, he was devoted to literary work, and became known for his research and works on Native Americans.