Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Significant events and themes at Springplace Mission between 1805 and 1821
  • Conversion, Moravian style
  • Principal converts to the Moravian Church
  • James Vann's rejection of Christianity
  • Annuity distribution at Vann's plantation
  • Cherokee education, Moravian style
  • Children's illnesses at the mission
  • Removal of children from the mission school
  • Rumors of mistreatment of students
  • Runaway students
  • Rumors of abductions
  • Rumors of hunger
  • Children's "errant" behavior
  • A child's death at the mission
  • Use of alcohol
  • Travelers and notable visitors
  • Earthquakes
  • Creek War of 1813-14
  • Continuity of traditional Cherokee cultural traits
  • Cherokees' concept of land and land values
  • Voices in Cherokee councils
  • Moravians and the U.S. government
  • Cherokee agricultural practices
  • Cherokee traditional rituals and contact with Christianity
  • Trade
  • Cherokee law and punishment
  • Green corn ceremony
  • Ball play
  • Cherokee origin stories
  • Cherokees' responses to Christian images
  • Epilogue.