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Calvinists & Indians in the northeastern woodlands

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Calvinists and Indians in the northeastern woodlands

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  • New York (État)--Histoire--ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale) (RVM)
  • Netherlands (FAST)
  • Indians of North America--Northeastern States--History--18th century (LCSH)
  • New York (State) (FAST)
  • Calvinists--New York (State)--History--18th century (LCSH)
  • Indians of North America--New York (State)--History--18th century (LCSH)
  • New York (State)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 (LCSH)
  • Religious mission and Religious Conversion (THEMA)
  • Reformation--Influence (FAST)
  • History of the Americas (BICSSC)
  • Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 (BICSSC)
  • Réforme (Christianisme)--Pays-Bas--Influence (RVM)
  • Reformation--Netherlands--Influence (LCSH)
  • Calvinisme--New York (État)--Histoire--17e siècle (RVM)
  • Calvinistes--New York (État)--Histoire--18e siècle (RVM)
  • HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) (BISACSH)
  • Northeastern States (FAST)
  • Calvinism--New York (State)--History--17th century (LCSH)
  • Indians of North America (FAST)
  • Indians of North America--New York (State)--History--17th century (LCSH)
  • HISTORY / Native American (BISACSH)
  • Indians of North America--Northeastern States--History--17th century (LCSH)
  • HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century (BISACSH)
  • Cross-cultural studies and topics (THEMA)
  • 1600-1799
  • Calvinists (FAST)
  • Calvinism (FAST)

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Summary

In Calvinists and Indians in the Northeastern Woodlands, Stephen T. Staggs analyzes the impact of the Dutch Reformation upon the cross-cultural relations between those living in and around New Netherland. Staggs shows that Native Americans and New Netherlanders hunted, smoked, ate, and drank together, shared their faith while traveling in a canoe, and slept in each other's bedrooms. Such details emerge in documents written by New Netherlanders like Megapolensis. Author of the most accurate account of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawks) by a Dutch Reformed minister, Megapolensis provides a window into the influence and limits of the Dutch Reformation upon the dynamic, multifaceted relationships that developed in the early modern Northeastern Woodlands. Megapolensis came of age when Dutch Reformed theologians looked to the Bible to incorporate Indians into a Reformed worldview. In so doing, they characterized Indians as "blind Gentiles" to whom the Dutch were being called, by God, to present the gospel through the preaching of the Bible and the Christian conduct of colonists, which necessitated social interaction. This characterization ultimately informed the instructions given to those heading to New Netherland, raised expectations among the clergy and lay chaplains who served in the colony, and prefigured the reciprocal, intimate relationships that developed between Indians and New Netherlanders during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Table of Contents

1. "Gentiles by Nature," 1566-1626 -- 2. "So That the Fullness of the Gentiles Might Gradually Come In," 1627-1642 -- 3. "A Church and Community among the Christians and the Blind Gentiles," 1642-1652 -- 4. "We, with God's Help, Hope to Bring the Barbarous Tribes to Devotion," 1652-1660 -- 5. "Who Gave Jacob for a Spoil and Israel to the Robbers?" 1660-1664 -- 6. "A Gentile Woman, Karanondo, ... Now Called Lidia," 1664-1750 -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Dutch References to Indians: 1609-1664 -- Appendix B. Indian Baptisms, Professions of Faith, and Marriages in the Dutch Reformed Churches of New York: 1690-1750.

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Staggs, Stephen T. Calvinists & Indians in the northeastern woodlands

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  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:22:07.841482+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 24018670

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