Ap- preciation of the "heroic" carrying-out of the apparently self-evident need for Christians to be "outward bound" on behalf of the lost, pagan souls of the world has steadily been replaced, in academic circles at least, by reflection upon the conduct of competing empires, their associated land and resource hunger, and the shifting fashions of the intellectual history of Europe and North America [...] At locations as far away as Prairie du Chien, in Wisconsin, the war breathed new hopes into some of the inhabitants of the Old Northwest that a territorial realignment might still be possible.11 With the death of Tecum- seh at Moraviantown in Upper Canada in 1813, the hopes of the Indians for a new dispensation were dashed, and with the Treaty of Ghent in 1814, British interest in American territo [...] At the university, an important source of influence on the young man was the Redemptorist, Clement Mary Hofbauer (1752-1820), the head of a congregation that aspired to lead the simple Christian life.41 The main objective of the Redemptorists was to spread the gospel to the poorest and most neglected folk of the world. [...] As a group, they tended to hark back to the reform-minded pietists of the fifteenth century, to the Brethren of the Common Life, and more specifically to Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471), perhaps the foremost representative of that outlook identified with the 'Devotio Moderna. [...] Overlapping with the reign of Maria Theresa and Joseph II was the personality of Franz Stephen Rautenstrauch, the director of the Theological Faculty Figure 1 Joseph II (1741-1790), Emperor of the Austrian Habsburg at the University of Vienna.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-224)
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 977.004/97
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Translation of: Abrégé de l'histoire des indiens de l'Amérique septentrionale Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781552383476 0870137352
- LCCN
- E77
- LCCN Item number
- B3413 2004eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xvi, 228 p., [8] p. of plates)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)gtp00521678 (OCoLC)144082205 (CaOOCEL)402803
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Title proper/short title
- Short history of the North American Indians
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- List of Maps 7
- List of Illustrations 8
- Preface 10
- Acknowledgments 14
- A Note on the Translation 16
- Editor's Introduction: Piety, Perception, and Justice: Frederic Baraga in the New World 18
- Introduction 64
- 1 Manners and Customs of the North American Indians 88
- 2 Dress of the Indians 94
- 3 Habitations and Food of the North American Indians 102
- 4 Arts of the North American Indians 114
- 5 Hunting Practices of the North American Indians 120
- 6 Hunting Practices (Sequel) 126
- 7 Fisheries of the North American Indians 144
- 8 Marriage and Education of the Young among the North American Indians 150
- 9 Religion of the North American Indians 158
- 10 On Religion (Sequel) 170
- 11 Warfare of the North American Indians 178
- 12 Forms of Government among the North American Indians 192
- 13 Diseases and Cures of the North American Indians 202
- 14 Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians 210
- Notes 218
- Bibliography 236
- Index 250
- A 250
- B 250
- C 250
- D 250
- E 251
- F 251
- G 251
- H 251
- I 251
- J 251
- K 251
- L 251
- M 252
- N 252
- O 252
- P 252
- R 252
- S 252
- T 253
- U 253
- V 253
- W 253
