Samson Occom, narrative, 1765 November 28
Date28 November, 1765
ms number765628.1
abstractOccom writes a brief account of his life and education.
handwritingOccom's hand is clear and legible.
paperSingle small sheet is in good condition, with light staining, creasing and wear.
inkBlack-brown.
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Since there is great miſs Repreſentations by Some Con cerning my Life and Education; I take this
opportunity to
Inform
^give^ the World in few words, the true acount of my Edu cation — I was Born a Heathen in
Mmoyanhee[illegible]^u^nnuck
alias Mohegan in N: London. No^r^th America, my Parents were altogether Heathens, and I was
Educated by them in the^ir^
Heatheniſh Notions, tho' there was a Sermon Preach'd to our Mohegan Tribe
Some times, but our Indians regarded not the Chriſtian Religion, they woud
perſiſt in their Heatheniſh ways, and my Parents in perticular were very Strong in the Cuſtoms of their fore Fathers, and they had a wandering Life up and down in the wilderneſs, for my Father was a great Hunter, thus I liv'd with them, till I was Sixteen years old, and then there was a great St[illegible]ir of Religion in theſe Parts of the World both amoungſt the Indians as well as the Engliſh, and about this Time I began to think about the Chriſtian Religion, and was under great trouble of Mind for Some Time, I thought the
Religion which I heard at this Time was a new thing among man= kind,
Such as they never heard the like before, So Ignora^nt^ was I
— and when I was Seventeen years of Age I receiv'd a Hope, and as I begant to think about Religion So I began
to learn to read, tho' I went to no School, till I was in my nineteenth year, and then I went to the
Revd
Mr Wheelocks to learning, and Spent four years there, and was very weakly moſt of the Time; this is the true acount of my Education,
Boſton
Novr 28. 1765
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