Samson Occom, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1756 November 12
12 November 1756[1756-11-12]
ms number756612.3
[note (type: abstract): Occom writes to Wheelock about the concerns for his safety voiced by the Haudenosaunees he visited the previous Fall. He also notes troubles with the Delaware (Lenape) Indians.][note (type: handwriting): This does not appear to be in Occom’s handwriting. The document begins neatly and gets progressively messier and larger.][note (type: paper): Large sheet folded in half to make four pages is heavily damaged, with a large tear or cut that results in a significant loss of text.][note (type: ink): Black][note (type: noteworthy): This document is likely a contemporary copy.]
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I have only a moments [Lieſure | leisure]Lieſureleisure to hint that when I [return'd | returned]return'dreturned to my Indians last Fall in October I was [recd | received]recdreceived by [ym | them]ymthem with unfeigned [Teſtimonies | testimonies]Teſtimoniestestimonies of [y.r | their]y.rtheir affectionate Regard and was not only [uſeful | useful]uſefuluseful but comfortable among them [till | 'til]till'til December after when to our surprise [& | and]&and great [unhappineſs | unhappiness]unhappineſsunhappiness we [ware | were]warewere much discomforted by [ye | the]yethe unexpected disaffection of
[ye | the]yethe neighbouring Delawares[org0038.ocp] below — My
Indians [fait fully | faithfully]fait fullyfaithfully laboured to reduce them to a good Temper [gap: tear]
[cauſe | cause]cauſecause them to [deſiſt | desist]deſiſtdesist their hostilities upon [ye | the]yethe Sou[gap: tear][guess (h-dawnd): thern]thern Provinces, where in Conjunction with the Fren[gap: tear][guess (h-dawnd): ch]ch
affairs of [ye | the]yethe
Delawares[org0038.ocp] was not like to be com
fortably settled and [yt | that]ytthat they could not [adviſe | advise]adviſeadvise me to continue with them in [ye | the]yethe present state of [illegible] Things. For if I [ſhould | should]ſhouldshould be captivated or killed there it might be unhappy for them, as it for- ever deprived them of a Father and a Friend — If I should be
barbarously murdered among them or fall into [ye | the]yethe Hands of my [Enimies | enemies]Enimiesenemies in any [reſpect | respect]reſpectrespect, they said that they should never forget it — was
^[above] It being only^It being only for their Sakes that I [firſt | first]firſtfirst came into their Country and now
[gap: tear][guess (h-dawnd): co]could have no
other motive ^[above] to^to continue among ^[above] them^them
[gap: tear] — Besides they
Providence however [croſsing | crossing]croſsingcrossing
[wch | which]wchwhich appears against my returning to my People, they having sent to me just
before I left
Lake George[place0312.ocp]
[deſiring | desiring]deſiringdesiring my return [& | and]&and
[adviſing | advising]adviſingadvising me that it was their Opinion that I might do it safely, I [illegible]ed upon and expected before now to be in their Country at
least had hopes
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org0038.ocp | Delawares | Delaware Tribe |
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1756-11-12 | 12th12th Nov.mNovember 1756 |
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