WENNAWOODS PUBLISHING Quality Reprints---Rare Books---Historical Artwork Dedicated to the preservation of books and artwork relating to 17th and 18th century life on America’s Eastern Frontier SPRING & SUMMER ’99 CATALOG #8 Dear Wennawoods Publishing Customers, We hope everyone will enjoy our Spring‘99 catalog. Four new titles are introduced in this catalog. The Lenape and Their Legends, the 11th title in our Great Pennsylvania Frontier Series, is a classic on Lenape or Delaware Indian history. Originally published in 1885 by Daniel Brinton, this numbered title is limited to 1,000 copies and contains the original translation of the Walum Olum, the Lenape’s ancient migration story. Anyone who is a student of Eastern Frontier history will need to own this scarce and hard to find book. Our second release is David Zeisberger’s History of the Indians of the Northern American Indians of Ohio, New York and Pennsylvania in 18th Century America. Seldom does a book come along that contains such an outstanding collection of notes on Eastern Frontier Indian history. Zeisberger, a missionary in the wilderness among the Indians of the East for over 60 years, gives us some of the most intimate details we know today. Two new titles in our paperback Pennsylvania History and Legends Series are: TE-A-O-GA: Annals of a Valley by Elsie Murray and Journal of Samuel Maclay by John F. Meginness; two excellent short stories about two vital areas of significance in Pennsylvania Indian history. Other books released in last 6 months are 1) 30,000 Miles With John Heckewelder or Travels Among the Indians of Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio in the 18th Century, 2) Early Western Journals, 3) A Pennsylvania Bison Hunt, and 4) Luke Swetland’s Captivity. As always, we hope you enjoy our books and prints and we look forward to the continued challenge of sending your way rare, interesting, factual, and hard-to-find books about 17th & 18th century America. We believe in what we do and hope you do too! Good reading. Until we meet again, Ron, Kris, & Scott @ Wennawoods Publishing FREE SHIPPING ON BOOKORDERS OF $100 OR MORE IN CONTINENTAL USA 11th Book in great pennsylvania Frontier series NEW BOOK IN 1999 The Lenape and Their Legends With the Complete Text and Symbols of The Walum Olum by Daniel G. Brinton One can not begin to study or understand the Indian history of the Eastern Frontier during the 17th and 18th century without first knowing the history of the dominant tribe of Pennsylvania during this time period, the Lenape or Delaware Indians. The story of this tribe is so indelibly intertwined with the major events of the day that to understand the complexities of Indian-Indian and Indian-White relationships is to know the Lenape. From William Penn’s signing of the treaty at Shackamaxin and The Walking Purchase to 18th century Indian wars that set the Pennsylvania frontier ablaze, the Lenape dominated their days in Penn’s Woods. And so significant is the lasting memory of these people on Pennsylvania that many of our mountains, valleys and streams still carry their Indian given names and will until the end of time. It was this love for the land of their fathers that caused the Lenape to fight to the death for their home and hunting grounds. It is about a people and their will to stay free. This is their story. Dr. Brinton was one of the 19th century’s foremost students of American Indian ethnology and his work on the Lenape and their ancient tribal migration story, The Walum Olum, is considered a classical piece of study even by contemporary scholars. This very scarce and hard to find book was published in 1885, and because of its historical significance, is now republished for the serious students of Eastern Frontier Indian. This book begins by discussing the history of the other Algonkin and Iroquois tribes of the East, but then gets into the meat of the book with major chapters on Lenape history, their literature and language, myths and traditions, and the Walum Olum. Brinton finishes with a 20 page vocabulary of Delaware to English word translations and copious notes to these chapters. 261 pages in total of exciting, valuable Indian history. Brinton’s most valuable contribution to our understanding of Lenape history may be his famous translation of the ancient migration story of the Delaware, the “Walum Olum.” The Walum Olum portion of the book consists of over 70 pages of the pictographic story in bright red on one side of the page with the detailed translation on the right. An exciting part of early Indian history unfolds before your eyes. These historic writings are one of the most interesting parts of early Indian history and must be read to understand their history. The vocabulary part of the book is also informative because Brinton took many of the major words of the Delaware language from his original 200+ page Lenape vocabulary and makes them available to the reader in his The Lenape and Their Legends book. 1 You will certainly find this book informative. All major references on Early American history cite Brinton’s book as one that makes major contributions to understanding Lenape/Delaware history. Even the contemporary writers of the last 50 years all use Brinton’s work in their bibliographies, particularly when discussing the Walum Olum. This book indeed belongs in your library. The Lenape and Their Legends With the Complete Text and Symbols of The Walum Olum by Daniel G. Brinton Hardback, numbered edition, in Dark Brown Lexatone with Gold Embossing 11th book in Pennsylvania Frontier Series 261 pages Limited to 1,000 copies……. $39.95 NEW BOOK IN 1999 David Zeisberger’s History of the Northern American Indians in 18th Century Ohio, New York & Pennsylvania Edited by Archer B. Hulbert & William Nathaniel Schwarze Rarely does a book come along that has the power to expand so immensely one’s intimate knowledge of the culture and history of the Indians of America’s Eastern Frontier as David Zeisberger’s History of the Northern American Indians. Zeisberger’s story begins on a warm July night in 1726 when a man and his wife fled from their home in Austrian Moravia toward the mountain border of Saxony. They took with them nothing save their five year-old son David and a dream of a new life in a free land far across the Atlantic ocean. Fast-forward ten years. Young David is now in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania studying with the Moravian Church missionaries and scholars. It is here that David first became interested in studying the Indian languages of the New World. At once he showed proficiency in his ability to learn these dialects and began to tackle the tongues of the Iroquois nations. His opportunity to visit the Iroquois’ land came when he was asked to accompany the heroic Christian Frederick Post. Thus began his more than 60 year venture into the wilderness as a missionary among the Indians of the East. Many interesting stories of Indian history, manners and customs of everyday life in the Indian villages come to light through the pages of this book. This exceptional and intimate knowledge of the inner life of these first Americans is credited to Zeisberger and found nowhere else in the early literature. His stories of Indian medicinal remedies- firsthand details of their ceremonies, food, culture and beliefs-speak volumes to us and for this we are eternally grateful. Lastly, the scientific knowledge gained from Zeisberger’s writings is second to none and comes from the fact that he ably depicts conditions before the white settlers moved westward and forever changed the primitive conditions that existed among the natives from time immemorial. And because he knew the Indian intimately during their transformation, his precious glimpses, both backwards and forward, are both rare and accurate. Time surely has changed the flora and fauna since Zeisberger’s writings but it’s intrinsic value is because his accounts are among the only reliable record of this region before such marked changes occurred. Zeisberger’s faith was unwavering, his courage unquestioned and his judgment sound. He was justly loved and trusted by all who knew him. These pages will attest to his skill as a witness to the 18th century world of the Indians of America’s Eastern Frontier. Rev. Zeisberger’s rare insight into the true life of the Indians he converted gave him information that was available to no other white man. The work of editing, annotating and translating Zeisberger’s journals, manuscripts, and Indian vocabularies from his native German to English was excellently done by the Rev. William Nathaniel Schwarze, Librarian of the Moravian Archives, and Archer B. Hulbert, professor of American History at Marietta College. With great success they were able to translate and credibly explain Zeisberger’s straight forward and well founded narrative. David Zeisberger’s History of the Northern American Indians in 18th Century Ohio, New York & Pennsylvania Edited by Archer B. Hulbert & William Nathaniel Schwarze 190 page Paperback with beautiful original artwork cover $19.95 NEW BOOK IN 1999 Te-a-o-ga annals of a valley Taken Fom Old Tioga Point and Early Athens By elsie murray A strategic spot since the first human foot trod its trails, the Tioga (Te-a-o-ga) Valley has served as campsite and highway for centuries, moving Indians, traders, adventurers, and soldiers toward the Empire State to the north or the vast Pennsylvania frontier to the south. Like a gigantic arrow of a compass pointing north and south, the Valley has seen history in the making as no other place on the Eastern Frontier.