Publisher's Synopsis
Volume 7 of Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees covers only three years, 1825-1827, but its pages are packed with discovery, struggle, sadness.
The Cherokee Nation adopts a new means of communication, Sequoyah's syllabary - ""invented by an Indian,"" our Br. Johann Renatus Schmidt writes, who ""has no formal education."" As long as the Cherokees cling to their land, which the state of Georgia is increasingly certain it owns, diplomatic pushing will grow to military shoving. Then 1827 fulfills volume 7's subtitle of Death in the Land and Mission with the passing of the old guard, first old principal chief Pathkiller, then his successor, our Br. Charles Renatus Hicks, and finally our dear missionary Br. John Gambold himself. That leaves the door open for new leadership to step in with volume 8, covering the years 1828-1830.
Records of the Moravians Among the Cherokees uses original diaries, minutes, reports, and correspondence in the Moravian Archives in North Carolina to provide a firsthand account of daily life among the Cherokees in the nineteenth century. Though written by missionaries from their perspective, these records give much insight into Cherokee culture, society, customs, and personalities.
