Research Guides: CCAP 300 Indigenous America: Primary Sources

Selected Primary Sources

Contract of sale of land along the Hudson River from Mahican Indians to Kiliaen van Rensselaer, 6 August 1630 : manuscript [PDF]
From the New York State Library
A Short Narration of My Last Journey to the Western Country by Hendrick Aupaumut (1772)
New Stockbridge Indians, letter to Samson Occom, 1787 August 29
The New Stockbridge Indians testify to their faith in the Christian religion and request that Samson Occom, one of the first ordained Christian Indian ministers, become their pastor.
History of the Muh-he-con-nuk Indians by Hendrick Aupaumut (ca. 1790)
To Thomas Jefferson from Hendrick Aupaumut, 12 December 1808
A religious primer in Mohican, 1818
A compilation of religious texts translated into the Mohican language by Stockbridge Indian sachems John W. Quinney and Capt. Hendrick Aupaumut. Includes The Assembly's Shorter Catechism; Dr. Watts' Shorter Catechism for Children; John III; Matthew V; Matthew VII; and select Psalms.
Report of a select committee on the petition of sundry Indians of the Stockbridge Nation, accompanied with a bill confirming their title to certain lands. February 24, 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives.
John Wannuaucon Quinney, Fourth of July Address at Reidsville, New York, 1854
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin February 11, 1856 Treaty
Report on the Stockbridge Indians To the Legislature By Charles Allen · 1870
'Last of the Mohicans' was W. Dick, just dead
Small collection of newspaper articles reporting the death of Makwa Monpuy (William Dick), the last speaker of the Mohican language, on November 7, 1933.
Constitution and By-laws of the Stockbridge Munsee Community Wisconsin (1937)

Primary Source Collections

Words of Our Ancestors: Revisiting Indiantown
Compilation of excerpts from primary sources. Presented at the Stockbridge Mohican History Seminar, Stockbridge (MA) Town Hall, May 5, 2018.
Stockbridge Indian papers, 1739-1915. Collection Number: 9185
Stockbridge Indians - Wisconsin Historical Images
Wisconsin Historical Society. Digitized images including portraits, drawings, treaties, maps, and photographs associated with the Stockbridge in Wisconsin.
Primary sources - Stockbridge
Primary source documents via the Native Northeast Portal (Yale University).