Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Maps and Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. Introduction: Indian and Christian 1
6. Part I. Hope
7. 2. The River God and the Lieutenant 17
8. 3. Covenants, Contracts, and the Founding of Stockbridge 27
9. Part II. Renewal
10. 4. The Chief and the Orator 67
11. 5. Moravian Missionaries of the Blood 80
12. 6. Mohican Men and Jesus as Manitou 105
13. Part III. Preservation
14. 7. The Village Matriarch and the Young Mother 135
15. 8. Mohican Women and the Community of the Blood 145
16. Part IV. Persecution
17. 9. The Dying Chief and the Accidental Missionary 175
18. 10. Indian and White Bodies Politic at Stockbridge 187
19. Conclusion
20. 11. Irony and Identity 225
21. 12. The Cooper and the Sachem 233
22. 13. Epilogue: Real and Ideal Indians 245
23. Abbreviations 251
24. Notes 255
25. Index 309