Monday, Feb 13

- responded to e-mail from Dra. Marcela Saldaña Solís, Profesor Investigador, Coordinación Nacional de Monumentos Históricos-INAH

- Axtell: note that he assumes that racial degradation in self-presentation of Johnson, Occom, etc., are evidence that they have internalized Wheelock's/society's racism, not that this was a conscious choice to present themselves to him in this way (211-212). 

Notes on ycnocuicatl

[1] They are already dead, lying on a battle field, calling out to a god for comfort. Talking to god in a way that the Christians at the time would not, they speak casually to him, about him as though he were a corporal being, like their gods were, with hearts and honor and respect… (Dios was simply put in there…)

[1] There is nothing so painful as being an orphan, I can’t even remember it, or speak of it.

[1] I am strong like those of huexotzinco, therefore I will be calmed and eased

[1] My parents wait for me, they will comfort me??? Wait, I forget what we were going for here.

[1] I will always be an orphan

asked peter for his translation so that we can compare, i will send what I have and what we discussed. 

tomorrow, continue translation. 

Meeting with Cmai 1/27

Read through and translated f 27 of Juan Bautista.  Decided on future dates and songs.  Ycnocuicatl for Friday 2/10

Nahuatl with Cami and Celso

First folio of orphan song.  First stanza, already dead, on a battlefield or some such, calling out to god.
second how can i say that i remember, nothing is so horrible as being an orphan, why does my heart calm, why does my suffering ease, because i am huxotzincan.

Something like this, get translation from peter, tell him what we did,
work only on this - sit in on annals, translate the song, see where we get to - no giving up! I think just from the beginning that this will go somewhere especially in light of Sahagun and his animosity toward the songs. (just throwing Dios in there to appease the spanish, but really speaking to the anatomical old god/s with their hearts and honor and respect.

Write for spring on this song.

James Axtell, The Invasion Within

75: Notes that there were 115 Jesuit fathers who came to Canada -- compare w/ the 133 documented Indian missionaries in New England?

Writings of Joseph Johnson, 1773-1776

178 - Only converted when he was 21 (despite living at Wheelock's since he was a young boy...?)

184 -- "ungrateful Natives" "ademant savage hearts" "I wish that all the Indians were filled with love" "I wish I had a convenient opportunity to converse with the Indians of the several scattered Tribes."

Letter to Trumbull (TF #579) -- says that Indians aren't respected bc they rejected the path of God. Gives thanks that he was different because he was "born in a Christian land" -- again with the geography of sanctification (religious spaces vs. irreligious space).
Complains about English teachers getting paid more than Indian teachers -- did Occom make this same complaint? Or have I read this quote already in a secondary source somewhere?
Compares his salary w/ David Fowler, Jacob Fowler, and Charles Daniels

Letter to Wheelock (TF #580) -- nice passive aggressive remark:  If I was an Englishman, & was thus Respected by you, I should be very thankful, but much more doth it now, become me being an Indian, to be humble, & very thankful in every deed

Tribes/towns represented at Brothertown

From Laura Murray's Writings of Joseph Johnson
Pequots: North Stonington, North Groton
Narragansetts: Charlestown
Montauks: Long Island
Niantics: Niantic
Farmingtons
Mohegans

(page 170)

Joseph Johnson diary, 1772/11/18 - 1773/02/01

Goal for the week: 4 hours on Johnson

Connections:
Boarded with Elijah Wimpy for first two weeks of teaching school at Farmington

Boarded with Solomon Mossuck.

Boarded with Samuel Adams

Boarded with Charles Wimpy

Attended prayer services at Samuel Adams' house.

Met at Thomas Occorum's house

Elijah Wimpy Jr, Lucy and Luke Mossuck all students at his school

153 Samuel Adams (1734 - c 1800) was the son of Adam, a Quinnpiac; Samuel was married to Hannah Squamp (Wangunck) and had served in the army in 1736 and 1768. His son Solomon married Olive Occom, Samon’s daughter.

Solomoon Mossuck (1723 - 1802) and his wife Eunice, both church members, were the parents of Daniel, who attended Wheelock’s school and later fought in the Revolutionary War. 

Wrote letters to the Poquiantup sisters. 159 Jacob Fowler was married to Esther Poquiantup (or Paukanop); two other sisters, probably unmarried at this time, were Eunice and Prudence. Prudence later married a man named Cujep, and then Gideon harry; she died in 1828 in Brotherton. 

Relationship with Hannah Poquiantup at Wheelock's? 

Saw Joseph Sunsaman of Grotton at Elijah Wimpey's. 

Race

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This is he of whom I said let us all be persuaded to Remember. This is the God whom Our fathers Disobeyed, & Provoked, & were ignorant of, and are Destroyed. But we their Children who have walked in the Steps of our fathers and more agravtedly sinned agains the great God of Heaven & Earth, and trampled under foot the blood of the Eternal Son, of the Ever blessed God. We hard hearted, Stubborn, Rebellious, and Impenitent, Gospel rejecters and Gospel sinners are yet Spared. O the amazing goodness, long forbearance of the great, Eternal God, towards us his Creatures we are yet the spared monuments of God’s mercy. 

Ycnocuicatl - Orphan Song

Transcribing Ycnocuicatl - Orphan song

f12, f13, f14, f15 - finsihed transcribing, I'll begin translating tomorrow...

Joseph Johnson writings, 1772

Letter to Moses Paul -- identifies himself as an Indian right away (in contrast to TF #599 where he identifies as a minister to his white audience)
Typical description of salvation, need to fear hell, etc. But also acknowledges prejudice against Indians.