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A detailed journal/daily log of a 1634 expedition of three individuals into Fort Orange (now Albany New York) that serves as a detailed account of the Mohawk and the Oneida tribes, their settlements, modes of subsistence and healing rituals. This revised edition, includes a new preface, the original Dutch transcription, updated endnotes and bibliography.

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9780815633228

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Although it is not the first translation of Bogaert's journal, it is the best. . . . Annotations provide invaluable material. . . . Benefits greatly from modern scholarship.--History: Review of New Books What gives this edition a special place in the vast literature on Iroquoian studies is the careful translation of the text and the extensive scholarly notes.--Choice

What gives this edition a special place in the vast literature on Iroquoian studies is the careful translation of the text and the extensive scholarly notes.--Choice Although it is not the first translation of Bogaert's journal, it is the best. . . . Annotations provide invaluable material. . . . Benefits greatly from modern scholarship.--History: Review of New Books

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Charles Gehring is the translator of numerous Dutch colonial manuscripts and author of many articles on New York State history and New Netherlands history. William A. Starna is professor emeritus of Anthropology at the State University of New York College at Oneonta, and adjunct professor emeritus of Geography, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and several books, most recently From Homeland to New Land: A History of the Mahican Indians, 1600-1830 (2013).

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