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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Quinney (J.) — Continued. 



[ and Aupaumut (Copf. Hendrick).] 



The assembly's | shorter catechism. 

 [Stockbridge? 1818?] 



I^o title-page, heading only ; text (with the 

 exception of the headings in English, entirely 

 in the Mohegaa or Stockbridge Indian lau- 

 gaage) pp. 1-34, sq. 18°. Signatures [a], b, c, 

 [dJ in fours, and E in two, including a blank 

 leaf at the end. The last six leaves form but a 

 single fold, notwithstanding the signature mark 

 E at the bottom of page 33. See the fac-simile 

 of the ferst page. 



The assembly's shorter catechiam, pp. 1-22. — 

 Dr.Watts' shorter catechism for children, pp. 

 22-25. —John III (verses 1-21), pp. 26-28.— 

 Matthew v (verses 1-20), pp. 28-29.— Matthew 

 VII (verses 1-27), pp. 29-31. — Select psalms 

 (Psalm 5, common metre ; Psalm 4, long metre ; 

 Psalm 51, 1st Part, long metre ; Psalm 119, 11th 

 Part, common metre) , pp. 32-34. At the bottom 

 of page 34 are the words : ' ' The foregoing is 

 printed in the Moheakunnuk, or Stockbridge 

 I Indian Language. ' ' 



Copies seen: Boston Athenaeum, Massachu- 

 setts Historical Society, Pilling, "Wisconsin 

 Historical Society. 



On one of the preliminary blank leaves of the 

 Boston Athenaeum copy, which formerly be- 

 longed to Mr. Henry R. Schoolcraft, is the fol- 

 lowing manuscript note : 



"This translation was made by John Quin- 

 ney and Capt. Hendrick who received his com- 

 mission from General "Washington. Little else 

 has ever been translated into the Stockbridge 

 language besides this." 



The first twenty-five pages contain an exact 

 reprint of the edition of 1795; the remainder 

 was probably translated by Capt. Hendrick, 

 at the suggestion of Rev. John Sergeant, who 

 died in 1824. The exact date of its publication 

 has not been ascertained ; but from the appear- 

 ance of the paper and the typography, it would 

 seem to belong to the period of the removal of 

 the tribe from 'Nevr Stockbridge, K". T., to In- 

 diana in 1818, and to "Wisconsin in 1822. Mr. 

 Sergeant wished to have his Indians well sup- 

 plied with books before their departure. " My 

 people," he writes, March 30, 1818, "can read 

 their own language very fluently, when they 

 pronounce English very indifierently. This 

 will always be the case, so long as they speak 

 their own language in their families." In an- 

 other letter, dated December 10, 1821, he says : 

 "I am in hopes to obtain copies of Elliot's Bible 

 in the Indian language, and am of opinion, that 

 this Bible will be understood by a good part of 

 the natives in the 'S. W. Territory." 



Captain Hendrick Aupaumut, an Indian of 

 the Stockbridge tribe, was a man of eminence 

 among his people. In personal appearance, 

 " his gait, " says one, "and his demeanor, ap- 

 peared like royalty." He was often employed 

 as interpreter ; and in this capacity his " strong 

 memory, his clear, lucid manner, and his mind 



Quinney (J.) and Aupaumut (H.) — Con. 

 illumined face," as he conveyed the thoughts of 

 a preacher to his people, are highly praised. 

 His public speeches are spoken of as " always 

 remarkable for perspicuity and sound sense." 

 According to a common custom in the tribe, he 

 dropped the Indian name Aupaumut, and was 

 known as Capt. Hendrick. Since then. Hen- 

 drick has been the surname of the family. 

 (Jones's Stockbridge, pp. 119, 120.) 



He probably received his commission as Cap- 

 t.iin from General Washington during the revo- 

 lutionary war. In 1777, when Joseph Quinney 

 became sachem, he made Hendrick one of his 

 counselors. In 1785 the tribe removed from 

 Stockbridge, Mass., to a tract of land six miles 

 square, given to them by the Oneida Indians, 

 situated in what is now Madison County, New 

 York. There they built the village of New 

 Stockbridge. 



Capt. Hendrick is mentioned by Bev. Mr. 

 Kirkland, in a letter to General Knox, dated 

 April 22, 1791, as " one of the chiefs of the 

 Stockbridge tribe." "As you are in a measure 

 a stranger to Captain Hendrick," he continues, 

 " allow me to say, from long personal acquaint- 

 ance with him, that he is very little inferior to 

 Cornplanter, who himself has a high esteem for 

 the Stockbridge chief." In 1792 the Indians of 

 New Stockbridge and their neighbors of the Six 

 Nations were invited to Philadelphia by Presi- 

 dent Washington, ' ' that measures might be con- 

 certed to impart such of the blessings of civili- 

 zation as might suit their condition." On this 

 occasion Capt. Hendrick accompanied them, 

 and while there he was employed by the Sec- 

 retary of "War to go on a mission to the western 

 tribes. 



In 1809 he formed the plan of collecting all 

 the eastern Indians and settling them on lands 

 near the White Biver in Indiana, which had 

 been given to this tribe by the Miamis more 

 than a century before. About the same time, 

 when the Stockbridges and Dela wares were so- 

 licited by Tecumseh and his brother, the 

 Prophet, to join them in a league against the 

 whites, the advice and exertions of Capt. Hen- 

 drick kept them aloof. In the war with Great 

 Britain which soon followed, he joined the 

 American army, was favorably noticed, and 

 promoted to office. 



In 1816 or 1817 Capt. Hendrick resigned the 

 chieftainship, on account of old age and increas- 

 ing infirmities. His yoangest son, Solomon Au- 

 paumut, or as he was usually called, Solomon U. 

 Hendrick, was made sachem in his stead, but he 

 died a few years later. In September, 1818, the 

 first removal of a part of the tribe took place, 

 from New Stockbridge to Indiana, but the vent- 

 ure was unfortunate. In 1821, under the direc- 

 tion of Chief Solomon Aupaumut, a tract of 

 land was purchased for them on the east side of 

 Fox Kiver, in "Wisconsin, about twenty-two 

 miles from its entrance to Green Bay ; and to- 

 that place they began to emigrate in 1822. Capt. 



