Project Gutenberg 2014-07-23 Public domain in the USA. 65 Wheelock, Eleazar 1711 1779 Wheelock, Eleazer A plain and faithful narrative of the original design, rise, progress and present state of the Indian charity-school at Lebanon, in Connecticut Produced by Giovann Fini and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A plain and faithful narrative of the original design, rise, progress and present state of the Indian Charity-School at Lebanon, in Connecticut" by Eleazar Wheelock is a historical account written during the mid-18th century. The book details the establishment and development of a charity school aimed at educating the children of Native Americans, particularly focusing on the advantages of integrating their own youth into educational systems that also included English practices. The narrative serves to advocate for this charitable institution and appeals to benefactors for support. In this narrative, Eleazar Wheelock outlines his motivations for founding the Indian Charity-School, rooted in both Christian duty and the belief that educating Native American youth is essential for their spiritual and social upliftment. He describes the struggles faced in gaining support for the school, the careful planning that went into its operation, and the methods used to instruct the students, including the incorporation of both male and female pupils. Through a detailed examination of his approach and progress, Wheelock emphasizes the importance of cultural sensitivity and the potential for benefiting both Native American communities and colonial society by fostering understanding and cooperation. The narrative ultimately invites readers to recognize the value of this educational endeavor and encourages them to contribute to its mission. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46378/46378-h/images/cover.jpg en Indians of North America -- Missions Moor's Indian Charity School Indians of North America -- Education -- Early works to 1800 Education -- Connecticut -- History E011 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Schools & Universities Browsing: Teaching & Education 112089 112102 2024-09-19T11:13:50.840424 2023-09-20T07:24:32.653252 text/html text/html 109354 2014-07-22T19:09:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 131624 2014-07-22T19:09:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 142766 2024-09-19T11:13:54.204420 application/epub+zip 141257 2024-09-19T11:13:51.790417 application/epub+zip 86094 2024-09-19T11:13:51.447448 application/epub+zip 192931 2024-09-19T11:13:56.324409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176811 2024-09-19T11:13:53.867449 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122770 2022-09-21T06:03:01.861486 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 90430 90241 2024-09-19T11:13:50.505430 2023-09-20T07:24:32.340231 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 90155 2014-07-22T19:09:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 33530 2014-07-22T19:09:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 90146 2014-07-22T19:09:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33511 2014-07-22T19:09:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21116 2024-09-19T11:13:56.457436 application/rdf+xml 22021 2024-09-19T11:13:51.519433 image/jpeg 3299 2024-09-19T11:13:51.483431 image/jpeg 130655 2024-09-19T11:13:50.868452 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog