Professional Indian: The American Odyssey of Eleazer Williams

by Michael Leroy Oberg

Born in 1788, Eleazer Williams was raised in the Catholic Iroquois settlement of Kahnawake along the St. Lawrence River. According to some sources, he was the descendant of a Puritan minister whose daughter was taken by French and Mohawk raiders; in other tales he was the Lost Dauphin, second son to Louis XVI of France. Williams achieved regional renown as a missionary to the Oneida Indians in central New York; he was also instrumental in their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812246764
• ISBN13: 9780812246766
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"