As the story of King Philip is perhaps generally known, it will be sufficient for our purpose to say that he was overcome by treachery. This tribe inhabited a part of Connecticut, and lived in comparative peace on the river Thames, in the town of Groton or Pacatonic, and was commanded by King Philip. WILLIAM APES, the author of the following narrative is a native of the American soil, and a descendant of one of the principal chiefs of the Pequod Tribe, so well known in that part of American history called King Philip’s Wars. It was written under many disadvantages, and the bare acknowledgement of his entire want of a common education, will, he hopes, be a sufficient apology for any inaccuracies that may occur. IN offering to the public this little volume, containing the leading features in the eventful life of a Son of the Forest, the author would in the outset bespeak for the work a favorable reception. In conformity of the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled “An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned.” And also to an Act, entitled “An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled an Act for the encouragement of the Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.”Ĭlerk of the Southern District of New-York. The Experience of William Apes, a Native of the Forest Comprising a notice of the Pequod Tribe of Indians. 1829, in the fifty third year of the Independence of the United States of America, William Apes, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit ![]() BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the twenty-fifth day of July, A.D. Any other changes to the original 1829 edition are unintentional. A few minor and obvious spelling mistakes have been corrected. Due to formatting issues, paragraph breaks are indicated by a space between paragraphs rather than by the indentations used in the original. ![]() The original pagination is indicated by page numbers in bold brackets at the site of the page breaks. It is offered so that readers of Apess’s works can compare the text with the more often anthologized 1831 version and freely copy and paste from the text for scholarly purposes. In his extensive introduction to the volume, Barry O'Connell reconstructs the story of Apess's life, situates him in the context of early nineteenth-century Pequot society, and interprets his writings both as a literary act and as an expression of emerging Native American politics.Presented here is a transcription of the first 1829 edition of William Apess’s memoir A Son of the Forest in a clean Word Document format. Another piece in the collection, The Experiences of Five Christian Indians of the Pequo Tribe (1833), concludes with an eloquent and unprecedented attack on Euro-American racism entitled "An Indian's Looking-Glass for the White Man." Also included are Apess's account of the "Mashpee Revolt" of 1833-34, when the Native Americans of Mashpee petitioned the government of Massachusetts for the right to elect their own representatives, and his Eulogy on King Philip, an address delivered in Boston in 1836 to mark the 160th anniversary of King Philip's War. Readable and engaging, it is not only a rare statement by a Native American, but also an unusually full document in the history of New England native peoples. Apess's A Son of the Forest, originally published in 1829, was the first extended autobiography by an American Indian. ![]() Contents A son of the forest - The increase of the Kingdom of Christ: a sermon and The Indians: the ten lost tribes - The experiences of five Christian Indians of the Pequot tribe - Indian nullification of the unconstitutional laws of Massachusetts relative to the Marshpee tribe or, The pretended riot explained - Eulogy on King Philip, as pronounced at the Odeon, in Federal Street, Boston Summary This book brings together all of the known writings of William Apess, a Native American of mixed Pequot and white parentage who fought for the United States in the War of 1812, became a Methodist minister in 1829, and championed the rights of the Mashpee tribe on Cape Cod in the 1830s. NMAI copy 39088019419035 from the library of H. ANTH copy 39088014693162 Bequest from the library of William C. Object Details Author Apess, William 1798-1839 O'Connell, Barry 1943- Subject Apess, William 1798-1839 Bookmark from The University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, Massachusetts 01004 inserted.
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