Tschoop: The Converted Indian Chief

This little narrative (less than 6,500 words total), published originally in 1842 by the American Sunday-School Union of the Moravian Church, tells the story of how Tschoop--Mohican chief and inspiration for the title character in James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans--became a Christian in 1742. The daring and perseverance of Moravian missionaries at a time when most of New York and Pennsylvania were still dangerous and unsettled--and in the face of vicious resistance from other...