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Elias Boudinot
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Elias Boudinot
An Exerpt of The Address to the Whites
Education
About Boudinot
- Boudinot started his Christian education started at the age of 6 when he attended the Moravian Missionary School
- Elias Boudinot, a statesman from new Jersey, was a patron of this school who Elias Boudinot(Cherokee) named himself after
- In 1812 Boudinot then joined the Spring Place School in Murray County Georgia
- Elias Boudinot was born as Gallegina Uwati
- He adopted Elias Boudinot as an act of gratitude towards the patron of the missionary school he attended
- Boudinot was born around 1802
- He died on June 22, 1839
To those who are unacquainted with the manners, habits, and improvements of the
Aborigines of this country, the term Indian is pregnant with ideas the most repelling and
degrading. But such impressions, originating as they frequently do, from infant prejudices,
although they hold too true when applied to some, do great injustices to many of this race of
beings.
Some there are, perhaps even in this enlightened assembly, who at the bare sight of an
Indian, or at the mention of the name, would throw back their imaginations to ancient times, to
the ravages of savage warfare, to the yells pronounced over the mangled bodies of women and
10 children, thus creating an opinion, inapplicable and highly injurious to those for whose temporal
interest and eternal welfare, I come to plead.
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Elias's Writings
Printing Press
Early Life
- Boudinot grew up in the leading Cherokee family of Georgia
- He was the oldest of his family of 9 children
- Boudinot's family was very religious, he grew up with Christian traditions
- When Boudinot returned to New Echota he was selected by the council to become the editor of the Cherokee Phoenix
- Boudinot was able to buy a printing press and start production
- Boudinot with the help of Samuel Worcester published the newspaper in both English and Cherokee
- The intent of the newspaper was to unite the Cherokee and to show the european americans that they could adopt their ways
- Boudinot also used the printing press to translate the New Testament of the bible to Cherokee
Including the Cherokee Phoenix Boudinot has three writings:
- The Address to the Whites
- Poor Sarah
The Address to the Whites was his most famous writing
Works Cited
- "Elias Boudinot- Native American Writer." Elias Boudinot- Native American Writer. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2016.
- "An Address to the Whites." National Humanities Center. N.p., n.d. Web.
- "Elias Boudinot." Cherokee Registry. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2016.