Английская Википедия:David Brown (translator)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Other people Шаблон:Infobox person David Brown (Cherokee: A-wish) (c.1806 – September 14, 1829) was a Cherokee clergyman and translator.

Biography

Brown was born in Wills Valley, Alabama about 1806.[1] Brown's father was of mixed race, part white and part Cherokee.[1] Brown, or A-wish, was, along with his sister Catharine Brown, educated at the school of Cyrus Kingsbury. The school, which had been established by Moravian missionaries, was in Tennessee, Шаблон:Convert from their home in Alabama. Brown later worked with Catharine in educating and Christianizing their native tribe.

Brown was a preacher and interpreter, and also acted as secretary of the Cherokee national government. In November 1819, he assisted John Arch in the preparation and printing of a Cherokee spelling book. He established a mission at Creek Path, Mississippi in 1820.

In the spring of 1820, Brown went to Cornwall, Connecticut, to attend school.[1] After two years there, he spent a year at Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, preparing for ministry work. Returning to his birthplace, Brown began his missionary work converting the Cherokee people to Christianity. According to a letter written by him in 1825, the Christian religion was generally adopted by the tribe. Brown died September 14, 1829, in Creek Path; he died before the Cherokee people were dispossessed of most of their eastern lands by the United States government in defiance of treaty obligations.

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