Английская Википедия:Eleazer Williams
Eleazer Williams (May 1788 – August 28, 1858) was a Canadian-American clergyman and missionary of Mohawk descent.[1] In later years he claimed that he was the French "Lost Dauphin" and was a pretender to the throne of France.[2]
Williams was born in Sault St. Louis, Quebec, Canada, the son of Thomas Williams, and was educated at Dartmouth College. He published tracts and a spelling book in the Iroquois language, translated the Book of Common Prayer into Iroquois, and wrote a biography of Chief Te-ho-ra-gwa-ne-gen (Thomas Williams).
Missionary career
In 1815, Williams joined the Episcopal Church. In 1817, Bishop John Henry Hobart appointed Williams to be a missionary to the Oneida people in upstate New York.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1820 and 1821, Williams led delegations of Native Americans to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where they secured a cession of land from the Menominee and Winnebago tribes in the Fox River Valley at Little Chute and along Duck Creek.Шаблон:Sfn Historians have disputed the significance of Williams' leadership to this migration compared to that of the Oneida people themselves, including Oneida leader Daniel Bread.Шаблон:Sfn The following year Williams made his home there and was married to a Menominee woman named Madeleine Jourdain. In 1826 he was ordained a deacon.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
In 1839 and afterwards, Williams began to make the claim that he was the French "Lost Dauphin".[3] During the 1850s he openly became a pretender to the throne of France,Шаблон:Sfn but he died in poverty at Hogansburg, New York.Шаблон:Sfn
Williams was buried at Saint James' Cemetery in Hogansburg on August 28, 1858. In 1947, his remains and tombstone were moved to Holy Apostles Cemetery in Oneida, Wisconsin.[4] His tombstone at Oneida indicates that he was a Freemason.
Legacy
Шаблон:Main Williams' plot of Шаблон:Convert of land at his Wisconsin home was designated Lost Dauphin State Park by the state.[5] It was later taken off the list of state parks and the house was burned.[6] It remains designated as Lost Dauphin Park with the land remaining state owned.[7] The flagstone foundation of the house remains visible.[7]
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