The red record by david mccutchen
The red record by david mccutchen
THE WALLAM OLUM (THE RED RECORD) - Lenape Delaware History.
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11 November 2006
THE WALLAM OLUM(THE RED RECORD)
THE LENNI-LENAPE AND THE "RED RECORD"
The "Red Record" (The Wallum Olum) is not new or a recently discovered piece of ancient history.
It was given to the white man in 1820, when its last caretaker presented it to a Dr. Ward, a Moravian missionary and physician who had lived among the Lenni-Lenape for a number of years. Dr. Ward had saved the life of the village historian and, as a show of appreciation, the Red Record was given with the statement, "This is like our Bible".
The Red Record has passed through many hands, but most did not even examine the carved and painted prayer sticks made of bark and wood.
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Finally, it fell into scholarly hands and the inquiry into its meaning began. As the words and symbols of the Red Record were matched to each other by anthropologists, archaeologists and historians, the impact of these writings began to emerge.
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