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Rev. Daniel Sabin Butrick (or Buttrick)(August 25, 1789 – June 8, 1851) was commissioned in 1817 as a minister of the Word of God to the , in the service of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). His subsequent 25 years were marked with personal failure and relational conflict as he sought to realize his mission to the Cherokee Nation, although his recorded observations concerning the Cherokee removal crisis and Trail of Tears established a legacy. His decision to champion Christian salvation over political advocacy resulted in the creation of an invaluable resource on Indian culture.〔 Tackett, David James (2011). Abstract to “Rev. Daniel S. Butrick's "Indian Antiquities": his mission to the Cherokee nation and obsession to prove that they are the lost ten tribes of Israel.” MA Thesis, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.〕 ==Butrick's Interest in "Indian Antiquities"== Butrick wrote “Indian Antiquities” in response to the Indian Removal efforts that threatened his mission to the Cherokee Nation in the 1830s. His effort to prove that the ancestors of the Cherokee Indians were the lost ten tribes of Israel became an obsession to correct, or at least to spotlight, the injustices which the natives suffered at the hands of the Americans. He interviewed informants and planned to have their perspectives published by his editor John Howard Payne (June 9, 1791 - April 10, 1852) on behalf of their nation.〔Tackett, David James (2011). Introduction to “Rev. Daniel S. Butrick's "Indian Antiquities": his mission to the Cherokee nation and obsession to prove that they are the lost ten tribes of Israel” MA Thesis, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. pp. 1-2〕 Butrick’s Evangelicalism drove him beyond the ethnocentrism of his fellows and into an obsession to demonstrate the Jewish ancestry of the Cherokee. He undertook the "Indian Antiquities" project as an expression of his faith that the Cherokee were heirs to the promises of the God of ancient Israel. He hoped that the Cherokees would find restoration in Jesus Christ amidst the forced relocation wrought upon them by the Americans. “Indian Antiquities” was Butrick’s attempt to reconcile his theological tradition with Cherokee folkways as he sought to live out an Indian-centered worldview.〔Tackett, David James (2011). Research Methods to “Rev. Daniel S. Butrick's "Indian Antiquities": his mission to the Cherokee nation and obsession to prove that they are the lost ten tribes of Israel.” MA Thesis, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. pp. 12-18〕 An abbreviated version of the “Indian Antiquities” manuscript (ca. 1840) is accessible by way of its posthumous publication, entitled ''Antiquities of the Cherokee Indians'' (1884). The 1884 edition was the product of Butrick's relationships with his Cherokee informants, particularly Thomas Nu:tsa:wi. These relationships bring attention to the role which Cherokee Christians played in the creation of the John Howard Payne Papers while offering insight into the complexities of Butrick’s engagement with the Indians as he undertook his project.〔An “informant” is a general term to describe an individual who provided information (directly or indirectly) to another person on behalf of a research project. The term “antiquitarian” refers specifically to the elders of the Cherokee Nation who provided antiquities for Butrick’s specific inquiries into their folkways.〕〔Tackett, David James (2011). Research Methods to “Rev. Daniel S. Butrick's "Indian Antiquities": his mission to the Cherokee nation and obsession to prove that they are the lost ten tribes of Israel.” MA Thesis, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. pp. 12-18〕〔Buttrick, Daniel S. (1884). ''Antiquities of the Cherokee Indians'' Vinita, Indian Territory: Indian Chieftain.〕〔“Indian Antiquities,” Ayer Manuscript Collection, vols. 1, 3, 4 and 9 of John Howard Payne Papers, TSS, CD-R, Newberry Library, Chicago.〕 The "Indian Antiquities" manuscripts remained unpublished during Butrick's lifetime. Payne published some of Butrick's research in an article, “The Ancient Cherokee Traditions and Religious Rites” (1849).The editors of Payne-Butrick Papers speculated that Payne’s article was intended “to drum up () interest in his project.”〔Payne, John Howard et al. (2010). “Notes on Cherokee Customs and Antiquities” to ''Payne-Butrick Papers'', vol. 1. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. pp. xix, 5.〕〔 Payne, John Howard (1849). ''The Ancient Cherokee Traditions and Religious Rites''. Philadelphia.〕〔Buttrick, Daniel S. (1884). ''Antiquities of the Cherokee Indians'' Vinita, Indian Territory: Indian Chieftain〕〔Tackett, David James (2011). Research Methods to “Rev. Daniel S. Butrick's "Indian Antiquities" : his mission to the Cherokee nation and obsession to prove that they are the lost ten tribes of Israel.” MA Thesis, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. pp. 12-18〕 Butrick’s collaboration with Payne concluded in the early 1840s. During this era, Butrick wrote with an emotional tone ranging from disillusionment and grief during the early 1840s (after the Trail of Tears) to a feeling of hopeful optimism that he had gained shortly before his death in 1851. The historian David James Tackett argued that Butrick began to realize his hoped-for restitution as he took to heart the encouragement of his wife (Elizabeth Proctor Butrick, 1783-1847?), forgave his brethren at the Brainerd Mission for their shortcomings, and attempted to revive his spiritual ministry among the Five Civilized Tribes.〔Tackett, David James (2012). Research Methods to “Rev. Daniel S. Butrick's "Indian Antiquities" : his mission to the Cherokee nation and obsession to prove that they are the lost ten tribes of Israel.” MA Thesis, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. pp. 12-18〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel Sabin Butrick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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