The Life of (John) Conrad Weiser, the German Pioneer, Patriot, and Patron of Two RacesJohn Conrad Weiser was among very few colonial settlers to achieve fluency in Native American languages, working for decades as an interpreter and peacemaker between European settlers and native tribes. The services rendered by Conrad Weiser were immensely important to the colonists of North America. He spent time living with the Maqua tribe, learning their customs and culture, and achieving supreme command of their language. When disputes arose, Weiser was called upon - on several occasions, his mediation and diplomacy prevented disagreements from descending into violence. In maturity, he served as Superintendent of the Indian Bureau; an agency which promoted peaceful cooperation between Native Americans and white Europeans. This biography charts Weiser's humble beginnings in Germany, his boyhood emigration to America, and his first communications and residence with the Maqua. His greatest successes as interpreter and promoter of peaceful understanding are related in detail. Strongly revered for decades after his death in 1760, George Washington himself revisited Weiser's gravesite in 1793 to remember his contributions. Weiser remains a pivotal figure in the history of colonial America, and his house in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania is today a museum dedicated to study of the era. The author of this biography, Clement Zwingli Weiser, was a descendent keen on family research, who lived at the turn of the 20th century. |
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... CHAPTER II . Conrad Weiser's Parents - His Father and Mother ........ CHAPTER III . . Page 9 12 The Exodus of Conrad Weiser's Father ........ CHAPTER IV . 15 19 ................. Conrad's Father Chief of the Colony at Livingstone Manor ...
... CHAPTER XIV . Ten More Years of Indian Intercourse - Missions and Duties - 1744-1754 63 CHAPTER XV . The French and Indian War - Conrad Weiser , Superintendent of the In- dian Bureau - Colonel - His Death Officially Announced - 1754 ...
... I herewith send you the Weiser lineage from the earliest date within my reach . Our Church books extend back but to 1693. During that year the parson- 2 CHAPTER I Conrad Weiser's Remote Ancestry and Native Place............ Page.
... , in the measure according to which the society of our country is crystallizing into families — a process which no nation can eventually escape . CHAPTER II . CONRAD WEISER'S PARENTS . HIS FATHER AND CONRAD WEISER . 11.
Clement Zwingli Weiser. CHAPTER II . CONRAD WEISER'S PARENTS . HIS FATHER AND MOTHER . Conrad Weiser's father was John Conrad Weiser . He was born and reared in the town of his ... CHAPTER II Conrad Weiser's Parents-His Father and Mother.