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Rev.
Samuel Kirkland (1741 – 1808) was a
Presbyterian missionary among the
Oneida and
Tuscarora people in
North America. He was the founder (in 1793) of the Hamilton-Oneida Academy (later
Hamilton College). Kirkland was a student of
Native American languages and lived many years with Indian tribes.
Samuel Kirkland was born in
Norwich, Connecticut and died in
Clinton, New York. He began his missionary work as a protégé of Reverend
Eleazar Wheelock, but the two parted company in 1770. He became an advisor and ambassador for the
Iroquois during the
American Revolutionary War and was able to persuade many Oneidas and Tuscaroras to assist the American revolutionaries. After the war, he maintained good relations with the Indians and helped negotiate treaties and keep peace between Indians and whites.
The town of
Kirkland, New York is named after him.
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