Details

Subject(s)

• Methodist Church—Hymns [Browse]
• Indigenous peoples of North America—Songs and music [Browse]
• Indigenous peoples—Songs and music [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Associated name

Apess, William, 1798-1839 [Browse]

Printer

Shepley & Wright [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Hymns [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Hymns [Browse]
• Broadsides [Browse]

Notes

• "A once popular Methodist hymn, "In de dark wood, no Indian nigh" has been falsely attributed to the Pequot author William Apess (1798-1839) since the nineteenth century, though it was in fact by Thomas Daniel Cowdell (1769-1833), a British emigrant to Halifax, Nova Scotia."--Dealer's notes.
• Caption title. Five numbered verses beneath musical notation.

Place name(s)

United States Massachusetts Boston.

Other title(s)

Indian's prayer

First line

In de dark wood, no Indian nigh

OCLC

1379017570

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