Wheelock's ostensible inspiration for such an establishment resulted from his relationship with Mohegan Indian Samson Occom.

After the American Revolution, some Montaukett relocated with Shinnecock to Oneida County in upstate New York, led by the Mohegan missionary Samson Occom, to try to escape settlers ' encroachment.

Wheelock's success in preparing Occom for the ministry encouraged him to found a school in Lebanon for Native American Indians, with the purpose of instilling, in the boys, elements of secular and religious education, so that they could return to their native culture as missionaries.

He persuaded Occom to go to England in 1766 to raise money for the school, along with the Rev.

Upon his return from England, Occom lived with the Mohegan.

Samson Occom oversaw the establishment of Native townships and New Stockbridge and Brotherton ( originally nearby Waterville, NY ) during a period after several tribes agreed with New York lawmakers to reserve land for European settlement.

Occom is honored with a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church ( USA ) on July 14.

Occom became an ordained minister after studying under Wheelock from 1743 to 1747, and later moved to Long Island to preach to the Montauks.

Occom, accompanied by Reverend Nathaniel Whitaker, traveled to England in 1766 to raise money from churches.

Their name comes from Samson Occom, a Mohegan Indian and an ordained Presbyterian minister.

Occom preached his way across the country from February 16, 1766, to July 22, 1767.

Occom is responsible not only for the civil charter of these villages in 1787 but also for the April 12, 1792 eviction of white settlers from the village of Brotherton.

Occom became the first American Indian to publish works in English.

This era also saw the birth of Native American literature, through the two published works of Samson Occom: A Sermon Preached at the Execution of Moses Paul and a popular hymnbook, Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, " the first Indian best-seller ".

Occom died on July 14, 1792, in New Stockbridge, New York.

Occom Pond and Occom Ridge are located on the northern edge of the college campus.

Elsewhere, an upperclassmen residence hall named after Occom is located on the campus of Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Connecticut.

In 1929, the Club built the Dartmouth Outing Club House on Occom Pond in Hanover.

The Dartmouth Outing Club's cross country ski center on Occom Pond.

The Occom Commons community space is part of Goldstein Hall, in the recently opened McLauglin Residential Cluster.

The Reverend Samson Occom ( 1723 – July 14, 1792 ) ( also misspelled as Occum ) was a Native American Presbyterian clergyman and a member of the Mohegan nation near New London, Connecticut.

The funds for the Charity School for Native Americans that preceded Dartmouth College were raised primarily by the efforts of a Native American named Samson Occom, and at least some of those funds were used to help found the College.

* Samson Occom ( 1723 – 1792 ), Mohegan minister and preacher.

* 1759-Native American Samson Occom, direct descendant of the great Mahican chief Uncas, is ordained by the Presbyterians.

In 1743, he took in a student named Samson Occom, a Mohegan who knew English, and had been converted to Christianity in his childhood.

Samson Occom and the British Board of Trustees headed by Lord Dartmouth opposed the addition of the college, and despite ( or because of ) Lord Dartmouth's opposition, Wheelock named the college Dartmouth College.

Born to Joshua Tomacham and his wife, Occom is believed to be a direct descendant of Uncas, the notable Mohegan chief.

In 1743 at the age of 20, Occom heard the teachings of Christian evangelical preachers in the Great Awakening.

From 1749-1761, Occom served as a teacher, preacher, and judge to Native American people in Montauk, Long Island, where he married a local woman.

Occom was never paid the same salary as white preachers, although promised that he would be, and he lived in deep poverty for much of his life.

The friendship between Occom and Wheelock dissolved when Occom learned that Wheelock had neglected to care for Occom's wife and children while he was away.

Occom also was dismayed that Wheelock put the funds toward establishing Dartmouth College for the education of Englishmen, rather than of Native Americans.

In 1768, Occom wrote the 10-page A Short Narrative of My Life, which was kept in Dartmouth College's archive collection until publication in 1982.

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