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Perishing heathens : stories of Protestant missionaries and Christian Indians in antebellum America
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Title
Perishing heathens : stories of Protestant missionaries and Christian Indians in antebellum America / Julius H. Rubin.
ISBN
9781496201874
1496201876
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Physical Description
xxii, 248 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
"Perishing Heathens examines the missionary men and women who between 1800 and 1830 responded to the call to save Native peoples in missions, including the Osages in the Arkansas Territory; Cherokees in Tennessee and Georgia; and Ojibwe peoples in the Michigan Territory."--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Stories of Protestant missionaries and Christian Indians in antebellum America
Other formats
Online version: Rubin, Julius H., author. Perishing heathens Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 29, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The travails of David Bacon: a humble missionary of the cross
The missionary vocation of Miss D: a life broken by disease and disappointment
The endless chain of religious intelligence: the emergence of an American evangelical identity
The question of K: the first friend of the Osage Nation unto God
The first fruits of the Cherokee Nation: Catharine Brown and Sister Margaret Ann
Metis Christian Indian lives: Jane Johnston schoolcraft and Mackinaw Mission converts.
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