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Perishing heathens : stories of Protestant missionaries and Christian Indians in antebellum America / Julius H. Rubin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rubin, Julius H., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Missions--History--19th century.
- Indians of North America.
- Missionaries--United States--Biography.
- Missionaries.
- Indians of North America--Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations, tables
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781496203083
- 1496203089
- 9781496203106
- 1496203100
- OCLC:
- 993623511
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