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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467902903321

Autore

Rubin Julius H.

Titolo

Perishing heathens : stories of Protestant missionaries and Christian Indians in antebellum America / / Julius H. Rubin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4962-0308-9

1-4962-0310-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

299.7

Soggetti

Indians of North America - Missions - History - 19th century

Missionaries - United States

Indians of North America - Religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.