02435nam 2200529 450 991046790290332120200520144314.01-4962-0308-91-4962-0310-0(CKB)4340000000195763(MiAaPQ)EBC4987229(OCoLC)993623511(MdBmJHUP)muse59888(Au-PeEL)EBL4987229(CaPaEBR)ebr11429095(CaONFJC)MIL1031550(EXLCZ)99434000000019576320170922h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPerishing heathens stories of Protestant missionaries and Christian Indians in antebellum America /Julius H. RubinLincoln, Nebraska :University of Nebraska Press,2017.©20171 online resource (274 pages) illustrations, tables1-4962-0187-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Indians of North AmericaMissionsHistory19th centuryMissionariesUnited StatesBiographyIndians of North AmericaReligionElectronic books.Indians of North AmericaMissionsHistoryMissionariesIndians of North AmericaReligion.299.7Rubin Julius H.948578MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910467902903321Perishing heathens2144177UNINA