LEADER 04196nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910827173303321 005 20240819233249.0 010 $a0-87013-967-3 010 $a0-585-18802-5 035 $a(CKB)111004368748230 035 $a(EBL)1768443 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109206 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11114000 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109206 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10045803 035 $a(PQKB)10325228 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3338110 035 $a(OCoLC)44957387 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse12646 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3338110 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10514497 035 $a(OCoLC)923248602 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368748230 100 $a19981230d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBattle for the soul $eMe?tis children encounter evangelical Protestants at Mackinaw Mission, 1823-1837 /$fKeith R. Widder 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEast Lansing, Mich. $cMichigan State University Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87013-491-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-241) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Foreshadows; Chapter I: The Me?tis Family: Origins and Characteristics; Chapter II: "Go Ye into All the World..."; Chapter III: Mackinac, 1815-1830: A Me?tis Community Responds to Americanization; Chapter IV: Evangelical Ministry to the Multi-Ethnic Community at Mackinac, 1822-1837; Chapter V: Together as Family; Afterword; Appendix 1: Children at Mackinaw Mission; Appendix 2: Missionaries at Mackinac and Lake Superior, 1822-1837; Appendix 3: Letters Containing Conversion Accounts Written by Students at Mackinaw Mission 327 $aAppendix 4: "A Sketch of the Seat of War between the Chippeways and Sioux"Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn 1823 William and Amanda Ferry opened a boarding school for Métis children on Mackinac Island, Michigan Territory, setting in motion an intense spiritual battle to win the souls and change the lives of the children, their parents, and all others living at Mackinac. Battle for the Soul, demonstrates how a group of enthusiastic missionaries, empowered by an uncompromising religious motivation, served as agents of Americanization. The Ferrys' high hopes crumbled, however, as they watched their work bring about a revival of Catholicism and their students refuse to abandon the fur trade as a way of life. The story of the Mackinaw Mission is that of people who held differing world views negotiating to create a "middle-ground," a society with room for all. Widder's study is a welcome addition to the literature on American frontier missions. Using Richard White's "middle ground" paradigm, it focuses on the cultural interaction between French, British, American, and various native groups at the Mackinac mission in Michigan during the early 19th century. The author draws on materials from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions archives, as well as other manuscript sources, to trace not only the missionaries' efforts to Christianize and Americanize the native peoples, but the religious, social, and cultural conflicts between Protestant missionaries and Catholic priests in the region. Much attention has been given to the missionaries to the Indians in other areas of the US, but little to this region. 606 $aMe?tis$xMissions$zMichigan$zMackinac Island (Island) 606 $aMe?tis$xCultural assimilation$zMichigan$zMackinac Island (Island) 606 $aEvangelicalism$zMichigan$zMackinac Island (Island) 606 $aOjibwa Indians$xMissions 615 0$aMe?tis$xMissions 615 0$aMe?tis$xCultural assimilation 615 0$aEvangelicalism 615 0$aOjibwa Indians$xMissions. 676 $a266/.0089/970774923 700 $aWidder$b Keith R$01702273 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827173303321 996 $aBattle for the soul$94086691 997 $aUNINA