Conflicted ABCFM Mission to the Dakotas, 1835-1862 /

From the mid-1830s to the 1860s, the missionaries sent to Minnesota by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) wrote thousands of letters to their supervisors and supporters claiming success in converting the Dakota people. But author Linda M. Clemmons reveals that the reali...

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Autor principal: Clemmons, Linda M., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Saint Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions > History > 19th century.
Dakota (Indiens).
Indiens d'Amerique > États-Unis > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession).
Pionniers.
Missionnaires > États-Unis > Minnesota (États-Unis) > 19e siecle.
Missionaries.
Dakota Indians > Missions.
Frontier and pioneer life
Dakota Indians.
Dakota (Indiens) > Guerres, 1862-1865.
Missionnaires > Minnesota > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Frontier and pioneer life > Minnesota.
Dakota Indians > Wars, 1862-1865.
Missionaries > Minnesota > History > 19th century.
Dakota Indians > Missions > Minnesota.
Minnesota.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Waging war against the powers of darkness": An idealized vision of missionary work, 1830-35
  • "We are not without heartfelt trials in this heathen land": Conflicts within the mission community, 1835-39
  • "We could not make them see with our eyes": Early conflicts with the Dakotas, 1835-40
  • "Leagued together to drive all the missionaries out of their country": A decade of increasing opposition and conflict, 1840-50
  • "I cannot feel satisfied with the result of my labors for these heathen": Missionaries, Dakotas, and the treaties of 1851, 1850-54
  • "We have opposition from Indians and from white men": Conflicts intensify, 1854-61
  • "The dark hour": The ABCFM missionaries and the Dakota War of 1862
  • Epilogue: "But oh how changed the times": The immediate aftermath of the Dakota War of 1862.

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