The Dakota Mission: Past and Present. A.D. 1886 [wrapper title]

Minneapolis: Tribune Job Printing Co, 1886. 27pp., plus additional printed note tipped in on first leaf of text. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Three binder holes punched along spine, moderate toning and dust-soiling to wrappers, ownership signature in blue ink on front wrapper. Soft vertical crease throughout. A handful of blue ink underlinings to text. About very good. A scarce compilation of articles from a confederation of American religious missionary organizations working in various populations of Dakota Indians in the Midwest and Far West, compiled by John P. Williamson, a Presbyterian and "Missionary to the Indians" in the Dakota Territory. Williamson also served as the treasurer of the Native Missionary Society. The Dakota Mission was made up of members of the Presbyterian and Congregational orders, as well as groups like the American Board, the American Missionary Association, the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions, and the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The present work includes nine articles by members of these various groups, including three by Williamson ("Early Missions to the Dakota Indians in Minnesota," "Poplar Creek Mission" and "The Dakota Native Missionary Society"), as well as "Sisseton Mission" by Martha Riggs Morris; "The Yankton Mission" by Nancy Hunter; "Wolf Point Mission, Montana" by Rev. George W. Wood; "The Congregational Division of the Dakota Mission" by Rev. Alfred L. Riggs; "The Santee Normal School" by "One of the Teachers;" and "The Swiss Missionaries" by Rev. Samuel W. Pond. In describing their work, these authors necessarily discuss various aspects of the lives and culture of Native Americans.