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Author Jensen, Richard E

Title The Pawnee Mission Letters, 1834-1851
Published Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska Paperback, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (715 pages)
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. New England to St. Louis; 2. St. Louis to Bellevue; 3. The Pawnees and Their Agents; 4. Travels with the Pawnees; 5. The Mission on the Loup; 6. The Investigation; 7. Decline and Fall; 8. The Aftermath; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Rev. John Dunbar and Samuel Allis set out in 1834 to establish a mission to Indians beyond the Rocky Mountains. Unable to obtain a guide and with only a vague knowledge of the West, they instead encountered the Pawnee Indians in Nebraska. It was the beginning of a twelve-year odyssey to convert the tribe to Protestant Christianity and New England "civilization." Dunbar and Allis traveled with the Pawnees on buffalo hunts and spent time at their villages, recording the customs and habits of the tribe. After a permanent community was established, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions sent additional missionaries and conflicts over conversion methods ensued, nearly destroying the mission community. The mission was eventually abandoned in 1846, when hostilities between the Sioux and the Pawnees escalated. This collection of letters written by and to the missionaries, as well as their journal entries, illustrates the life of the mission, from the everyday complications of building and maintaining a community far from urban areas, to the navigation of the bureaucratic policies of the federal government and the American Board, to the ideological differences of the Pawnees' multiple missionaries and the ensuing rift within the community. These writings provide a unique and personal portrayal of this small white community in the heart of the Pawnees' domain
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Allis, Samuel, 1805-1883 -- Correspondence
Dunbar, John, 1804-1857 -- Correspondence
Parker, Samuel, 1779-1866 -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Allis, Samuel, 1805-1883 -- Correspondence
Dunbar, John, 1804-1857 -- Correspondence
Parker, Samuel, 1779-1866 -- Correspondence
Allis, Samuel, 1805-1883 fast
Dunbar, John, 1804-1857 fast
Parker, Samuel, 1779-1866 fast
Subject White people -- Nebraska -- Loup River -- Correspondence
Missionaries -- Nebraska -- Loup River -- Correspondence
Pawnee Indians -- Missions -- Nebraska -- Loup River -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Pawnee Indians -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Missionaries
Pawnee Indians
Pawnee Indians -- Missions
Race relations
Travel
White people
SUBJECT Nebraska -- Description and travel -- Sources
Nebraska -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Loup River (Neb.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Subject Nebraska
Nebraska -- Loup River
Genre/Form History
Personal correspondence
Sources
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780803230446
0803230443