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Author Rubin, Julius H., author.

Title Perishing heathens : stories of Protestant missionaries and Christian Indians in antebellum America / Julius H. Rubin.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  299.7 R896P    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 248 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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 -- Métis Christian Indian lives: Jane Johnston Schoolcraft and Mackinaw Mission converts.
Summary "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.
Subject Indians of North America -- Religion. (OCoLC)fst00969889
Missionaries -- United States -- Biography.
Missionaries. (OCoLC)fst01023720
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Subject Indians of North America -- Missions -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Subject Indians of North America -- Missions. (OCoLC)fst00969849
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Missions -- History -- 19th century.
Subject Indians of North America -- Religion.
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Religion.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Added Title Stories of Protestant missionaries and Christian Indians in antebellum America
Other Form: Online version: Rubin, Julius H. Perishing heathens. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017] 9781496203083 (DLC) 2017032871
ISBN 9781496201874 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
1496201876 (hardcover) (alkaline paper)
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