The Salmon River Indian Mission, 1891.

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The Salmon River Indian Mission, 1891.

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This typescript is from The Deseret Weekly, April 18, 1891. Ruby Lamont provides a brief history of the Salmon River Indian Mission. Her research comes primarily from the recollections of one of the missionaries, Thomas Day (1814-1893). This history is told through his perspective and covers his preparation for and activities during the mission. Also included are descriptions of the conflict between the Mormon missionaries and the Bannock and Shoshoni Indians that caused the abandonment of Fort Lemhi and stopped Mormon missionary efforts in the area.

1 typescript.28 cm.11 pages.

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Day, Thomas, 1814-1893

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Mormon pioneer and missionary. From the description of Autobiographies, 1844-ca. 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122606210 From the guide to the Thomas Day autobiographies, 1844-1881, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Thomas Day (1814-1893) was born in Wolverhampton, England. He joined the Methodist Church and married Ann Anfrus Danks in 1836. While living in Astwood Bank, Day became interested in the Mormon religion. After going to several local meetings Day ...

Lamont, Ruby.

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In 1855 Brigham Young (1801-1877) called a group of missionaries to Lemhi County, Idaho to preach to the Shoshoni and Bannock Indians. The Mormon missionaries built a fort there, Fort Lemhi, and found the Indians to be friendly and receptive to their message. Yet, with the destruction of their crops by grasshoppers and the dwindling of their supplies, the Mormons found themselves in dire straits. In 1857, with word of the coming United States Army, a mountain man by the name of John W. Powell wa...