Life among the red men, [ca. 1885].

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Life among the red men, [ca. 1885].

1885

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/4917001

Holograph manuscript, with corrections and a table of contents, providing an account of Christian missionarary work among the Iroquois, Cherokees, California Indians, Eskimo, Wyandots, Objibwas and other American Indians. Includes sections on Hans Egede's work among Greenland's Eskimo population, the efforts of Presbyterians in Alaska, and the Franciscan's California missions. Includes an incomplete chapter about Richard Henry Pratt and the schools he established in St. Augustine, Florida, Virginia, and Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

2 v. ; 26 cm. + 1 portfolio.

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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