Title: Bringing Indians to the book /
Authors: Furtwangler, Albert, 1942-
Publisher: University of Washington Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Indians of North America Missions Northwest, Pacific.; Indians of North America Northwest, Pacific Religion.; Indians of North America Northwest, Pacific History.; Missionaries Northwest, Pacific History.
Abstract: "In 1831 a delegation of Northwest Indians reportedly made the arduous journey from the shores of the Pacific to the banks of the Missouri in order to visit the famous explorer William Clark. This delegation came, however, not on civic matters but on a religious quest, hoping, or so the reports ran, to discover the truth about the white man's religion. The story of this meeting inspired a drive to send missionaries to the Northwest. Reading accounts of these souls ripe for conversion, the missionaries expected a warmer welcome than they received, and they recorded their subsequent disappointments and frustrations in their extensive journals, letters, and stories."