Title: Bringing Indians to the book
First published: 2005
Description: 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. - Back cover.
Subjects: Indians of North America, History, Religion, Missionaries, Missions, Indians of north america, missions, Indians of north america, northwest, pacific, Indians of north america, history
Places: Pacific Northwest
LC classification: E78.N77 F87 2005