Salvation and the savage; an analysis of Protestant missions and American Indian response, 1787-1862

"From the vast quantity of data available for the period between the founding of the first missionary societies in the new nation in 1787 and the closing of many mission stations by the coming of the Civil War, Mr. Berkhofer has examined the records of all Protestant denominations operating in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berkhofer, Robert F
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington,. KY : University of Kentucky Press, c1965
[Lexington] : University of Kentucky Press [1965]
[Lexington] : c1965
[Lexington] [1965]
[Lexington] : [1965]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The grand object
  • Nurseries of Morality
  • Temples in the forest
  • An industrious citizenry
  • Other whites
  • Jehovah's stepchildren
  • Christians versus pagans