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N2  - "We must teach them to think, feel, act, and work. We must form their whole character-- all their religious, moral, intellectual, social and industrial habits. This is the work to be done." Thus states a nineteenth-century Presbyterian missionary to the Indians describing his task. He was convinced that their only hope of survival was to abandon the past and accept Christianity and civilization. His striking words come from the American Indian Correspondence, a collection of almost 14,000 letters written by those who served as Presbyterian missionaries to the American Indians during the years from 1833 to 1893.
AB  - "We must teach them to think, feel, act, and work. We must form their whole character-- all their religious, moral, intellectual, social and industrial habits. This is the work to be done." Thus states a nineteenth-century Presbyterian missionary to the Indians describing his task. He was convinced that their only hope of survival was to abandon the past and accept Christianity and civilization. His striking words come from the American Indian Correspondence, a collection of almost 14,000 letters written by those who served as Presbyterian missionaries to the American Indians during the years from 1833 to 1893.
T1  - American Indian correspondencePresbyterian Historical Society collection of missionaries' letters, 1833-1893.
DA  - 2010.
CY  - Farmington Hills, Mich. :
PB  - Gale, a part of Cengage Learning,
PP  - Farmington Hills, Mich. :
PY  - 2010.
N1  - Date range of documents: 1833-1893.
N1  - Reproduction of the originals from the Library of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia.
ID  - 866889
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Presbyterian Church
TI  - American Indian correspondencePresbyterian Historical Society collection of missionaries' letters, 1833-1893.
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