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Digital 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. The letters, intended to be reports from the field, range in length from single fragments to reports of over twenty pages. They describe the Indian peoples and cultures, tribal factionalism, relations with the U.S. government, and the chronicle the assimilationist goals of the missionaries.
Coverage: 1833-1893
Vendor: Gale
Producer: Library of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia
Interlibrary Loan Type: Not Permitted
Simultaneous User Limit: Unlimited simultaneous users