soil.

In the compilation of this work the author has drawn freely from these
publications, viz.:

THE GOSPEL OF THE DAKOTAS, MARY AND I, _By Stephen R. Riggs, D.D.,
LL.D._

TWO VOLUNTEER MISSIONARIES, _By S. W. Pond, Jr._

INDIAN BOYHOOD, _By Charles Eastman_

THE PAST MADE PRESENT, _By Rev. William Fiske Brown_

THE WORD CARRIER, _By Editor A. L. Riggs, D.D._

THE MARTYRS OF WALHALLA, _By Charlotte O. Van Cleve_

THE LONG AGO, _By Charles H. Lee_

THE DAKOTA MISSION, _By Dr. L. P. Williamson and others_

DR. T. S. WILLIAMSON, _By Rev. R. McQuesten_

He makes this general acknowledgment, in lieu of repeated references,
which would otherwise be necessary throughout the book. For valuable
assistance in its preparation he is very grateful to many missionaries,
especially to John P. Williamson, D.D., of Grenwood, South Dakota; A.
L. Riggs, D.D. of Santee, Nebraska; Samuel W. Pond, Jr., of
Minneapolis, and Mrs. Gideon H. Pond, of Oak Grove, Minnesota. All
these were sharers in the stirring scenes recorded in these pages. The
names Dakota and Sioux are used as synonyms and the English
significance instead of the Indian cognomens.

May the blessing of Him who dwelt in the Burning Bush, rest upon all
these toilers on the prairies of the new Northwest.

R. J. CRESWELL.

Minneapolis, Minnesota,
January, 1906.

PART I.

_CONTENTS_

CHAPTER I.

The Pond Brothers.--Great Revival.--Conversions.--Galena.--Rum-seller
Decision.--Westward.--Fort Snelling.--Man of-the-Sky.--Log Cabin.--Dr.
Williamson.--Ripley.--Lane Seminary.--St. Peters Church.--Dr.
Riggs.--New England Mary.--Lac-qui-Parle.

CHAPTER II.

The Lake-that-Speaks.--Indian Church.--Adobe Edifice.--First
School.--Mission Home.--Encouragements.--Discouragements.--Kaposia.--New
Treaty.--Yellow Medicine.--Bitter Winter.--Hazlewood.--Traverse des
Sioux.--Robert Hopkins.--Marriage.--Death.--M. N. Adams, Oak Grove.--
J. P. Williamson, D.D.

CHAPTER III.

Isolation.--Strenuous Life.--Formation of Dakota Language Dictionary.
--Grammar.--Literature.--Bible Translation.--Massacre.--Fleeing
Missionaries.--Blood.--Anglo Saxons Triumph.--Loyal Indians.--Monument.

CHAPTER IV.

Prisoners in Chains.--Executions.--Pentecost in Prison.--Three Hundred
Baptisms.--Church Organized.--Sacramental Supper.--Prison Camp.--John
P. Williamson.--One Hundred Converts.--Davenport.--Release.--Niobrara.
--Pilgrim Church.

CHAPTER V.

1884--Iyakaptapte.--