he churches and ministers among the Dakota
Indians. It is the only Presbytery in existence, without any
geographical boundaries. At present, there are seventeen ordained
Indian ministers upon the roll of this presbytery--workmen of whom
neither they themselves nor any others have any cause to be ashamed.
There are, also, under its care, twenty-eight well-organized churches,
aggregating more than fifteen hundred communicants, and eight hundred
Sabbath-School members. The contributions of these fifteen hundred
Dakota Presbyterians in 1904, exceeded the sum of six thousand dollars
for all religious purposes.

Among the "Dispersed" of the Sioux nation, in Manitoba, there is one
organized Presbyterian church of twenty-five communicant members. It is
the church of Beulah and is in connection with the Presbyterian church
of Canada.

In all, twenty-one Sioux Indians have been ordained to the Presbyterian
ministry, by the Presbytery of Dakota. Of these, Artemas Ehnamane,
Titus Icaduze, Joseph Iron Door, and John Baptiste Renville have all
passed on, from the beautiful prairies of the Dakotas, to the celestial
plains of glory. And how warm must have been their greeting as they
passed through the pearly gates of the city, whose builder and maker is
God. Gideon Pond, Dr. Williamson, Samuel W. Pond, Stephen R. Riggs and
Robert Hopkins, Margaret Williamson, Mary Riggs and Aunt Jane and other
faithful missionaries and thousands of redeemed Dakotas, welcomed them,
with glad hozannas, and sweet are the songs they sing as they walk
together, under the trees, on the banks of the River of Life.

The Dakota Congregational association has under its care thirteen
organized churches, with more than one thousand communicants and one
thousand Sabbath school members. The prominent leaders of its work are
Alfred L. Riggs D.D., of Santee, Nebraska, and Rev. Thomas L. Riggs of
Oahe, South Dakota. They are the worthy sons of their famous father,
Stephen R. Riggs, D.D., one of the heroic pioneers in the Dakota work.
The native ministers are Francis Frazier, Edwin Phelps, James Garvie,
James Wakutamani and Elias Gilbert. This association is a mighty factor
in God's plan, for the upbuilding of the Dakotas, in the things that
are noble and of good report.

The Presbyterian and Congregationalists have wrought together, side by
side, for seventy years, in this glorious enterprise. Under their
auspices, forty-four churches, many schools and other benefi