Stephen R Riggs
Mary and I - Forty Years with the Sioux
Paperback
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform May 27, 2013)
, Illustrated edition
Mary and I Forty Years With The Sioux By Stephen r. Riggs This book I have inscribed to my own family. It will be of interest to them, as, in part, a history of their father and mother, in the toils and sacrifices and rewards of commencing and carrying forward the work of evangelizing the Dakota people. Many others, who are interested in the uplifting of the Red Men, may be glad to obtain glimpses, in these pages, of the inside of Missionary Life in what was, not long since, the Far West; and to trace the threads of the in-weaving of a Christ-life into the lives of many of the Sioux nation. “Why don’t you tell more about yourselves?” is a question which, in various forms, has been often asked me, during these last four decades. Partly as the answer to questions of that kind, this book assumes somewhat the form of a personal narrative.......
- Series
- Illustrated
- ISBN
- 1489577807 / 9781489577801
- Pages
- 248
- Weight
- 25.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 0.6
in.