Walk softly, this is God's country : sixty-six years on the Wind River Indian Reservation : compiled from the letters and journals of the Rev. John Roberts, 1883-1949 / Elinor R. Markley and Beatrice Crofts.

Author/creator Markley, Elinor R.
Other author Crofts, Beatrice.
Format Book
Publication InfoLander, WY : Mortimore Pub., ©1997.
Description194 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Subjects
Roberts, John, 1853-1949--Correspondence.
Roberts, John, 1853-1949--Diaries.
Missionaries--Wyoming. --Wind River Reservation. --Biography.
Shoshoni Indians--Missions.
Arapaho Indians--Missions.
Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.)--History.

Contents The blizzard -- Co-inhabitants of the reservation -- Early living conditions and traditions -- Shoshone ministry: Shoshone friends -- Early services on the reservation -- Medicine men and superstitions -- The sundance -- Early education: Roberts' mission -- School life -- Arapahoe ministry; Arapahoe friends -- St. Michael's: the Arapahoe Episcopal mission -- Summing up the reservation work -- On the road: ministry to the white settlements -- Washakie -- Sacajawea -- Sherman Coolidge -- Laura Roberts.
LCCN 98100807
ISBN096588550X (pbk.) :

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E99.S4 R635 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold