. A cyclopedia of missions : containing a comprehensive view of missionary operations throughout the world : with geographical descriptions, and accounts of the social, moral, and religious condition of the people . near the north-ern ])art; the Omalias and Otoes. in the vicinityof Council BInfts, on the Missouri river ; andsome bands of the Chippewas nnd Ottawas, onthe Grand and Little Traverse Bays, in Michi-gan, ilie Iowa and Sac Mission is the oldeston this list, having been established in that time the lowas numbered about 1100.«ouls, and the Sacs about 500. They havedecreased sin
. A cyclopedia of missions : containing a comprehensive view of missionary operations throughout the world : with geographical descriptions, and accounts of the social, moral, and religious condition of the people . near the north-ern ])art; the Omalias and Otoes. in the vicinityof Council BInfts, on the Missouri river ; andsome bands of the Chippewas nnd Ottawas, onthe Grand and Little Traverse Bays, in Michi-gan, ilie Iowa and Sac Mission is the oldeston this list, having been established in that time the lowas numbered about 1100.«ouls, and the Sacs about 500. They havedecreased since that, owing princii)ally tointemperance, which has grown upon them fromtheir intercourse Avith the whites, from whomthey are separated only by the I^lissouri the missioiniries have prosecuted tlieirwork among this people, and done good, thoughin the face of great discouragements, Tlielanguage of the lowas was reduced to writingin 1843, when a grannnar was prepared, por-tions of the Scriptures translated, a some elementary works prejjared and ])ub-lished. It is deemed however nu)st expedientto teach the natives English at once, and thusgive them access to the whole range of our. NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. 583 literature. In 1846 a boarding-scliool wasestablished, which continues in operation. Next in date is the mission among theChippewa and Ottawa tribes, in the State ofMichigan. This mission was commenced in1838, by the Rev. Peter Dougherty. A churchwas organized iu , to which over thir^jnatives have been admitted. Two stations arenow occupied by this mission, one at GreatTraverse bay, where a small boarding-school isestablished, and the ot^er at Little Traversebay, where there is a flourishing day-school. Afurther notice of this mission will be found atthe conclusion of this article. The mission among the Creek Indians wasnext established, and was commenced in 1842,by the Eev. Eobert M. Loughridge. TheCreek Indians numljcr over 20,000 souls, a
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