Stephen Return Riggs: 2 books
Mary and I
Forty Years with the Sioux
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Born in Ohio, Stephen Return Riggs spent much of his life working as a missionary amongst members of the Dakota Sioux tribe in what is now the state of Minnesota. During this period, he also worked to document the language and culture of the Dakota Sioux, producing several important linguistic works....
by Stephen Return Riggs, S. C. Bartlett, Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2013
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents
CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I.
1837.—Our Parentage.CHAPTER II.
1837.—First Knowledge of the Sioux.—Hennepin and Du Luth.—Fort Snelling.
CHAPTER III.
1837-1839.—The Language.—Its Growth.—System of Notation.
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