A Small Bit of Bread and Butter: Letters from the Dakota Territory 1832-1869

A Small Bit of Bread and Butter: Letters from the Dakota Territory 1832-1869
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Riggs, Maida Leonard
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Publication Date: 
1996
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Ash Grove Press
Publication Location: 
South Deerfield , MA ,
Massachusetts
This edited collection of letters, written by pioneer missionary Mary Ann Clark Longely Riggs to her family, presents an account of life in the territory and state of Minnesota from 1837 t o1862. Grouped chronologically, the letters report on her journey west from Massachusetts, her time at the Lac Qui Parle Mission and the Mission at Traverse des Sioux, and her experiences following the 1862 Sioux Uprising.
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284
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