The Pawnee Mission Letters, 1834-1851

Index

639 Index A-che-se-que (Oto-Missouri), 318 agents: David Greene’s opinion of, 17; estimates of Pawnee population, 153; on human sacrifice, 220; John Dougherty on responsibilities of, 94, 95, 97, 98; and liquor trading, 152; on location and settlement of Pawnees, 185, 190, 204; Pawnee chiefs’ dissatisfaction with, 325–26, 395; responsibilities of, xix, 274; role in “civilization” of Indians, 93–94; R. P. Beauchampe on need at each village, 103; salaries and terms of employment, xix; Samuel Allis on role of, 397; Thomas Swords as, 605n69 agricultural equipment, xix, 43, 94, 112, 165, 200, 240, 319–20, 570–71. See also farming Ah-ke-tah-we-he-kah-he-gay (Tappage Pawnee), 114 Ah-shah-lay-kah-sah-hah (Republic Pawnee), 114 Ah-sha-kah-tah-kho (Grand Pawnee), 114 Ah-shaw-la-koots-la (Republican Pawnee), 614n61 Ah-shaw-waw-rooks-te (Grand Pawnee), 614n61 Algonquian speakers, 592n17, 605n62 Allegany County, 586n27 Allis, Emeline Palmer: arrival at Pawnee Mission, 191; as church member, 181, 199; connection with mission, 36–38, 46, 224, 238; at Council Creek station, 611n2; health and illness of, 206, 226, 268; introduction to missionary life, 588n64; in James Mathers’s deposition, 431; shooting at, 516, 518–19, 524; teaching at Bellevue, 578; travel to mission, 168, 169, 178–80, 605nn57-58; treatment at mission, 537, 538, 564 Allis, Henry, 226, 234, 608n104 Allis, Samuel: agreement to go to Pawnees, 44; American Board’s appointment of, 19, 23, 26, 32; appointment as teacher, 303, 305–6; arrival at Loup village, 148–49; Benedict Satterlee on travel from Bellevue, 196; bill to government, 397–98, 496; on buffalo hunts, 129, 150–51; career among Pawnees, xxvi; as church member, 199; on “civilization,” xvii, xviii; complaints about treatment of, 563–65; on conditions at Bellevue, 268–69; on conditions at Willow Creek after Sioux attack, 337–40; connection with mission, 223–28, 234, 238–42, 248–51, 305–7, 387, 393, 537–40, 554; on continuation of mission, 574–76; at Council Creek station, 279–81, 611n2; criticism of Daniel Miller, 417–20, 619n11; criticism of government employees, 239, 609n118; criticism of James Mathers, 421; Daniel Miller’s criticism of, 406, 420; Daniel Miller’s demotion of, 365–66, 617n95; Daniel Miller’s dismissal of, 417, 421, 538; in Daniel Miller’s investigation, 434, 436–38, 440–49, 451–53, 456, 460, 471–74, 476–88; David Greene on investigation of, 490; David Greene’s encouragement of, 292; on descendent of Brainerd’s church, 70, 594n33; and difficulties with Otoes, 518, 524; on discouraging prospects of mission, 204–7; on dismissal of George Gaston, 402; expenses of, 240, 251, 307; on food of Pawnees, 157; on harsh treatment of Allis, 640 women, 597n3; on Willow Creek council, 393–98; on women missionaries, 36–38; writings of, xxxii American Bible Society, 356 American Biblical Repository, 276, 278, 323, 489 American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (abcfm): administration of Choctaw mission, 585n19; appointment of William Henry Gray, 605n57; and Civilization Fund Act, xxii; collaboration with U.S. government, xix, xxx, 108–11; on continuation of mission, 550–51; creation of, xiii; Cyrus Kingsbury with, 584n12; Daniel Miller on knowledge of, 362–64, 406; on Esther Smith’s travel to Pawnee Mission, 201–2; exploration for western missions, 12–14; finances of, 207, 218, 222, 223, 229, 234, 236, 237, 249, 251–52, 254–55, 257, 260, 262, 273, 302, 311, 606n77; focus on foreign missions, xiv; Gastons accepted by, xxviii, 258–60; and Gastons’ expenses, 264; George Gaston’s resignation from, 294–95; George Gaston under direction of, 409; in James Mathers’s deposition, 424, 432–33; Jeremiah Evarts with, 39, 588n69; John Dunbar acceptance by, 26–27, 35–36; John Dunbar recommended to, 25–26; John Dunbar’s diary submission to, 47–62; John Dunbar’s discharge from, 550, 555–56, 576–77; members in Ceylon, 9, 584n10, 585n15; Milton Knox’s concern about, 378; on missionaries’ role in government operations, 243–45; on mission children’s expenses, 540, 622n34; on Oberlin Perfectionism, 275, 611n159; as organ of Congregationalists, 581n8; Powells accepted by, 603n38; property of, 321–22, 324–25, 334, 340–41, 345, 550, 554, 577; publications of, 589n70; on Samuel Allis as farmer, 228; Samuel Allis’s connection with, 238, 241–42, 248–51, 305–7, 396, 397, 411, 563–65; and Samuel Allis, Samuel (continued) by whites, 391; illness of, 65, 67, 83, 268; on Indians’ interactions with whites, 153; on...