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Contents Acknowledgments / xi Preface / xiii Foreshadows / xxi CHAPTER I The Metis Family: Origins and Characteristics / CHAPTER II "Go Ye into All the World ..." / 27 CHAPTER III Mackinac, 1815-1830: A Metis Community Responds to Americanization / 47 CHAPTER IV Evangelical Ministry to the Multi-Ethnic Community at Mackinac, 1822-1837 / 69 CHAPTERV Together as Family / 103 Afterword / I33 APPENDIX I Children at Mackinaw Mission / 137 APPENDIX 2 Missionaries at Mackinac and Lake Superior, 1822-1837 / 145 BATTLE FOR THE SOUL APPENDIX 3 letters Containing Conversion Accounts Written by Students at Mackinaw Mission / 151 APPENDIX 4 "A Sketch of the Seat of War between the Chippeways and Sioux" / 173 Notes / 177 Bibliography / 221 Index / 243 viii [54.226.222.183] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 08:31 GMT) List ofMaps and Tables MAPS Northern United States, c. 1830 ........................................................................ x Mackinac and the Lake Superior Country ......................................................... 9 Hometowns of Missionaries to Mackinaw Mission .......................................... 29 "A Sketch of the Seat of War Between the Chippeways and Sioux" ................. 172 TABLES 1. Population Distribution of Indians and Metis Living in the Lake Superior Country and Upper Mississippi, 1832 .......................................4 2. Distribution of Metis Population by Village or Encampment in the Lake Superior Country and Upper Mississippi, 1832 ............................... 8 3. Birthplaces of Mission Children .................................................................. 25 4. Members of the Presbyterian Church .......................................................... 71 5. List of Donors for Construction of Mission Church .................................... 89 6. Length of Stay at Mackinaw Mission .......................................................... 105 7. Age of Entry for Mackinaw Mission Children ............................................ 107 8. Number of Children Enrolled in Mission School ....................................... 113 Ix Northern United States, c. 1830 n."'" i '\ . . ( \ / ILLINOIS India~apolis .Jacksonville QrtoVJPh)' by Ellen White ...