Beadle's Frontier Series #25: Indian Jim—A Tale of the Minnesota Massacre — page 13: what you’re looking at

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‘Marian; as if conscious that her denunciation had ‘béen ae ‘pweeping. “The Christian Indians ‘are somewhat different, z “Whey Have laid aside their savage dress, manners, and éustoms, S E ‘and adopted those of civilization, and are passable beings. I have seen numbers of these,‘and it may be that their cont raat = = - to their more*savage brethren inclines me: to ‘speak in“theiss favor. There dre Chaskie, Paul, and several ‘others, widse } xample might well be imitated by our own people.” — a | _ * You will admit, then, that there are some ee ‘beings * . Jgniong them ?” = ““Most certainly, I will. There ia: one in purchase 5 i visits Uncle John’s oceasionally. He is known as ‘Christian Fira) and I'must'say-he is a noble ile I would not be a ‘afraid to! trust my Jife in that fellow’s hands ‘at anytime.” 3 And do you not think, Marian; seriously speaking, tat Mhese-same red-men, whom you:decry, would be vastly better if it‘were not for the influence of the white men, these traders SS . imd dgents ?” ! “TY can not deny it. It is almost impossible ‘for the mis- plonaries ‘to accomplish any thing, with the machinations of «these vile persons to contend against. What noble, seltdééeuy “Ging servants of the cross! There is Dr. Williamson, who has-been laboring for years amiong them, encountering death, ‘ghd -perils worse then death, all for the sake of instructing “them in the right way to-heaven. And- there is Mr. Rizes, aiso, who located himsclf twenty-five yeurs ago at Lake-Zae gut Parie, or Iyedan, as we call it... Even now, it is on the =~ outskirts of civilization,.away-up at the headweters of this river, so that you may well imagine what it was at tnat teme, 4 Well, he had his house burned down about his head. an! was. fuanksel to God that the life of himself and his dear oncs wera- ‘ ~ © rf f ‘ed Ri ih ‘ 7 as 7 Fr é t', ae! et (ae inant § Pe Gee Ree Dy te Ws Nas ee 4 ’ “# : See ew Lo SO ed RA eS ob ANE Ty or eg, hs gs 0 es Say Sy EN 7 . * ' aa. Pea Se Bie ALS ie te LP erat. ~ y ¥ yt pia | yt , r a ~ * ». : i; i 2 : ¥ of * LRA oe ear gor at iy tye ‘ rit » MJ ~e4 ees | suppose he got sick of the missionary business, and g went into something else.” os “Not he. . He would be a poor missionary if he did.) To” — is still at work among them, and will probably continue there = antil his death. He is not the only one. In many a@isnely N@flidj-where his ‘existence is scarcely known’ exeept among = . tise for- whom he is so faithfully laboring’ is ‘the Indian 3 . @migssionary, Gevoted and ees in his Master’s good Work?” Ss Bea yay ey ee bya hned as ie aauYs | =comicbooks.: on