Kiowa : a woman missionary in Indian Territory
Isabel Crawford (Author), Robert J. Burdette (Writer of introduction), Clyde Ellis (Writer of introduction), University of Nebraska Press (Publisher)
"Near the close of the nineteenth century, Isabel Crawford went to the Kiowa-Comanche Reservation in Oklahoma and founded the Saddle Mountain Baptist Mission. This book, written in journal form, begins with her arrival at the reservation in 1896 and describes her decade-long crusade to convert the Indians to Christianity. She and her assistant were the only white women at the isolated station in the Wichita Mountains.Crawford's experience there tested her resourcefulness, endurance, and sometimes her faith. Humor marks her journal as she recounts her struggles to establish a formal mission. She lived with the Indians, at first putting up in a tipi and adjusting, not without difficulty, to their ways. She was "the Jesus woman" who taught the Ten Commandments. In her wake came camp meetings, baptisms, and "big eats." Through the years Isabel Crawford and her Indian brothers and sisters were bound more closely as they raised money to build a church. Though written with Christian purpose, Kiowa: A Woman Missionary in Indian Territory shows Crawford's sensitivity to Kiowa history and culture during a period of transition.The mission still exists and Isabel Crawford is still remembered kindly, according to Clyde Ellis, who introduces this Bison Books edition."--Back cover
local histories
[10], xxiv, 242 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
9780803263871, 0803263872
38002669
Beginnings ; Story-telling ; Ghost dance ; pigs ; Lucius and Mabel
Experiences ; Church building fund ; Death ; Ploughing ; An Indian function ; Camp-meeting
The coming of Miss McLean ; A death-blow ; The gospel tent ; Four scenes ; Organization of missionary society ; Big eats ; An important message
Giving the land to Jesus ; Oh, for a man! ; The den ; Two quarters
The going of Miss McLean ; An Indian reception ; Testimonies ; The coming of Miss Bare ; Self-support ; Payment ; Confessing their faults ; A birthday party ; The association
Miss Burdette's visit ; Robert Burdette Spotted Horse ; Incidents ; Tales ; Thanksgiving ; More tales ; Dead-broke at Christmas-time ; A gift from the Cheyennes and Arapahoes ; Land chosen ; Government appreciations
Camping ; Opening of reservation ; The moving ; A midnight funeral ; A letter of sympathy ; The Hopi mission ; The Rock Island gift
Giving the gospel to the Whites ; Wood or stone? ; The hauling ; Election day ; The laying of the corner-stone ; The first wedding ; Christmas 1902 ; An important camping trip
The opening day ; Organization and dedication ; The first Lord's Supper ; Minding their own business ; Carrying the gospel to the ghost-dance camp ; Miss Bare's departure ; The divine call ; The vote for a White pastor to train Lucius ; A non-voter ; The end
Frontispiece black and white image of the Crawford coat of arms captioned, "The Crawford arms "By patience I overcome difficulties"."
"Reprinted from the original 1915 edition, titled "Kiowa: The history of a blanket Indian mission", by the Flemming H. Revell Company, New York."
"introduction to the Bison Books edition by Clyde Ellis."
Includes introductions by Clyde Ellis and Robert J. Burdette, and a preface by the author