Newberry Library - Letter White Earth, Minn., to Miss M. M. Johnston ... League of Ascension Church, 1900 Apr. 13

Letter White Earth, Minn., to Miss M. M. Johnston ... League of Ascension Church, 1900 Apr. 13

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Title Letter White Earth, Minn., to Miss M. M. Johnston ... League of Ascension Church, 1900 Apr. 13

Creator Enmegahbowh, J. J. (John Johnson), 1812?-1902

Date 1900

Place Minnesota, Minnesota--Gull Lake, Minnesota--White Earth Indian Reservation

Language English

Subjects Episcopal Church, Episcopalians, Indians of North America, Missions

Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Formerly known as Ayer MS 157b.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File.

Summary Apr. 13, 1900, letter written by Enmegahbowh to Miss Johnston and the congregation of the League of Ascension Church, acknowledging gifts and outlining his work at the White Earth mission. Brief summaries of Enmegahbowh's childhood and work at Gull Lake are followed by descriptions of the forced move to the White Earth Reservation and the harsh conditions there during the first winter; Enmegahbowh's preaching and teaching; his visit to a Hartford, Conn., benefactor who gave the mission a frame church and hospital, and Enmegahbowh a home; and the successful solicitation of funds and completion of a stone church seating over 600. There are also references to missionary Dr. James Lloyd Breck and the Episcopalian Bishop of Minnesota, Henry Whipple.

Biographical/Historical Note Ottawa-Chippewa Indian and protestant preacher who served first as a Methodist and later as an Episcopal clergyman among the Chippewa in Minnesota, 1839-1902. Born in Canada around 1812, Enmegahbowh was educated at a Methodist mission school in Jacksonville, Ill., and ordained as the Rev. John Johnson. Working as a Methodist missionary to the Chippewas from 1839 until 1844, when the church abandoned its mission, Enmegahbowh convinced the Episcopalians to start a mission in 1852 at Gull Lake, Minn. There he served as assistant and interpreter, was ordained a deacon, took charge of the school, and after the 1862 Dakota uprising, remained as the only missionary. In 1868, Enmegahbowh, by now a longtime friend and associate of Bishop Henry Whipple, accompanied his people to the White Earth Reservation, where the mission was reestablished and where he remained until his death in 1902.

Extent 1 item (12 p. on 3 sheets) ; 21 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Ayer MS 3042

BibID 128800

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 3034px × 2476px 21.52 MB

File Created 11/07/2013

Filename 991288008805867_Ayer_MS_3042_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11HYUA

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