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Open book Letters Shakopee, Minn., to H.M. Hitchcock, Minneapolis, Minn., 1929-1931

Title Letters Shakopee, Minn., to H.M. Hitchcock, Minneapolis, Minn., 1929-1931 
Creator Pond, E. J. (Elnathan Judson), b. 1847
Date 1929-1931 
Place Lake Calhoun (Minn.), Minnesota, Minnesota--Shakopee, Shakopee (Minn.)
Language English
Subjects Frontier and pioneer life, Mdewakanton Indians, Missionaries, Pioneers
Description Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)
Formerly known as Ayer MS 732a.
For more information, consult the Special Collections Info. File. 
Summary Two letters, Nov. 8, 1929, and Dec. 16, 1931, from E.J. Pond to H.M. Hitchcock, regarding the Mdewakanton Sioux families of Charles Alexander Eastman and Big Thunder, and their contact with Samuel and Gideon Pond. Eastman family members noted include Cloudman, Cloudman's daughter who married the army artist, Seth Eastman, and Mary Nancy Eastman.  Also discussed are Big Thunder, Little Crow (son), and the untimely deaths of Big Thunder's other children. 
Biographical/Historical Note Son of Minnesota Sioux missionary and Presbyterian minister, Samuel William Pond. From 1834 to 1853 Samuel Pond and his brother, Gideon, ministered to and taught the Sioux, first at Lake Calhoun, and later at Oak Grove (Gideon) and Shakopee (Samuel).  Both remained at their missions following the Sioux removal to reservations and formed congregations among families settling the ceded lands. 
Extent 2 items (2 folders) ; 27 cm or smaller. 
Format Correspondence, Manuscripts, American
Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection
Rights Status Copyright Not Evaluated
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Contributing Institution Newberry Library
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Call Number Ayer MS 3151 
BibID 131884
Size 2447px × 1264px     8.87 MB 
IIIF Resource Type Canvas 
File Created 11/13/2013 
Filename 991318848805867_Ayer_MS_3151_fol_001_00001.tif 
Unique Identifier NL11HZXX