Project Gutenberg 2013-05-25 Public domain in the USA. 149 Riggs, Stephen Return 1812 1883 Riggs, S. R. (Stephen Return) Mary and I: Forty Years with the Sioux E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, Matthew Wheaton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://archive.org/details/americana) "Mary and I: Forty Years with the Sioux" by Stephen Return Riggs is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work chronicles the life and experiences of Riggs and his wife, Mary, as missionaries among the Sioux Nation over a period of forty years. It provides insight into the missionaries' efforts to evangelize the Dakota people, detailing both the challenges they faced and their successes in fostering connections with the local community. At the start of the narrative, Riggs reflects on their background and the providential events that led them to become missionaries among the Sioux. He recounts their early days at Fort Snelling, where they first encountered the Dakota people, and the various introductions to missionary life that awaited them. The couple's commitment to learning the Dakota language and adapting to their environment is highlighted. Riggs shares Mary's early letters which convey their experiences during this challenging journey, providing glimpses into their faith, the relationships they built, and the hardships endured as they worked to share the gospel with the Dakota people. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42806/42806-h/images/cover.jpg en Dakota Indians -- Missions Riggs, Stephen Return, 1812-1883 E011 Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American 810821 810556 2024-09-18T05:16:22.124859 2023-09-18T13:37:27.146837 text/html text/html 822574 2013-05-25T13:31:59 text/html 431588 2013-05-25T13:35:06 text/html application/zip 462403 2024-09-18T05:16:31.585801 application/epub+zip 472250 2024-09-18T05:16:23.623845 application/epub+zip 347301 2024-09-18T05:16:22.886848 application/epub+zip 686506 2024-09-18T05:16:38.149772 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 616207 2024-09-18T05:16:30.792016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491924 2022-09-19T14:28:10.513502 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 759917 759687 2024-09-18T05:16:20.857877 2023-09-18T13:37:26.036899 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 759379 2013-05-25T13:27:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 287265 2013-05-25T13:27:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 759388 2013-05-25T13:27:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 287258 2013-05-25T13:27:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20167 2024-09-18T05:16:38.299794 application/rdf+xml 4950 2024-09-18T05:16:22.991910 image/jpeg 1541 2024-09-18T05:16:22.938844 image/jpeg 430705 2024-09-18T05:16:22.201896 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog