Schell, James Peery. In the Ojibway Country : A Story of Early Missions on the Minnesota Frontier. Walhall, N. D.: Chas. H. Lee, Publisher, 1911. First Edition. [11399]
Sometime bound in green cloth, gilt titles to spine, 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches, 188 pages, illustrations, b/w plates. There is an ink number stamp on the dedication page, a thin binder's slip at the inside margin of the title page, and very faint remains of an institutional spine label. This copy comes to us through a purchase from an historical society. Good. Hardcover.
This is a vivid and thrilling account of dangerous missionary work amongst the Sioux Indians and other sometimes hostile tribes.
"The greater portion of the materials embraced in this little volume have been gathered from the private journals and correspondence of those who were the leading actors in the events described." - Foreword.
The principle missionaries of which this book treats are the Revs. Frederick Ayer, Alonzo Barnard, Sela G. Wright, and Mr. David B. Spencer. The author was personally acquainted with some of these, who provided materials for this book
Rev. James Peery Schell (1845-1932). b. West Liberty, Iowa; d. Ambrose, North Dakota. Rev. Schell was educated at the University of Iowa, the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Chicago, and at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was ordained in 1873 by the Iowa City Presbytery, and was a Presbyterian minister and missionary in Utah, Iowa, Minnesota, Idaho, and North Dakota.
