Noble, Wretched, and Redeemable
Protestant Missionaries to the Indians in Canada and the United States, 1820-1900

Carol L. Higham

About the Book

This important and original book examines the relationship between stereotypes of Native peoples and institutional change on the missionary frontiers of nineteenth-century Canada and the United States. Using case studies of Protestant missionaries, Carol Higham demonstrates how corporate missionary societies, governments, and secular scholarly institutions encouraged and rewarded the creation and dispersion of specific Native stereotypes.

This innovative discussion alternates between differences and similarities on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Higham has dug deeply into the publications of the Protestant missionary societies, and also the private papers and many fictional and nonfictional works the missionaries left behind to produce this volume which will be invaluable to the reader/researcher in cross-border studies.

Western historian Sarah Carter states that this book, "makes a significant contribution to the emerging field of the Canadian and American Wests in comparison Iand it is a welcome addition to this growing body of literature."

About the Author

Dr. Carol L. Higham is an assistant professor of History, Texas A&M University in College Station.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Great Commission
2. Noble Savages and Wretched Indians
3. Speaking in Tongues
4. Many Tender Tithes
5. Courting the Public
6. Let No Man Rend Asunder
7. "We Are All Savages"

   Conclusion
   Notes
   Bibliography
   

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