Lot 554
[BIBLE, in Dakota] -- [The Old Testament in the Dakota Language.] Woope Mowis Owa Kin Dakota Iapi En Pejuta Wicasta Kaga. … in the Dakota Language. NY, 1872. -- Psalm Wowapi. The book of Psalms, in the Dakota Language. NY, 1871.
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[BIBLE, in Dakota] -- [The Old Testament in the Dakota Language.] Woope Mowis Owa Kin Dakota Iapi En Pejuta Wicasta Kaga. The Laws Written by Moses, in the Dakota Language. New York: American Bible Society, 1872. -- Psalm Wowapi. The book of Psalms, in the Dakota Language: translated from the Hebrew by S. R. Riggs. New York: American Bible Society, 1871.
8vo. Printed in Dakota syllabics throughout. Original blind-embossed leather (rebacked preserving spine, hinges repaired).
Translation of the Old Testament by Dr. Thomas S. Williamson, “the father of the Dakota mission,” who received medical training at Yale and started his missionary work at Fort Snelling in present-day Minnesota. He remained among the Indians until the Sioux Outbreak of 1862. Translation of the Psalms by Rev. Stephen Return Riggs, who began working with the Dakota in 1837 at Lac qui Parle in present-day Minnesota. He also completed a translation of the New Testament and a Dakota grammar and dictionary.
Property from the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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