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in 1833, Methodists (South) in 1844, the American 

 Missionary Association (Congregational) in 1846, 

 Dutch Reformed in 1857, Presbyterians (South) in 

 1857, Hicksite Quakers in 1869, United Presbyteri- 

 ans in 1869, Unitarians in 1886, Reformed Presby- 

 terians (Covenanter) in 1889. Almost all denomi- 

 nations are represented in this work, ranging from 

 the Roman Catholic and the various sects of Prot- 

 estantism to the Orthodox Russian among the In- 

 dians of Alaska, and the Mormon Church of Utah. 

 Practically every tribe has come under the influence 

 of the teaching of some Christian religion, led by 

 such men in the earlier day as Samson Occum, the 

 Mohican student of Rev. Eleazer Wheelock's In- 

 dian School in Connecticut; James B. Finley, David 

 Zeisberger, and other pioneers of Ohio ; the teachers 

 of the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania and ad- 

 joining states; Evan Jones and Samuel Worcester 

 among the Cherokee of the South ; The Williamsons, 

 Riggs, and Ponds of the Sioux country; Bishops 

 Whipple and Hare of Minnesota; Whitman, Lee, 

 and Spalding among the tribes of the Northwest 

 coast; Father Hamilton among the Omaha; Father 

 de Smet among the northern tribes west of the Mis- 

 sissippi ; Cyrus Byington among the Choctaw ; Father 

 Ravalli as priest and physician among the western 

 tribes; a list much too lengthy to enumerate, taken 

 from all Christian denominations. 



The United States government contributed an- 

 nually to the education of the Indians, such funds 



