Conflicted mission: faith, disputes, and deception on the Dakota frontier

"Waging war against the powers of darkness": An idealized vision of missionary work, 1830-35

"We are not without heartfelt trials in this heathen land": Conflicts within the mission community, 1835-39

"We could not make them see with our eyes": Early conflicts with the Dakotas, 1835-40

"Leagued together to drive all the missionaries out of their country": A decade of increasing opposition and conflict, 1840-50

"I cannot feel satisfied with the result of my labors for these heathen": Missionaries, Dakotas, and the treaties of 1851, 1850-54

"We have opposition from Indians and from white men": Conflicts intensify, 1854-61

"The dark hour": The ABCFM missionaries and the Dakota War of 1862

Epilogue: "But oh how changed the times": The immediate aftermath of the Dakota War of 1862.