Samuel Dutton Hinman to Alexander Shiras mentioning that Daniel Hemans is in good health at the Santee Agency - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC02429.28
From Archive Folder	Letters from missionaries Daniel and Nancy Hemans, to Rev. and Mrs Shiras
Title	Samuel Dutton Hinman to Alexander Shiras mentioning that Daniel Hemans is in good health at the Santee Agency
Date	7 October 1872
Author	Hinman, Samuel Dutton, (1839-1890)
Recipient	Shiras, Alexander
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Reverend Hinman, who presided over the Santee Agency, writes to Reverend Shiras about Daniel Hemans. Notes Daniel is in good health, "is doing splendidly," and might be made a Presbyter. Thanks him for care of his boys. A postscript indicates Paul is not well and Christian Taopi has died.
Subjects	American West Religion American Indian History Health and Medical Death Children and Family Tuberculosis Disease
People	Shiras, Alexander (1813-1894) Hinman, Samuel Dutton (1839-1890) Mazakute, Paul (1842-1873) Taopi, Christian (d. 1872)
Place written	Nebraska
Theme	Reconstruction; Religion; Children & Family
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Recipient Relationship	Friend
Transcript	Show/hide Quotes "We are thinking of making him a Presbyter. I often wish I were as good as Dan." "Paul is not well, poor Taopi has gone to his reward & is at rest."