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Dakota Service Book: Being Parts of the Book of Common Prayer - LOT WITHDRAWN

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Dakota Service Book: Being Parts of the Book of Common Prayer - LOT WITHDRAWN
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THIS LOT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON.
Our consignor made a concerted effort to collect material from Indian Agent Thomas Downs including purchasing significant material out of auction from the house he built in Conners, Indiana. This collection of Downs material was intended to be offered as one unit in our sale and was unintentionally split up. Because of this, these lots will be withdrawn. (Lots 743, the hat in Lot 1035, Lot 845 and Lot 825) These lots will be regrouped properly in the next sale.


Published by the Indian Commission of the Board of Missions, Committee of Clergymen appointed by William H. Hare, Missionary Bishop of Niobrara. Verso in English and recto in Dakota. Covers main prayer activities of the Episcopal Church. Inscribed from Mr. Ashley as a Christmas gift to Mrs. Downs, December 24, 1906. Niobrara moved 3 times before its current location at the confluence of the Missouri and Niobrara Rivers. It was moved to higher ground because of encroaching flood waters. "Niobrara" is an Indian word meaning "running water." Today the village resides just over the border of South Dakota in Nebraska and boasts a strong outdoor lifestyle. The Santee Indian Reservation is today just a few miles outside of town. The Ponca tribe was driven to Indian Territory on "the trail of tears" and the Santee Sioux relocated to the Santee Reserve from Minnesota in the 1870s. In 1877, Chief Standing Bear led a few members of the Ponca tribe back to Niobrara to bury his son at the Ponca burial ground. The bridge over the Missouri River is named after the chief. In the 1970s the Ponca tribe returned to their original homeland after the government attempted to terminate the tribe in 1966. In 1990 the land was legally ceded to them through the Ponca Restoration Act. Today Niobrara is the headquarters of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska [niobrarane.com]. Hardbound in brown leather with lettering in gilt. 270 pp. Each English/Dakota spread numbered consecutively 1:1. 5" x 7.5". With accompanying photocopied "Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Vol. 1" (1903) noting Mr. Thomas Downs, possibly related to Mrs. Downs who was honorably discharged June 30, 1901. Also with photocopy of the Annual Report of the Department of the Interior, 1906. Here Downs wrote an extensive report concerning the Indians in South Dakota. Downs was the Special Agent, in Charge. - Vinegar Collection