Creating the United States

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English Missionaries Work to Convert Native Americans

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Colonial governments considered missionary work essential to their efforts to control Native Americans. In this letter John Brainerd (1720–1781), a missionary to the Alonquin Indians, reports on the collection of funds to further his work. Brainerd was instrumental in arranging for Native Americans to move from the settled lands of the colonies to lands unoccupied by English settlers in the west.
Colonial governments considered missionary work essential to their efforts to control Native Americans. In this letter John Brainerd (1720–1781), a missionary to the Alonquin Indians, reports on the collection of funds to further his work. Brainerd was instrumental in arranging for Native Americans to move from the settled lands of the colonies to lands unoccupied by English settlers in the west.