DCHP-3

mission Indian

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an Indian brought up near a mission and under the guidance of missionaries.

Quotations

1889
In the month of June, he collected, at Montreal, a force of four hundred men, including mission Indians. . . .
1905
An Indian named Lolo, but as a "mission" Indian who preached about St. Paul, commonly called "Paul" . . . appeared soon, to symphathize with us. . . .