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Little Paul

其他書名	Christian Leader of the Dakota Peace Party
出版	Coyote Books, 2010
主題	Biography & Autobiography / ReligiousHistory / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
ISBN	18924150469781892415042
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KKMORAAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"Little Paul Mazakutemani (Walks Shooting Gun) was a pivotal figure in the nineteenth-century history of the Dakota. Born in about 1811, Little Paul spent the first twenty-nine years of his life as a typical buffalo-hunting Wahpeton Dakota on the plains around Big Stone Lake and Lac Qui Parle. But in the mid-1830s missionaries Thomas S. Williamson and Stephen R. Riggs established a Presbyterian mission and Little Paul was converted to Christ. In addition to his profession of faith, Little Paul boasted that he was the first Dakota to farm for a living, and the first to wear white man's clothing. Considering himself to be "a white man," he pioneered a "middle ground" between Dakota and white cultures, helping to establish the Hazelwood Republic, an independent band of Dakota which was committed to farming; in 1856 he became the group's first president. The following year he achieved notoriety for his heroism in effecting the rescue of young Abbie Gardner from the Yanktonai. During the Dakota War of 1862, Little Paul proved himself a courageous Christian and became the leading spokesman of the Dakota Peace Party. With his native oratorical ability, he continually argued with pro-war leaders at the risk of his life and enabled the growth of the peace party. This faction obstructed the war effort and eventually obtained freedom for several hundred white and mixed-blood women and children. Afterward Little Paul served as a scout for the U.S. military for four years. Then, settling at Long Hollow on the Sisseton Reservation of South Dakota, he served his people as a spokesman, and also worked as a farmer and church elder until his death in 1885"--P. [4] of cover.