Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections.) [Illustration: The American Missionary June, 1884. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 6.] June, 1884. CONTENTS * * * * * PAGE. EDITORIAL. SEVEN MONTHS--ILLUSTRATED ARTICLE--INDIAN MISSIONS 161 OUR SPRING ASSOCIATIONS 163 REMEMBER THE POOR 165 CHRISTIAN EDUCATORS IN COUNCIL--SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES 166 EARLY DAWN--TURN IN THE ROAD--JOHN F. SLATER--BENEFACTIONS 167 GENERAL NOTES 168 THE INDIANS. THE DAKOTA INDIANS (Illustrated) 171 FORTY-FIVE YEARS IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY 181 THE CHINESE. LETTER FROM OAKLAND, CAL. 182 BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. LETTERS TO THE SECRETARY 183 ALA. WOMAN'S MISS. ASSOC. 184 THE SOUTH. SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORK AT TOUGALOO 185 CHILDREN'S PAGE. WONG NING'S IDEAS 186 RECEIPTS 187 * * * * * NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. Rooms, 56 Reade Street. * * * * * Price 50 Cents a Year, in Advance. Entered at the Post-Office at New York, N. Y., as second-class matter. * * * * * THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION. * * * * * PRESIDENT. Hon. Wm. B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Mass. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.--Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COLLECTION.--REV. JAMES POWELL, _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ TREASURER.--H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N. Y._ AUDITORS.--WM. A. NASH, W. H. ROGERS. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman; A. P. FOSTER, Secretary; LYMAN ABBOTT, A. S. BARNES, J. R. DANFORTH, CLINTON B. FISK, S. B. HALLIDAY, EDWARD HAWES, SAMUEL HOLMES, CHARLES A. HULL, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, S. H. VIRGIN, WM. H. WARD, J. L. WITHROW. DISTRICT SECRETARIES. Rev. C. L. WOODWORTH, D.D., _Boston_. Rev. G. D. PIKE, D.D., _Hartford_. Rev. CHARLES W. SHELTON, _Chicago_. COMMUNICATIONS