Produced by Joshua Hutchinson, KarenD and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections) [Illustration: OCTOBER, 1887. The American Missionary Vol. XLI. No. 10.] [Illustration: CONTENTS] * * * * * EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETING, 279 END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, 279 PARAGRAPHS, 280 THE GLENN BILL, 281 THE INDIAN LANGUAGE IN MISSION WORK, 282 MEMORIAL ON INDIAN EDUCATION, 283 OUR INDIAN WORK AT OAHE, 285 CANADIAN INDIANS, 289 BREADTH OF THE A. M. A. WORK, 290 A CENTENARIAN, 292 THE SOUTH. NOTES IN THE SADDLE, 293 CHARLESTON, S.C., 294 SHOTGUN IN LOUISIANA, 295 DEATH OF REV. WILLIS POLK, 296 THE INDIANS. THE MANDAN INDIANS OF NORTHERN DAKOTA, 297 THE CHINESE. FRUIT AT PETALUMA, 298 BUREAU OF WOMAN’S WORK. LADIES’ MISSIONARY SOCIETIES AND OUR ANNUAL MEETING, 300 MISSIONARY WORK—WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED, 300 NEED OF CONTINUED WORK OF THE A. M. A., 301 FOR THE CHILDREN. LETTER FROM A YOUNG SANTEE, 302 RECEIPTS 302 * * * * * 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. American Missionary Association. * * * * * PRESIDENT, HON. WM. B. WASHBURN, LL.D., Mass. _Vice-Presidents._ Rev. A. J. F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. D.O. MEARS, D.D., Mass. Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. _Corresponding Secretary._ REV. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Associate Corresponding Secretaries._ Rev. JAMES POWELL, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Treasurer._ H. W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Auditors._ PETER MCCARTEE. CHAS. P. PEIRCE. _Executive Committee._