Item Detail
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25974
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5
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English
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Mormons and Indians in Central Virginia : J. Golden Kimball and the Mason Family's
Native American Origins -
Journal of Mormon History
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Summer 2014
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40
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3
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Mormon History Association
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127-154
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In 1883 Mormon missionaries J. Golden Kimball and Charles Welch arrived at Riverside Station in eastern Rockbridge County, Virginia. Some twelve days later, the elders made their way to a mountain outpost known as Orinoco where they met members of the Peter Mason family. Upon meeting the family patriarch, Kimball wrote: "He was of Indian descent, his skin being almost as dark as an Indian's. His hair was long and black." He further commented that Mrs. Mason "was somewhat of a doctress," thus emphasizing her use of traditional herbal medicines characteristic of the Native community. Kimball's observations are significant in giving ethnic and racial origins to the Mason family and in affirming the central Virginia Indian remnant in its survival. [From the article]
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Encyclopedic History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Mormons and Native Americans : A Historical and Bibliographical Introduction
The Mormon Experience : A History of the Latter-day Saints