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Journal Article

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Nash, John D.

The Salmon River Mission of 1855

Idaho Yesterdays

Spring 1967

11

1967

22-31

Explains the reasons for establishing a Mormon mission among the Bannock and Shoshoni Indians on the Salmon River. The mission was built and manned as a fort in an isolated valley. Outlines the relationships between the Mormons and mountaineers and illustrates the collision of three frontier cultures, which resulted in an Indian raid that closed the mission in 1858.

Native Americans, missions to
Missions (special), Salmon River
Forts, pioneer
Native Americans, Shoshoni

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