Table of Contents Chapter I: The call: New horizons -- The summoned -- Investigation of potential fields -- The Pond brothers -- Final preparations -- Chapter II: Unconscious infidels: The Dakota -- Santee society -- Dakota religion -- Dakota virtues -- The feast-famine cycle -- Some aspects of roving life -- The physical appearance of the Santee -- Chapter III: Noses against the window pane: The mission party -- A false start -- Relations with the board -- Establishment policies -- Indian trails -- Lac qui...