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In his journal Johnston Lykins, a missionary to the Shawnee Indians in Kansas Territory, jotted down verb conjugations for the Shawnee alphabet he had developed while working at the Shawnee Mission. The notes include both singular and plural forms of the verb "to strike" in English and in Shawnee.
Creator: Lykins, Johnston, 1800?-1876
Date: 1842
This visually-appealing source can be used to demonstrate how missionaries sought to "civilize" native tribes residing in Kansas. Also, because the conjugation includes both the English and the Shawnee, students can compare the two languages.
KS:7th:1.4:Indian Removal (2005)
Item Number: 210058
Call Number: Johnston Lykins Coll. #421, Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210058
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Missionaries
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Teachers
Collections - Manuscript - Lykins, Johnston
Community Life - Religion - Missionaries
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Mission work and mission schools
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - Prehistory to 1854 (Benchmark 1) - Indian Removal Act (Indicator 4) - Shawnee
Date - 1800-1819
Education - Primary - Curriculum
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Journal
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Missions - Shawnee Baptist Mission
People - American Indians - Tribes - Shawnee
People - Notable Kansans - Lykins, Johnston
Places - Indian reservations - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Journal
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/210058
