---
title: 'The Dakota First Reading Book'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Gideon Hollister Pond'
date: 1839-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Domestic Missions'
- 'Catechism'
- 'Bible Characters'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 4'
- 'Genesis 6'
- 'Exodus 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/pond-1839-the-dakota-first-reading-book
---

# The Dakota First Reading Book

Dakota-language first reader and catechetical text by missionaries Stephen R. Riggs and Gideon H. Pond, presenting Bible narratives (Adam, Cain, Noah, Moses) for Native instruction.

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