---
title: 'The Dakota First Reading Book'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Stephen Return Riggs'
date: 1839-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Missions (General)'
- 'Dictionary, Grammar, and Foreign Languages'
- 'Bible Characters'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Genesis 4'
- 'Exodus 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/riggs-1839-the-dakota-first-reading-book
---

# The Dakota First Reading Book

Dakota primer presenting Bible narratives (Adam, Cain, Noah, Moses) in the Dakota language, prepared by missionaries Stephen R. Riggs & Gideon H. Pond for the American Board.

[Download](https://media.confessional.org/archives/riggs-1839-the-dakota-first-reading-book.pdf)