Waging war -- against the powers of darkness? : an idealized vision of missionary work, 1830-35 -- "We are not without heartfelt trials in this heathen land" : conflicts within the mission community, 1835-39 -- "We could not make them see with our eyes" : early conflicts with the Dakotas, 1835-40 -- "Leagued together to drive all the missionaries out of their country" : a decade of increasing opposition and conflict, 1840-50 -- "I cannot feel satisfied with the result of my labors for these heathen" : missionaries, Dakotas, and the treaties of 1851, 1850-54 -- "We have opposition from Indians and from white men" : conflicts intensify, 1854-61 -- "The dark hour" : the ABCFM missionaries and the Dakota War of 1862 -- Epilogue : "But oh how changed the times" : the immediate aftermath of the Dakota War of 1862.