Dakota Martyrs

Book excerpt: Eight people came. Three of them would never make it back home again. Here is an excerpt from Dakota Martyrs: The Story You Never Heard. Often Cornelia would ask for water and was very grateful every time she was given some. At times she would say, I feel so strangely. What is the matter. Have I been shot? After a while she began to understand that she probably did not have long to live. She then began to think more of her Savior and would often be heard praying. One time she asked David to Tell Anna to love the Savior. When David talked to her about the Savior she said, He is my only hope. Towards the end she said a number of times, I cannot die. When David first heard her say that he did not know quite what to think about it. Soon afterwards, though, his mind was relieved when he heard her say, Oh, Jesus, if it be Thy will, let me die; and oh, give me patience! Over 150 years ago the first Protestant missionaries came to a place that would one day be called North Dakota. This is their story that has been nearly forgotten for over 75 years.