Review of Heaven is Near the Rocky Mountains

• Main Author: Ridington, Robin
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1991
• Subjects: Other International and Area Studies; Indian; stoney
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly/576; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/greatplainsquarterly/article/1575/viewcontent/Ridington_GPQ_1991_Heaven.pdf

Thomas Woolsey was a Methodist missionary in the Edmonton region between 1855 and 1864. This book is a collection of his letters and journals, edited by historian Hugh Dempsey. Woolsey seems to have been concerned more with combating his Oblate "Romish" competitors than he was in understanding the Cree, Stoney, Blackfoot, and Sarcee Indians with whom he came into contact. Woolsey was thoroughly convinced of the superiority of his Methodism over heathenism and popery alike. He seems to have been a decent and articulate person, but not a particularly engaged observer of the Indian peoples to whom he ministered.