began with a request for merce university, the president asked a student named joseph murrow to consider coming to indian territory. he was sent as missionary of baptist church in georgia in 1857, the very next month he was married and the next month after that he arrived in indian territory, 45-day journey on stagecoach and river boats and arrived ready to undertake his work soon thereafter his whole life was transformed when he saw and experienced the hospitality of the nigh taif -- native americans. he was so touched by how they cared for him, by generosity, the next years of his life was given to advocating their well-being and benefit, he advocated for them in front of congress, he advocated for them in print, he advocated with his life and with every resource that he had, in 1887 congress passed the daws act in 1898, congress amended the daws act with the curtis act which dissolved all tribal governance and a lot of the lands to individuals and the detriment to the native american with that in part was that the orphaned children were being gathered for guardianship of the orphan an

joseph murrow thought this was not christian and not right. as a matter of justice in advocating those he loved, he started a indian orphan home. he used this press to spread word about the issues and to raise awareness for the issue and the indian orphan home. the indian orphan was a newspaper and a sense that tried ,o promote the injustice promote awareness of the injustice being done to the native americans orphans. the contents included news about fundraising and some missions work happening in the area at , and a little bit southeast of us in shawnee. this press is here to remind our students that printed word is powerful. traditione exist in a that we have inherited from those who gone before us to advocate for the fatherless as james chapter one says. to be a voice of -- for the faith. this is a typical example of a late 19th-century letterpress, operated in two ways, with the turning of the wheel or with the foot pedal, in the front. the way it would typically work, this is the ink plate and the ink -- very thick, almost like a paint,

so joseph murrow that this was extremely unchristian. he thought it was not right and just as a matter of justice in advocating for those he knew and loved how he started an indian orphans home. he's used this press to spread word about the issue and to raise awareness for the issue and for the indian orphans home. the indian orphan was, it was a newspaper that tried to promote the injustice, promote awareness of the injustice being done to the native american orphan. the contents included news about fundraising, included news about even submissions what is happening in the area of the time that was about, all of the south east of us here in shawnee. >> this press is here to remind our students that printed words are powerful and that we exist in a tradition that we've inherited from those who have gone before us to advocate for the fatherless as james chapter one says, and to be a voice for the faith. so this is a typical example of a late 19th century letterpress. it is operated in two ways, either with the turn of the wheel or with th