John Slocum and the Indian Shaker Church.(Review)

Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown. John Slocum and the Indian Shaker Church. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1996. 300 + xx pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth, $34.95.

In November 1882, John Slocum (Squ-sacht-un) lay near death on Skookum Bay on upper Puget Sound. The soul of the forty-year-old Sahewamish logger traveled to heaven, where angels chastised Slocum for his dissolute behavior and showed him a new way to live and worship as a Christian Indian. After he recovered from this serious illness, Slocum reformed his own life and embarked on a mission to ...

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