The Life of Samuel Kirkland: Missionary to the Indians is a biographical work written by Samuel Kirkland Lothrop in 1847. The book tells the story of Samuel Kirkland, a missionary who devoted his life to working with Native American communities in the late 18th century.Kirkland was born in Connecticut in 1741 and grew up in a religious household. He studied at Princeton University and became a Presbyterian minister, but his true passion was working...