Iapi Oaye the Word Carrier

Iapi Oaye, the Word Carrier , edited by Stephen and Alfred Riggs. Greenwood, South Dakota: Published by the Dakota Mission, January-December, 1878,volume VII, numbers one through twelve, lacking the October issue, number ten; each issue is a folio-sized bifolium, with four printed pages, the covers feature a decorative wood engraved masthead and a large engraving depicting a story, religious vignette, or news item featured inside; the text on the front cover and inside the paper is in Dakota, in the Santee dialect, only the final page of the paper is in English; two old rust holes from a single staple (now removed) at the back edge of each issue, 16 1/2 to 17 x 11 1/2 in. (11)