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 ANNUAL REPORT 
 
 OF THB 
 
 SELECT COMMITTEE 
 
 OF THK 
 
 SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL 
 
 AMOXG THK 
 
 INDIANS AND OTHERS IN NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 rRESENTED NOVEMBER 2, 1848. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 rmXTED BY JOHN WILSON, 21, SCHOOL STREET. 
 
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ANNUAL RErORT 
 
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 SELECT COMMITTEE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SOCIETY FOR PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL 
 
 AMONG THE 
 
 INDIANS AND OTHERS IN NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 rilESENTED NOVEMBER 2, 1848. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 nnXTED BY JOIIX WILSON. 21. SCHOOL STREET. 
 
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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 
 1848-9. 
 
 llox. LEMUEL SHAW, LL.D. . 
 linv. WILLIAM JENKS, D.D, . 
 Uiiv. FRANCIS PAIiKMAN, D.D. 
 Hon. JAMES SAVAGE, LL.D. . 
 Rev. S. K. LOTIIUOP 
 BENJAMIN GUILD, Esq. . 
 Hon. IIICIIAIID SULLIVAN . 
 
 Select (tommitttt. 
 
 PllKSIDF.NT. 
 ViCK-PuKSIDENT. 
 
 Skcuktauy. 
 Theasuukr. 
 Assistant Secketauv. 
 
 ViCE-TuEASUUEH. 
 
 Aunrrou. 
 
 Kev. SAMITEL BARRETT, D.D. 
 Rev. CONVERS FRANCIS, D.D. 
 
 Rev. CYRUS A. BARTOL, 
 BENJAMIN GUILD, Esci. 
 
 Rev. SAMUEL K. LOTIIROP, 
 
 With the I'rcsidcnt, Sccrctai-v, and TreasTui'r. 
 
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 |«issionai'irs in tlje cmplofimcitt of tfjc ^Socictfi. 
 
 Rev. William G. Eliot St. Louis and destitute vicinity, Missouri. 
 
 Rev. MoRDECAi D'Lange Quincy and destitute vici: ;S . Illinois. 
 
 Rev. Auoi'STUs II. Conant Geneva and destitute vicinitv Illinois. 
 
 Rev. Geouoe 'W'. Woodwaud .... Galena, Savanna, and destitute vicinity. 
 
 Rev. W. T. Huntington iMilwaukie and destitute vicinity, Wisconsin. 
 
 Rev. T. C. Adam Manchester, Clinton, and do. Michigan. 
 
 Rev. IIexuy Emmons Vernon, Oncidn, and do. New York. 
 
 Rev. E. T. Gekuy Standish, E. Standish, and W. Gorham, ^le. 
 
 Rev. Adiiison ]5iu)\VN> ,, ^ , , , . 
 
 T, . ,, > V crnon, Leyden, and destitute vicinitv. 
 
 Rev. A. BitiDGE ) 
 
 Rev. L. D. Bloixjet Isle of Shoals. 
 
 Mrs. Blodget Teacher of the School. 
 
 Rev. AmiAUAM Pumeu Island of Matiiiicus, Maine. 
 
 Rev. 1'hineas Fish Indians of Murshijce and Herring I'ond. 
 
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 Cliarlos Lowoll, D.I). 
 l-'i'anois I'arkmau, D.D. 
 I'linv C'utlor, 
 Daniol Wobstor, LL.D. 
 Richard Sullivan, 
 William Jonks, D.I). 
 Janu's Savai,'o, l.L.D. 
 (ioor^o Putnam, D.D. 
 ( 'liiot' Justioo iShaw, 
 (.'ouvors I'ranois, D.D. 
 Kmi S. (Jannott, D.D. 
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 llourv A. Miles, 
 Joseph l-'iold, D.D. 
 Alex. Younfi, D.D. 
 Daniol A. White, 1,L.D. 
 Siunu(!l Hoar, LL.D. 
 Samuel Rarrott, D.D. 
 ]'4)hraim Poabody, D.D. 
 Andrew P. Poabody, 
 (Joorijo W. Rrif^gs, 
 iimin (Juild, Es([. 
 Samuel Iv. Lothro'i, 
 Abbott Lawrenoe, 
 Chandler Robbins, 
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 Of the one hundred and forty-eight individuals who lu-e or have been, moui- 
 bors of the Society since its organization in 17S7, one hundred and three luive 
 died or resigned; leaving forty-tive, the present number of the Society. Ry its 
 charter, the number of members may at no time exceed lifty. 
 
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 At no period within the remembrnnnc of the Committee, 
 and, wc bclic^•o, since tlic commencement of the Society 
 itself, have its operations been more varied or extended 
 than during the past year. The appropriations for its 
 distinct and peculiar objects, those originally contem- 
 plated by the founders of the Society, and which for a 
 series of now more than sixty years have been uniformly 
 pursued, have nearly reached the whole income of tlie 
 Treasury; though its resources have, by skilful man- 
 agement and a late nuinificent bequest, been much 
 enlarged. In 1844, the whole amount of the funds was 
 ;^37,378.82; and now, in 1848, it exceeds $5 1,000. 
 
 The appropriations for the year past have 
 been, for Western and North-western missions ; 
 viz. St. Louis, Quincy, Geneva, (lalena, Illinois, 
 Milwaukie, and Manchester in Michigan . . . ^1,400 
 
 For the Indians, viz. the Onondagas, in the 
 western parts of New York ; for the Indians of 
 Marshpee and Herring Pond ; and two Indian 
 youths, of the Saginaw tribe, in the Albion Sem- 
 inary, Michigan 700 
 
 Carrivtl fonrard 
 
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 For I III' Isli" ot'Slioals 
 
 For tho people ot'tlie Island of Mutiiiictis 
 
 For destitute places in the vicinity of Stnnd- 
 ish, Fast Standisli, and ^^'est (lorliam, Maine . 
 
 For destitute places in the nei«,'hl)orhood of 
 liCyden, N'enion, &c. on the frontiers of the 
 State 
 
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 200 
 
 100 
 
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 i^ 2,800 
 
 From all our missionaries, the Secretary has re(!eived 
 communications or reiwrts, some of them minute and 
 interestinfj;, hoth of April last, for tlie annual meetinj^ ; 
 and in th(» month of October, just closed, for the present 
 meeting ; from all which he is authorized by the C'om- 
 mittee to present the foll()^^ hv^ dij^est. 
 
 And first from our faithful friend, Rev. \V. G. Eliot, 
 of St. Louis, th(^ oldest and also the most remote of our 
 missionaries : — 
 
 Rev. Dr. Piirkman. St. I/ocis, Aii<i;ust, 181S. 
 
 My dear Sir, — Will you allow nu' to report, throiijfli you, to the 
 Society ibr the l'ropaj,Mtion ol' the (iospel, the progress made by me 
 in their service for the six months ending November ne.\t. 
 
 As their missionary, I have conducted, in various parts of Missouri 
 and Illinois, thirty-one religious services ; nearly all of which were 
 in places which are, under my instructions, properly speaking " desti- 
 tute." Six of them were performed previously to your last May 
 meeting; but they seemed too inconsiderable to justify a separate 
 report, and arc accordingly incorporated in the present. The number 
 of miles travelled has been considerably over one thousand, of which 
 three hundred and twenty-five were by various methods of land car- 
 riage The months of July and August have been entirely 
 
 devoted to missionary purposes, with the exception of one week ; and. 
 
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 ;ilth()iiji;li I have boon cvorywhcrc cDriliiilly wclronu'il, anil liavi; nut 
 witli iniiny thing's well nilculntcd to make my duties j)lca«unt, yet the 
 excursion has hccu, on the whole, one of j,'reat lahor and discomfort. 
 On the other hai\d, I think 1 may say, that I eould not have spent the 
 time more profitably as your missionary; and that 1 have every reason 
 to he satistieil with the manner in whicli 1 was received, and the 
 *' j,'ladness " with which I was heard. In some instances, i»irsons 
 rode ten or twelve n\iles from their homes to attend the meetin^fs; 
 and amon^' my hearers, in every place, have hecn some who had not 
 attended ]ml)lic worship for several years. The subjects which I have 
 l)rouK;ht before them have been uniformly, with one exception, of the 
 most practical nature. One of them, which 1 selected oftener than 
 any other, is "Christian charity;" with the intention of showing', 
 that, notwithstanding the numerous points of dispute among Chris- 
 tians, there is agreement. Hufticient to justify peace and good-will 
 among all these who are regenerate in their lives. These views have 
 been cordially received by members of all sects, which is the more 
 gratifying to me, because there is nothing l)y which the cause of reli- 
 gion is so much hindered in the small villages and sparse settlements of 
 the West, as by uncharitableness and bigotry. Methodist, Episcopa- 
 lian, Kaptist, and Presbyterian are all arrayed in opposition ; and 
 the conseijuence is, that, in some villages of five or six hundred inhabi- 
 tants, I found no house of worship of any sort. A missionary of peace 
 is wanted in such places. 
 
 In one instance only, namely at Peoria, Illinois, I preached doc- 
 trinally, by strong request; hut this city is so large, although very 
 inadequately provided with religious instrurtion, that it does not so 
 properly come into consideration, under my commission, as the smaller 
 towns and settlements. In all other cases, I so far succeeded in avoid- 
 ing all controverted topics, that I uniformly received the kindest co- 
 operation from many persons of the most opposite views. . . . The parts 
 which I have visited are the counties of Tazewell, Knox, Peoria, Hun- 
 cock, and Pike, in Illinois ; and Clarke and St. Louis counties in 
 Missouri. 
 
 With the hope that this report will meet with approbation, 
 
 I remain, truly, Wm. G. Ei.iot, Jnn. 
 
 From Rev. Mordecai D'Lan^c, formerly tlic co-ad jutor 
 of Mr. Eliot, as a minister to the poor in St. Louis, but 
 
now having a separate mission in Quincy, Illinois, as the 
 successor of the lamented George INIoore, avc quote the 
 following : — 
 
 QuixcY, Illinois, May 7, 1818. 
 
 Pear Sir, — As I believe the annual incctini? of the Society for 
 Propaj^ating the Gospel to be at hand, I send you this statement of 
 my labors in its service. 
 
 Commencing with the first or second Sunday in December last. I 
 have preached every Sabbath afternoon since, with a single exception, 
 to the present moment, at a country school-house about three and a 
 half miles from Quincy. The adult attendance averages from twenty 
 to twenty-five ; but the whole number occasionally apiiroachcd by my 
 labor is probably three or four times as many. This necessarily im- 
 plies a great want of regularity, which may be attributed to causes 
 peculiar to newly settled countries. But 1 have reason to believe, that 
 a number of persons have thus occasionally heard the word, who 
 would not otherwise have received it. I can perceive no marked 
 results ; but 1 have, in a degree, the sympathy and support of several 
 of the most respectable families in the neighborhood, who believe that 
 my work has been productive of good. 
 
 On the third or fourth Sunday from that upon which I commenced 
 my preaching, I ojjcncd a Sabbath school in the same place. The 
 number of cliildren enrolled is about thirty ; but the attendance is 
 exceedingly irregular, — its average is between fifteen and twenty. 
 The causes of this irregularity are the same as those alluded to in 
 relation to adults. I hope to obviate it in a great degree by obtaining 
 a library : thus far, I have been able to distribute among them only a 
 few small pamphlets. Some of the children attend very regularly. I 
 believe all to be more or less, and some greatly, benefited. The work 
 here described, I design to continue for an indefinite period. 
 
 I have also preached one evening in each month, at about the same 
 distance in another direction. I have been solicited to open a Sabbath 
 school at this place, but am forbidden by the pressure of other duties. 
 At this station I continue the work commenced by our departed 
 brother, George Moore. I know nothing of the results. I can but 
 have faith that the word, honestly spoken in God's service, will more 
 or less influence the hearts of hearers. This work I also design to 
 continue, and next winter to increase it by going to the place cither 
 twice a month or weekly. 
 
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 I have preached twice in the village of Louisiana, to a congregation 
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 These two places are in Missouri 
 
 Yours in Christian brotlierhood, 
 
 MoRDKCvi D'Lanch',. 
 
 Ar>ain, Mr. ll'Lange writes: — 
 
 Chicago, Oct. 17, 1848. 
 
 Dear Sir. — .... I commenced preaching at Quincy, 2 1st Novem- 
 ber, 1847, and iiiuucMliatcly proceeded to ascertain a suitable locality, 
 at which to perform my missionary duty. 1 chose a place about 
 three miles from Quincy, wIk re a schoul-jiouse had boon recently 
 built. This place is known by tlie name of lUicna Vista. I began 
 my labors tliere in tlie beginning of Dccombur : preiichiiig on Sunday 
 afternoon, and announcing my intention to continue my services every 
 Sunday at tlie same hour, i also projxised tiu; innncdiate formation 
 of a Sunday school. 
 
 By the grace of God, I have in some nu'axnro succeeded in my 
 designs at Buena Vista. I h:ive, since my commencement, gone there 
 regularly every Sunday afternoon, excepting four: upon three of which 
 my absence was occasioned by illness, and upon one by absence 
 from Quincy. Aiming earnestly at piinctuality, and with tolerable 
 success, I have uniforndy oijcned tlie Sunday school at about two 
 o'clock, occujiying from an hour to an liour and a half in its services. 
 A similar period was tlien devoted to tlie adult service. The regular 
 attendance of chihlien now exceeds twenty, witli several devoted and 
 intelligent teachers, of various denominations of Christians. Some of 
 these are members of churches. A large ])roportion of the cliildren 
 take an active interest in the welfare of the school ; and I rejoice in 
 beholding among them the signs of (,'hristian progress. There are 
 from ten to fifteen more who attend occasionally, but whom, by God's 
 favor, I hope to be jjermitted to enrol ultimately among the regular 
 attendants at the scliool. 
 
 Tlie prosperity of the Sunday sciiool has been greatly retarded by 
 the want of a library. I have made several attempts to supply this 
 want, but without success. Were I able, I would cheerfully appropriate 
 the necessary amount from my own income. I do not therefore hesi- 
 tate to ask your Society for an apjiropriation of from twenty-five to 
 thirty dollars for tliis purpose, if your funds arc not all otherwise 
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 expended. No man can fully conceive the amount of good resulting 
 from such a library. Blessed is he who devotes his money to such 
 purposes. The books would be read in many a family who are now 
 occupied solely in earthly pursuits. They would tend to elevate ; 
 to give nobler thoughts ; and thus produce the first impulse by which 
 ultimately many might be led to God. I ask with confidence for 
 this ai)j)ropriation. 
 
 My services for adults have been attended by congregations varying 
 from ten to forty persons. The average attendance exceeds twenty. 
 A few of tiiesc take deep interest in religious subjects, and love to 
 converse with me of them. Those who attend my services arc of various 
 sects : there are among them Episcopalians, Baptists, Calvinists, 
 Ciiristians (commonly called Campbcllitcs), and Univevsalists. What 
 is the prominent result of their thus meeting each other, Sunday after 
 Sunday, in friendly greeting, and in united service of the everlasting 
 God ? I need only advert to the fact to show its harmonizing process. 
 The barriers of sectarianism are thus overturned, and the glad freedom 
 of Christ triumphs in bringing hearts into closer contact. I feel 
 assured that the work here is blessed of the Father, and that it will 
 be so in eternity. And yet I should feel ashamed were I to convey the 
 impression, that I am doing, or am the instrument of, any great work, 
 when compared with that of any faithful Christian minister. 
 
 In addition to the above services, I have preached occasionally at 
 another point, a few miles from Quincy, during the week-day evenings ; 
 but not exceeding three or four times. 
 
 I remain your servant in Christ, 
 
 M. D'Laxge. 
 
 From our well-known friend, and assiduous laborer in 
 the gospel, Rev. Augustus H. Conant : — 
 
 Geneva, Kane County, Illinois, Oct. 7, 1848. 
 
 Dear Sir, — In submitting to your Society a report of my labors 
 thus far for the current year, I am not able to exhibit any very brilliant 
 success, or show of great results. My work at present seems more 
 like sowing the seed, than like gathering the harvest. '5ut I have 
 not been without encouragement. 
 
 In Geneva, the uniform attendance upon public worship has grad- 
 ually increased, and the harmony of Christian feeling has been 
 
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 I resulting 
 cy to such 
 o arc now 
 o elevate ; 
 ! by which 
 idcncc for 
 
 Is twenty. 
 d love to 
 of various 
 Calvinists, 
 ts. What 
 nday after 
 jverlasting 
 ig process, 
 id freedom 
 t. I feel 
 lat it will 
 convey the 
 reat work, 
 
 ionally at 
 
 iANGE. 
 
 jorer in 
 
 1848. 
 ny labors 
 ^ brilliant 
 3ms more 
 it I have 
 
 las grad- 
 las been 
 
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 uninterrupted. Two Sunday schools have been sustained ; one by 
 our own society, and one by the Methodists. 
 
 In Elgin, the attendance upon worship is small ; but wc have com- 
 pleted our meeting-house, and are free from debt, and hope for 
 improvement. 
 
 During tlic summer, I preached Sunday forenoon in Geneva, and 
 afternoon in Elgin ; but expect, for the next six months, to preach in 
 each place on alternate Sabbaths. In June I attended the Cole Creek 
 Christian Conference, in Fountain County, Indiana, and put in circu- 
 lation, daring the tour, 'J2 volumes of books, and 300 tracts ; also, in 
 the same month, the Nortliern Illinois and Wisconsin Christian Con- 
 ference, and made some arrangements for aiding in the formation of 
 Sunday-school libraries in several places. 
 
 I have received, during the year, from Boston and New York, 254 
 volumes of books for adults, and ;300 volumes of Sunday-school books ; 
 total, 554 volumes of books, and 890 tracts. From the circulation of 
 these books and tracts, I hope for good results. A large proportion 
 of the religious reading matter in circulation is not very well suited 
 to promote universal charity, and much of what is called " the light 
 literature of the day " is unquestionably pernicious in its moral effects. 
 The call for books of a more fraternal religious spirit, and of a more 
 serious and improving character, is especially urgent ; and I have 
 felt happy to do even a little in answer to this call. 
 
 I have continued to bestow some attention to the improvement and 
 elevation of common schools, and have been happy to observe a grow- 
 ing interest in the community upon this important subject. I have 
 frjquent solicitations to visit new fields of labor in destitute neigh- 
 borhoods, and to some of these calls I hope to attend in the course of 
 the year. 
 
 To those who have assisted, in various ways, my endeavors to 
 promote the interests of humanity and the furtherance of the gospel, 
 I feel the most fervent gratitude ; and, for the liberal appropriation 
 of your Society for my support the present year, I would tender my 
 most thankful acknowledgments. May the blessing of God continue 
 to attend and rest upon your labors for the propagation of the gospel ! 
 Very respectfully and truly yours, 
 
 Augustus H. Conant. 
 
 We now come to the correspondence of our missionary, 
 Rev. George W. Woodward, who has for a considerable 
 
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 12 
 
 
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 period been ministering among the miners, and other 
 
 destitute persons in Galena, Savanna, and other places 
 
 in Illinois. 
 
 Galena, Illinois, 15th April, 1848. 
 
 Dear Sir, — It gives mc pleasure, in this my re<i;ular semi-annual 
 report to you, to be able to give you a better account of my missionary 
 labors, and to do it myself, and not by an amanuensis 
 
 I have been to Savanna regularly every fourth Sunday, and believe, 
 with God's blessing, am doing decided good tliere. ^ly congregations 
 are constant and attentive, — a roomful ; and a steady, religious 
 influence is exerted ; the better, indeed, as some preachers who 
 come there have so spoken that they arc accused of wishing to make 
 jNIetliodists and Presbyterians, rather than Christians. I receive the 
 credit of a Chrintian minister. By tlie most influential man there, as 
 well as others, I have been asked if there was any hope, that a clergy- 
 man of similar views and character could be obtained for them, and 
 for such compensation as would be within their means. I was not 
 able to encourage the idea, and only mention it as an indication of the 
 effects produced 
 
 In consequence of our not being able to rise the room here, in 
 Galena, all the time (for we can have it but every other Sunday), I have 
 had another Sunday in each month for your service, which I have regu- 
 larly spent, with two or three other days, in Dubuque and vicinity. My 
 congregations there have been very good, made up mostly of miners, and 
 sceptical young men. I have preached and lectured there regularly 
 all winter, in a church belonging to a destitute Christian (Campbell- 
 ite) society. I humbly believe that I have done some good, and know 
 that I have induced some to think who have thought little before. One 
 of these who are in the process of Christian conversion, in distinction 
 from sectarian, said the other day, that it was objected to him against 
 me, that I " abused no sect, and that it was a part of my religion to 
 traduce no fellow-Christians ; " — to me a new argument against us. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 Gko. VV. Woodwarb. 
 
 Again, Mr. Woodward writes : — 
 
 Galena, Illinois, 16th October, 1848. 
 
 Dear Sir, — I have regularly ministered at Savanna, near 
 
 this place, since my last. I believe, with Heaven's blessing, that I 
 
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 ?r places 
 
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 ;mi-annual 
 
 missionary 
 
 id believe, 
 grcgutions 
 religious 
 ;hers who 
 J to make 
 eceive the 
 1 there, as 
 ; a clergy- 
 thcm, and 
 t was not 
 ion of tlie 
 
 . here, in 
 y), I have 
 ave regu- 
 nity. My 
 iners, and 
 regularly 
 -"ainpbcll- 
 ind know 
 re. One 
 istinction 
 n against 
 Jligion to 
 inst us. 
 
 ODWAKD, 
 
 1848. 
 ina, near 
 g, that I 
 
 am considered useful ; and, while others who come hither are laboring 
 to build up their sects, I am considc-'d as striving to make C'liris- 
 tians. They seem to value my services, and wisli me to continue. 
 IJcsidcs my regular visits to Savanna, I have preached several times at 
 points within reach of this place, and am assured that many who sel- 
 dom, and almost never, hear the sound of gospel preaching have heard 
 it from my lips. Perhaps a grain of seed may have been dropped in 
 places where it has never been or very little sown, and it may fructify 
 and eventually bear fruit. 
 
 Bo assured I never let pass an opportunity to go and speak in the 
 name and behalf of your Society ; and there are not a few, in this 
 region. Mho have learned to know and bless it. 
 
 Yours truly in Christian fellowshi]), 
 
 Gi;o. W. WooDw.vui). 
 
 From the Rev. AVilliam P. Huntington, having charge 
 of a congregational church in INlilwaukie, ^V'isconsin, 
 and employed by our Society as a missionary for desti- 
 tute persons in its vicinity, we have received, as usuid, 
 a full and copious account of liis labors within that vast 
 and rapidly increasing territory. 
 
 From his first letter we select the following extracts : — 
 
 MiLWAUKii;, April 17, 1848. 
 Dear Sir, — .... ]\Iy labors have, since the date of my last com- 
 munication, been steadily continued ; and those plans of usefulness 
 
 uninterruptedly pursued, with one or two slight modifications 
 
 I have devoted a part < f the Lord's day to visiting our city prison, 
 conversing with the convicts, praying with them, and instructing them 
 in Christianity. These visits have been continued each Sunday, at 
 
 the close of the second service in our church Our Sunday school 
 
 numbers some forty pupils, and I am myself its superintendent. The 
 scholars are generally present to the number of at least thirty ; and 
 the teachers are efficient, and make their labors highly interesting 
 and useful to the children. A friend belonging to the parish, who 
 has sent four children to the school from a distance of three miles in 
 the country, through the whole winter and spring, without the loss of 
 more than a Sabbath or two, and that from sickness, has declared to 
 
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 mo that lio would consider the benefits to be derived from our Sunday 
 school in the course of one ycur worth fully as much, thou|^h in a 
 somewhat different way, as three months' schoolinif in a ^ood com- 
 mon scliool. Others, too, manifest such an appreciation of our humble 
 labors as highly to encourage us ; and we have several children whose 
 parents belong to another religious society. 
 
 Our audiences at the regular meetings, on the Sunday mornings 
 and evenings, have exhibited a very large increase within a month past ; 
 but I am inclined to set down the increase to occasional and inci- 
 dental causes. May the Head of the church grant us that increase, 
 without which a Paul might plant, and an Apollos water, in vain ! . . . 
 I remain yours, very faithfully, 
 
 W.M. P. HUNTINGTOX. 
 
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 Again, Mr. Huntington Avritcs : — 
 
 MiLWAUKIE, Oct. 10, 1818. 
 
 Dear Sir, — .... There are not a few, as you are probably aware, of 
 the aboriginal inhabitants of the country in our State ; some born west 
 of the Great Ijakcs, others transplanted hither from the Indian reserva- 
 tions in New York and the neighboring States. But there are none 
 that have any considerable settlements nearer this place than the Great 
 ]\Iuskcgo Lake, fifteen miles distant. There are many fragmentary 
 bands of Indians scattered over this region of country, but of such no- 
 madic habits that it is utterly in vain to aitenipt to gather them into 
 schools and churches. The principal haunts of the native Indians of this 
 State are westward, along the Wolf Ilivcr, towards the Mississippi ; and 
 these, as I am informed by the family of the government agent, arc 
 principally under Catholic influences, so far as they acknowledge any 
 Christian influence Avhatever. 
 
 As for my own more appropriate labors, which are amongst the 
 religiously destitute of this city and near vicinage, I find the field con- 
 stantly widening, and, amid some difficulties, am not wholly without 
 tokens of success. The word is preached from Sabbath to Sabbath, 
 and we are permitted to behold some encouraging fruits of our labors. 
 For details, I cannot do better than refer you to my communication of 
 last April. My stated preaching continues as then; and I have held 
 myself in readiness to answer any extraordinary calls for occasional 
 preaching, or other missionary service, from other quarters ; and have 
 answered such calls, and sliall continue to answer theni as often as 
 
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 mr Sunday 
 liou},'li in a 
 good com- 
 ur humble 
 Ircn wliosc 
 
 ' mornings 
 onth past; 
 and inci- 
 t increase, 
 vain ! . . . 
 
 S'CTOX. 
 
 ' aware, of 
 born west 
 n rcscrva- 
 arc none 
 the Great 
 gmentary 
 ' such no- 
 tlicm into 
 ms of this 
 ippi ; and 
 igent, are 
 iedge any 
 
 •ngst the 
 field con- 
 ' without 
 Sabbath, 
 ir labors, 
 cation of 
 lavc hold 
 ccasional 
 md ha\c 
 often as 
 
 they are made. The standard of pulpit performances in the congrega- 
 tion to which I minister every liord's day. in this city, is such as docs 
 not permit the incumbent, whoever he may be for the time, to slumber 
 on his post, or to spend the greatest part of his time in preaching 
 from house to house. So far as my public duties allow me opi)ortunity, 
 1 make it a part of my daily work to accpiaint myself with those 
 families which I find without other religious instruction, and to connect 
 myself with such as their religious friend and minister. 
 
 I cannot close this somewhat desultory communication without again 
 acknowledging the honor and tlie happiness of being entrusted, 
 unworthy as I am, with the dispensation of the precious gospel, and 
 of holding a commission as a soldier of the cross from your ancient 
 Society. It is my highest ambition to a])provc myself not wholly 
 unworthy of this important trust to the Head of the church, and to 
 the respected members of the association, of which you arc the organ. 
 I remain, with the highest esteem. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 W. P. HUXTIXGXON, 
 
 Koprcscntations having been made to the Committee 
 of the destitute spiritual condition of the people in va- 
 rious settlements within the State of ^Michigan ; and the 
 Kev. T. C. Adam, favorably known in this vicinity as an 
 evangelist, having already undertaken the charge of a 
 church in IManchester in that State ; it was recommended 
 to the Society, that an appropriation be made in aid of 
 i his services among the destitute in that vicinity. The 
 appropriation was granted ; and it will appear from the 
 following letter, with what readiness of spirit Mr. Adam 
 entered upon his work, and how ample is the field for 
 missionary labor, not for one only, but for multitudes, 
 in that rapidly advancing portion of our country. 
 
 Clintox, Michigan, Oct. 10, 184S. 
 Rev. and respected Sir, — Your favor of June 3, informing me of 
 my appointment as a missionary of the Society for Propagating the 
 
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 (iospcl, iVc. was truly j^ratifyinff to many wlio are deeply sensible of 
 the spiritual destitution of Miclii;j;an, as of other portions of the West, 
 and who desire to see order, intelligence, Christian morality, and the 
 f^ospel in its purity, promoted in this region. Iilany here are deeply 
 impressed witli the contrast as to all tliese interests between onr new 
 settlements at the West, and onr old settlements in New Knj^land ; 
 between the condition, social and reli|j;ious, of Michigan, and that of 
 Massachusetts ; and arc sincerely gratified by the hopes of any addi- 
 tion to the means at present })ossessed for lifting up our pojjulation to 
 a condition more nearly approximating to that of these older settle- 
 ments. We trust your appointment of a missionary in Michigan will 
 be an instrumentality, witli the blessing of Heaven, productive of much 
 spiritual fruit 
 
 Vour letter found me laboring in the Avork of the ministry for a 
 small but growing society of disciples of Jesus, in the town and village 
 of Manchester. During the winter and spring, I had preached to them 
 on alternate Sabbaths gratuitously, or as a contribution of aid and 
 encouragement towards completing a meeting-house which tliey had 
 undertaken. Since that, I have preached ei-ery Sabbath, and most 
 part of the time in the new meeting-house, although not entirely fin- 
 ished. This society has made quite praiseworthy exertions, for several 
 years past, both in the way of sustaining public worship, and in build- 
 ing a church edifice. For their numbers they have done well ; and . 
 their conduct in this respect, together with their cxemjdary Christian 
 life, has served to increase the respect and esteem in which most of 
 them were previously held as citizens. The time is not remote, •when 
 the Society will be in a condition to support itself, and maintain the 
 regular ministration of the word and ordinances 
 
 We have had for some time a liible-class in operation ; and some 
 preliminary steps have been taken towards settling a church constitu- 
 tion and covenant, and organizing a church of Christ on Christian 
 foundations. Our Sabbath school will commence as soon as the house 
 is completed, and a Sabbath-school library obtained ; both of which 
 events will transpire, we trust, in the course of a few weeks 
 
 As to other fields of labor, I suppose your Society intends that 
 I should be regulated by my own best judgment and discretion. I 
 presume I am expected to give my services wherever most good can be 
 done in the cause of Christ, and in the way of propagating his gospel. 
 I shall so consider my appointment, unless notified to the contrary. 
 At the same time, I shall be duly regulated by the consideration, that 
 
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 sonsiblo of 
 f tlie West, 
 ty, and tlio 
 
 arc deeply 
 m our new 
 ' l''in<^land ; 
 ind that of 
 :' any addi- 
 l)ulation to 
 Idcr scttle- 
 [•liijfan will 
 ve of much 
 
 istry for a 
 and village 
 icd to them 
 of aid and 
 h they had 
 , and most 
 ntircly fin- 
 for several 
 d in build- 
 well ; and . 
 
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 h most of 
 lote, when 
 intain the 
 
 and some 
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 Christian 
 the house 
 1 of wiiich 
 
 ends that 
 rction. I 
 )od can be 
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 tion, that 
 
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 the mere planting of a society, or temporary proclamation of the gospel, 
 is of less real benefit to the cause of Christ, and the evangelizing of 
 the world, than the watering and watching wliich lulp onward to self- 
 supporting maturity, and make an important location a centre of 
 
 Clu'istian influences 
 
 I am, very faithfully, your obliged servant and fellow-laborer, 
 
 T. C. Adam. 
 
 The coiulition oF tlio people of" Standish, and of its 
 iu'ighl)oring settlements, Kast Standisli, West (jorliam, 
 &c. havinc: been commnnicated to tlie Societv, it was 
 unanimously voted, that the Rev. Mi'. Gerry, already the 
 pastor of the congregational church in Standish, should 
 be authorized to act, during the year, as our missionary 
 to his destitute vicinity, lie entered upon his mission 
 the first of June last; and Ave have received from him the 
 following account of his services : — 
 
 Staxdisu, Oct. IG, iStS. 
 
 .... I take this opportunity to spread before your Society the 
 labors which 1 have performed during tlic short time that I have been 
 in its service. It will be five months, the first of November, only 
 since I received my appointment ; and it will not be expected of me to 
 give a very full report at this time. 
 
 In addition to missionary labor, I have devoted much attention 
 to my parish ; and I am able to give a cheering report of our pro- 
 gress. I believe that the prospects of our society were never more 
 flattering than at the present time. The attendance at church has 
 very much increased within the last three or four months. This 
 increase of numbers is the result of an interest which has been awa- 
 kened in the society, through the efforts which have been made by its 
 members to establish an academy in the town. My society, feeling 
 the need of a more commodious house of worship, and also feeling the 
 need of an academy in the place, conceived the plan of so altering 
 •our meeting-house that it might answer for both the above-named 
 purposes. This plan has been executed. The lower part is now occu- 
 pied as a church ; the upper part is used as an academy. I mention 
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 this that I may have the opportunity of saying, that this institution i« 
 likely to exert an excellent influence upon tlie youth of this ])l.iee, as 
 it has opened to them advantaj^es lor eilueation whleh they have never 
 before been enabled to enjoy, owinj; to the low state of education in 
 this town. And to show you tint these new educational lulvantages 
 are in some deforce ai)preciated, I have only to mention the interesting 
 fact, that fifty-nine pupils are now enjoyiuf^ its privile<;es ; two-thirds 
 of this number being youth belonging to Standish, The school is 
 under the direction of two able and accomplished teachers, graduates 
 of Uowdoin College. 
 
 I have at my house, every Sabbath evening, a meeting for religious 
 conversation and improvement, which is fully attended. Our Sunday 
 school is in very good condition. 
 
 In addition to parish duties and other labors, I have performed 
 missionary labor at East Standish and at West Gorhum. 
 
 I have preached at East Standish, but am not able to give so en- 
 couraging a report of my labors in this j)lace as I could desire. I 
 have not yet given the place a fair trial ; but I intend to do it 
 soon. It is, however, a hard field for missionary labor. A minister 
 of the Methodist denomination has preached in this village during the 
 past summer a part of the time, but has now left this field of labor 
 for sonie other. 
 
 I have been to West Gorham, and have held religious services a.s 
 often as twice a mouth since my appointment. Most of these services 
 have been held Sunday afternoon, after I had preached two sermons 
 to my people of Standish. In one instance, however, I preached all 
 day at Gorham, my pulpit being supplied at home. I have not 
 preached to the people of this village, without feeling that my labors 
 were blessed to their good. My audience in this place averages about 
 sixty, and I have had an audience of eighty. What makes this field 
 of labor particularly interesting to me is the fact, that quite a large 
 number of my hearers arc young men ; and, besides, the people generally 
 manifest a good deal of interest in Christian institutions. They need 
 a meeting-house very much, and the propriety of building one has 
 been suggested. Religious services are now held in the village school- 
 house. A Sunday school is in operation in the village, which is 
 doing much good. I have encouraged this school both by word and 
 deed. It is my intention to preach several Sabbaths at both of these 
 places, during the year. 
 
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 ititution in 
 pl.icr, as 
 1.1 \(' never 
 iieation in 
 idvantai^es 
 iiiteri'stiiij^ 
 two-tliirds 
 selioul is 
 t,'ra{luates 
 
 r religious 
 iir Sunday 
 
 performed 
 
 ive so en- 
 desire. I 
 I to do it 
 \ minister 
 duriiii; the 
 d of labor 
 
 scrviees as 
 !se services 
 sermons 
 •eached all 
 
 have not 
 my labors 
 a<fcs about 
 s this field 
 ite a large 
 3 generally 
 rhey need 
 g one has 
 ge school- 
 , which is 
 
 word and 
 h of tlicse 
 
 lIopln;{ tiiat tins report of my labors, during the short time I havo 
 been engngcd as a mission.iry of your society, will be satisfactory, 
 
 1 remain your obedient servant, 
 
 K. .]. Gkkry. 
 
 Tlio ('oiKUtioii of V'c'inoii, liOydrn, and othtT places in 
 the vicinity, on tlie frontiers of the State, has continued 
 to call for tile aid of the Society. Since the death of the 
 lamented jSfr. Koj^ers, the llev. \. Brid<j;e and th(; Rev. 
 Addison IJrown haAe suc(;eeded to his missionary work 
 in those places. 'J'lu'y have each spent several Sundays 
 of the past year anioiij^' the people ; and though amidst 
 discouragiiif^ as[>e(;ts, in part from the prevalence of 
 int(.'mperance, and corresponding; indifference to the in- 
 stitutions of relif^ion, yet it is to be hoped that the labors 
 of these gentlemen, and the remembrance of ministries 
 that have ceased, will not be in vain. 
 
 Physically (says Mr. Brown, in a letter from Rrattleborough, Oct. 
 28, 1818), Vernon is a delightful place; the land fertile, the scenery 
 beautiful. Intellectually and morally, it has been improving of late 
 years, but is suscejjtible of mucli farther progress. Rum has been a 
 great curse to tlie place ; but the temperance cause has made some 
 impression, and has done, we trust, some good. There are excellent 
 
 people in the town There is a place within the town of Uum- 
 
 merston, in the same vicinity, where I have been desired to preach, 
 and where undeniably some quickening religious influences are needed; 
 for rum has done its sad work there. 1 shall endeavor to meet such 
 calls, and to perform the service expected of me by your Society to 
 the best of my ability. 
 
 The Committee now pass to the second class of appro- 
 priations, viz. those made for the benefit of the Indians. 
 
 Of these it will be remembered, that two hundred 
 dollars have, since 1846, been devoted to the aid of the 
 
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 education of two promisinjj; liidiiin youtlis, in tiu' Albion 
 Seminary in Micljifjfun. These youn<j^ men aijpciir tims 
 fur to have been tiiithf'ul to their privih-j^es, pvin;,' prom- 
 ise of fjfood ^ifts and of moral and intellectual improve- 
 ment. Hut from letters just received from the bite aj^ent 
 of that institution, Hev. Ueeder Smith, we learn that 
 one of these younj; men, Samuel Kirkland, has so far 
 accomplished the ])nrposes of his education " as to have 
 become an interi)reter at tiie mission amonjj; the Potta- 
 watamies in Michigan, and is very i)ious and useful; 
 but we rcf^ret to add, tluit the other, John Sarj^ent, 
 " with a fine and improvinj,' mind, is now lingering with 
 consumption at the mission from which he came, and 
 often gives utterance to his grief, that be has been com- 
 pelled to leave school, without a prospect of returning 
 
 agani. 
 
 Whether the Society sliall see fit to adopt other Indian 
 youths in the place of these, thus by different causes 
 removed from their care; and wlieth(>r tlie Albion or tlie 
 Lawrence Institution, recently establislicd in AN'isconsin, 
 shall be made the medium of its cliarity for this purpose, 
 must bu reserved for its future decision. 
 
 I 
 
 The Indians of Marsbpec and of Herring Tond, with- 
 in our own commonwealth, have now for many years 
 engaged the attention and the assistance of the Society. 
 In aid of the services of their pastor and teacher, Hev. 
 J^hincas Fish, annual a[)pro[)riati()ns have been made; 
 which, together with a small income derived under the will 
 of JJev. Daniel Williams, of London, in trust with the cor- 
 poration of Harvard College, constitute his support. 
 
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 From "Slv. Fish wi liiivo rocoivod the fnllouin"; docu- 
 niont, i)r('st'ntod as u rrport of his mission fur tiic ])ast 
 your, and containing ^ouio intorostiuj; details, hotii in 
 ro<,'ar(l to tiie secidar and spiritual condition of the [)eo- 
 pk' union^' whom lie hiis so hmy; liihored: — 
 
 Cim IT, Oif I'd. ISIS. 
 
 Dear Sir, — In niviiii; you, an you rcqucstod, Homu (k'scriptiDU of 
 the coiiclitioii and cliaractor of tlic IiidianH, and also my own lahoiM 
 ivnionj,' tluMu, I will Mrst hi'.nin willi the Indians ol' Marshpcc. 'I'liis 
 tribe contains al)oiit three hundri'd and lit'ty •-oids, ol' whom not more 
 than six or ei;^lit are ot' pure Indian hlood. in most, liowcMr, tiie 
 Indian blood prevails. They hold ten or eleven thousanil acres of land, 
 divided lately in severalty, ^'ivin;;,' to eacii proprietor sixty acres, leaving 
 u reserve of parsonage and conunon land lur exigences. Ily disposing 
 of the growth of wood on the parsonage, they have a fund of six or 
 seven thousand dollars, tlie income from whicli, with some rents of 
 Halt marshes, *.V.c. affords the means of defraying the current exjuMises 
 of their government. This income, if husbanded, will be sufllcient for 
 this pur))ose in periietuity. 
 
 For suppm't of schools, they are aided from the State school-fund, 
 and also the surplus revenue, sutKcicnt, with what tliey can do, to 
 employ two good teachers the v, iiole year. The schools average nine 
 montlis, having al)out fifty in botli, in which they accpiire the rudiments 
 of knowledge ; and some of tliem are bright sclndars. and would be 
 much more advanced if the adult population took a more lively Interest 
 in literature. Iloth schools were taught last winter l)y two young 
 men of color, who acipilttcd themselves very well. They have, for the 
 most part, clu)sen to have wliite teachers of the same grade with those 
 of the surrounding white schools. 
 
 As to the supi)ort of religious institutions among tliem, they are 
 indebted to tlie \\'illiams I'und, in the care of the liiiversity (having 
 been obliged, for want of skill in managing their means, to devote their 
 parsonage-allotment to secular puriioses), by means of which they can 
 support a minister most of the time. There may be as many as thirty 
 substantial members of the church, of different denominations, among 
 whom there is more harmony than formerly, much less stress being laid 
 upon peculiarities, conducing evidently to religions advancement. 1 
 find all classes much more accessible than formerly. \'isits are well 
 

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 ivcL'is L'd from nic ; and your bounty to ni\ .>cll is of nuiteriul advantage, 
 enabling me to devote myself to this essential mode of familiar teaching, 
 inilucing them at the same time to attend more uniformly to the 
 public means of instruction. There is improvement on the score of 
 temi)erance. The most prominent causes of failure are a want of in- 
 dustry, improviilence, tendency to intemperance, and a neglect of 
 tlieir lands, which take thcni much from home, and, of course, in- 
 terrupt settled plans for their intellectual ami moral improvement. 
 Vet they ought to rise ; anil 1 am persuaded, that, with the exercise of 
 some patience with tlieni, they must rise, after a time, to something 
 more considerable. They have been injured by abruptly giving them 
 the management of their own affairs, in cgnsequence of which, a great 
 amount ol'j)roperty has been dissipated ; and individuals, of course, are 
 liable to much sulfering in case of any mishaj). Under the ancient 
 guardianship, a strict supervision was had of the property, public and 
 private. The people were thrown more on their own exertions, by wliich 
 habits of industry were better promoted ; and then, in case of distress, 
 means of relief were always in reserve. It is much otherwise now ; 
 aiul the pleasure of visiting them is much abated, in being obliged to 
 witness destitution and suffering which I can neither relieve myself, nor 
 procure, as formerly, the means of relief from a public source. 
 
 2. The Herring Pond Indians, on the borders of Plymouth township, 
 are, on the wlu)le, in a more desirable situation. Though preferring 
 to remain under guardiansliip, they enjoy more of the essentials of 
 liberty and self-control, and manifest decided improvement and eleva- 
 tion of character. They number from fifty to sixty indiviihials, having 
 a location of about two thousand acres of land, having also about two 
 thousand dollars in reserve, which is increasing under the good manage- 
 ment of their guardian, Charles Marston, Esq. tSheritf of ]5arnstai)le 
 County. Their poor are well provided for ; excellent medical means 
 are provided by the year, and a watchful supervision is had over the 
 young. Tliere is a good degree of family order. They have some 
 twenty promising cliildren, well clad anil disciplined. They have a 
 good school three quarters of the year, marked by decided improve- 
 ment, and sustained by a lively interest both of parents and children. 
 Their prevailing character is that of sobriety, industry, economy, a 
 proper self-respect, and withal a dis])osition to appreciate religious 
 means eqiuiUy with their white neighbours : giving promise, that your 
 bounty bestowed on them will Ijc followed with substantial fruits, and 
 returns of unfeigned gratitude. 
 
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 S.ihbiUli-sc'hool instnicllon is, as usual, duly atteiulcd to at l)()tli 
 places. Of tlic iJiopcr .Marslipoe Sal)l)ath school uudcr the care of 
 the IJaptist minister, I am not so partictdarly informed as I intended, 
 owinjj; to his not residiiiLi; ainouL;' them at present ; hut I am eontiik'nt 
 they attempt Sahljatli-sehool and iill)le-elass instruction. At Jlerrint,^ 
 I'ond, they have a smidl library which interests the children ; some of 
 tlie elder younj,^ people take classes : the parents in turn superintend ; 
 and there seems to he a th(u-ou}j;hncss and interest which I feel con- 
 fident must be ])r()iitahlc. At Cotuit, we have a school of forty, and 
 in the eveninj^ of the Sahhath, alternately with a preaching; meeting, 
 a Bible-class exercise; both of which, attended in ])art by colored 
 peojjle, have been evidently blessed to the diffusion of Scripture light 
 in years past; and, to tliis day, sevi'ral, whom T couhl mention, have 
 in a dying hour referred to instruction thus received as deciiledly the 
 means of their illumination and Christian hope. 
 
 ]}ut, though tliere luis been no remission of usual zeal and diligence 
 
 in the use of means this year, and a very few have manifested serious 
 
 impressions, 1 am truly concerned to be obliged to say no accessions 
 
 to the church have taken place, wliile two or three of its members have 
 
 been removed by death. Circumstances have been more than usually 
 
 adverse. Owing to the stagnation of business, many have been stinted 
 
 in their means of sn])port, leading them to ask, •' What shall we eat r " 
 
 &c. rather than, " What shall we do to be saved:'" There has been 
 
 also more and longer continued distressing and mortal sickness than 
 
 I ever wiMiessed, \vhich has seemed to weigh down the mind with an 
 
 engrossing cd'ect. under the sense of an overwhelming evil. The effect 
 
 has been stunning, rather than awakening and solemnizing. Yet I 
 
 cannot but hope, that the labor bestowed will not be finally useless, 
 
 and that the seed sown will yet spring up, and result in a valuable 
 
 harvest : tliat the passing away of the pressure of adversity may l)e 
 
 followed by an elastic exi)ansion of the mind, issuing in works meet 
 
 for repentance and tinal salvation. 
 
 llcspcctfidly, 
 
 Ptiim.vs Fish. 
 
 Koproscutations liaviuy- Ixhmi iiiiulo by tlio l?ev. Sanniol 
 J. ATav, ()f"Svr;uiisr, IS'. \. of the conditioii niul wants of a 
 
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 remnant of the Onondnna tribe of Indians in that vicinity, 
 and it being s^jccially desired that aid shonld be afforded 
 tlieiu in tlie erection of a mc^^ting-honse, the means for 
 Avliich liad in \)i\vt be(>n ah-eady fnrnished from other 
 sonrees, it was \oted to ai)[m)[)riate three hnndrcd doUars 
 towards this object. ]N[r. INIay was recinesttnl to super- 
 intend tlie expenditure of the same ; and from him have 
 be(>n received n^peated conununications, expressing both 
 the gratitude of tlie peoph^ for the encouragement thus 
 afforded them, and informing us of the successful prose- 
 cution of the work. 
 
 In a letter recei\"ed by the Secretary the day follo^^•ing 
 the scMui-annual meeting, ]\Ir. ISIay thus writes : — 
 
 Syracusk, Xov. 2, 18-18. 
 
 Doiiv Sir. — I liave been from lioine nmch of the time for the last 
 month, pvciicluiig in many parts of central Xcw York. Ilatl it not 
 been so witli mo, I should have attended before to-day to my duty to 
 you, touching; the Onondap,'a Indians, to wiiom tlie Society for Propa- 
 gating the Gospel, &c. have through your lumds lately extended a 
 most timely aid. 
 
 The building of their church is completed. It is a very neat edifice, 
 
 and appears to be substantial and well painted liotli inside and 
 
 out, it presents an inviting appearance. Over the entrance is a well- 
 proportioned belfry, in which may be swung a bell of .3;50 pounds ; and 
 I hope, ere long, a sweet-toned one may resound through the beautiful 
 valley of this once noble tribe. The church stands by the side of the 
 school-house that was built for tlie Indians last year. It is on a slight 
 eminence near the great road that has been laid by the State through 
 the Reservation 
 
 I attended the dedication of the church on the 12th of October. 
 Several other ministers were there, most of them belonging to the 
 Methodist denomination ; and I took part with them in the exercises of 
 the occasion. About a hundred Indians were present, male and female, 
 neatly dressed ; the women all in Indian costume. More than a hun- 
 dred white jieople were also there. The Indians sang ajipropriato hymns 
 
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 ;inity, 
 
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 'other 
 
 lollars 
 
 fupor- 
 
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 in the Mohawk dialect, and gang very sweetly. The sermon was (;i)in- 
 municated to them by an interpreter. 
 
 The llev. David Faucher is stationed amongst them, as their spir- 
 itual guide ; and he appears to be a man of good sense, and of a patient, 
 
 devoted spirit. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 Sa.muet. J. Mat. 
 
 ludiulccl ill tlie third class of appropriations for tho 
 year arc the Isle of Shoals, and the Island of ^latinicus 
 within the State of ]Maine. 
 
 In relation to the Isle of Slioals, it is necessary to 
 state that circumstances had arisen in the course of the 
 preceding year, awakening the inquiries of the Com- 
 mittee, and leading afterwards to the ap[)ointment, by 
 the Society, of three of their number to \'isit the island, 
 and investigate tlu^ condition of the mission and of the 
 people. This Committee Avere the Rev. A. V. Pcabody 
 of Portsmouth, llev. S. K. IjOthrop, and the Secretary. 
 In fulfilment of this appointment, the other gentlemen 
 being prevented by indispensable engagements, the Sec- 
 retary spent Sunday and Monday, the I'^th and 13th of 
 August, at Gosport. He was cordially welcomed by jMr. 
 Blodget and his family, who had succeeded to the places 
 just before left \ acant by the departure of iSlr. and ]Mrs. 
 Plumer; but found the whole aspect of things far less 
 (>ncouraging than, from the general tenor of the reports 
 of this latter gentleman, the Society had been authorized 
 to exp(>ct. The Sunday school had but a name to live 
 with very few attending it. Agreeably to a notice that 
 had been previously given, it was re-organized under the 
 superintendence of Mr. Blodget that same day. The 
 asp(^ct of the church spoke ill for the love of neatness 
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 and Older or reverence in the people ; it bearing in 
 notliing the appearance of a building that had been 
 swei)t or garnished for many months. The attendance 
 of the worsliippers at the public services, conducted 
 partly by Mr. Blodget, was exceedhigly meagre, even 
 with the fullest allowances for a season of the year when 
 a part of the inhabitants must be absent on their fishing 
 employments. In visits afterwards made to the houses 
 of the people, as well as in an address from the pulpit, 
 occasion was taken to remind them of the importance 
 of their priA'ileges, and that on some better evidence of 
 their improving them than had appeared, must depend 
 the continuance of the bounty of the Society, which had 
 already becui extended for so long a series of years. 
 
 One redeeming feature Ave gladly notice, which was 
 that presented by the day-school of Miss Ilndcrhill, its 
 late skilful and foithful instructress, who, in the last 
 report she was permitted to make to the Committee, 
 thus writes : — " This has been to me a new and very 
 interesting field of labor ; and, if I may be permitted to 
 say it after several years' experience in teaching children, 
 I think this school will not suft'er in comparison with 
 any of the same age with which I am acquainted." 
 
 The whole appearance of the school, as seen by the 
 Secretary, fully justified this language of its instructress, 
 and only leaves us to the deeper regrets, that the course 
 of one so usefully and honorably engaged, who had con- 
 ciliated respect wherever she was known, should have 
 been so soon and so mournfully closed. In precisely a 
 month from this day of .visiting her school. Miss Under- 
 bill, accompanying some friends to a favorite spot, where 
 
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 she was accustomed to spend many of her leisure hours 
 ill witnessing from the rocks God's glories in the deep, 
 was suddenly overwhelmed bv a risincr wave, and with- 
 drawn at once and for (>ver from the scenes of earth.* 
 
 An event so impressive, filling with consternation the 
 hearts of friends, could not, by even the most insensible, 
 be regarded with indiffei-ence. We learn that it was not 
 without its salutary impression on the muids of the 
 people whose child r(>ii she had taught, and who had 
 other opportunities of Icnowing her worth. We are now 
 encouraged to hope, that, under the faithful ministra- 
 tions of our new missionary, Mr. Blodget, a fresh interest 
 will be awakened, and a better aspect of affairs presented. 
 From a letter recently addressed by him to the Secretary, 
 the following is an extract : — 
 
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 GosrouT, Isle of Shoals, Oct. 10, 1848. 
 
 Dear Sir, — The prospects of the mission at the time wc 
 
 enjoyed the pleasure of your visit were any thing but cliecring. Our 
 own hearts were well nigh sinking. But we think we can say, in truth, 
 that we have now some encouragement. The number in attendance 
 at church on the Sabbath has been gradually and constantly increasing. 
 Men who had not been to church for years, as 1 am told, have for a 
 few Sabbaths past been there. The last Sabbath our congregation 
 numbered sixty-four, and for the four last weeks liave averaged fii'ty. 
 This, we tliink, is doing well, considering that but few attend from the 
 other islands, though I have visited them all, and that it must be 
 
 remembered there are but eighty inhabitants on this island 
 
 Our Sunday school is now, we think, as good a one for its size as any 
 that can be found. It numbers thirty-two scholars, six teachers, a 
 superintendent, and a librarian. We iiavc also a Hible-class of about 
 
 * It was not till aftor an Lutcrvnl o( several iliiys that the body of Miss 
 TTnderhill was found oil the Vorii l)eiuh, a cU-lamc ol' twiiity iiiile.; tioiu the 
 5))ot where she jiorislu'd. 
 
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 fifteen persons, who very {generally attend ; and we have noticed a 
 marked improvement of late in the appearance of the congregation, 
 both young and old, at church. 
 
 Our day-school was in a most flourishing condition before that 
 mysterious dispensation of divine Providence which deprived us of 
 our beloved and talented teacher, Miss Underhill. That stroke nearly 
 disheartened us ; nor will her ])luce, I fear, be easily filled. 
 
 Of our future prospects we cannot speak with much confidence ; for 
 this people are given to change. Hut on the truthfulness of the above 
 statements you can fully rely ; and I think you would be satisfied, 
 could you now witness them, with the present appearances of the 
 misijion in many respects. 
 
 I am yours in the faith of the gospel, 
 
 L. D. Blobget. 
 
 It only remains that wo advert to tlic Island of ]Matin- 
 icLis, situated on the coast of Maine, and about twenty 
 miles from Thomastown. On the representation of the 
 people of this island of their s[)iritual needs, an appro- 
 priation was made in aid of sustaining religious institu- 
 tions among them, and Rev. Mr. Plumer was authorized 
 to spend a few months as their missionary. AVe have 
 learned, that the population of Matinicus is about one 
 hundred and eighty, besides a small number scattered 
 over the little islands around it ; that the people are well 
 disposed to the religious observance of the Sabbath, as is 
 evidenced by their faithful attendance on the public 
 worship ; and that the Sunday school, numbering about 
 forty pupils with good and competent teachers, may be 
 considered as doing well. 
 
 It ^^ ill be perceived from the view now presented, that 
 the returns of our missionaries for the past ^riu have 
 been unusually minute and full; and the Committee 
 
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 believe they will appear satisfactory. I'rom the necessity 
 of the case, from the wide distance of most of our 
 fields of labor, not only from the convenient but even 
 the possible inspection of tlu; Society, these letters fur- 
 nish nearly the only means of knowledge on which we 
 can rely. At the same time, the admonitory experience of 
 som(.' former years, not without an added example in the 
 present, as cxhibit(Hl in this Report, connected witli the 
 acknowledged tendency in us all to regard faAorably our 
 own labors, and to indulge in some sanguine anticipa- 
 tions of their results, suggests the importance of obtain- 
 ing, if possible, other and more independent sources of 
 information. The Committee would, therefore, respect- 
 fully urge upon the Society tlie ex])e(liency of employing, 
 from time to time, discreet and disinterested persons, 
 either from their own number, or otlier gentlemen (pjali- 
 fied for the inquiry, who sliould visit, as far as practica- 
 ble, our dift'erent missionary fields, and ascertain for 
 themselves the condition of the peo})le, with the measures 
 of acceptance and usefulness, or otlierwise, of our mis- 
 sionaries. They believe, that a portion of the funds 
 of the Society could not be more usefully expended than 
 by the employment of one or more such persons on a 
 mission of investigation, during the summer or travelling 
 months of the ensuing year. 
 
 Since the publication of our last Annual Report, two 
 individuals, whose respected names long appeared in the 
 catalogue of the members of this Society, have been 
 removed from the scenes of life, and joined to the great 
 congregation of the dead. And though, from considera- 
 tions approving themselves to their own minds, not 
 
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 nocossary, tlicroforo, by us to be canvassed, the Society 
 failed, for a long series of years, to enjoy the benefit 
 cither of their presence or counsel ; yet none who knew 
 them within the walks of honor and usefulness wliicli 
 they occupied ; none who had opportunities to mark 
 the ability, earnestness, and general acceptance, with 
 which they fulfilled their respective departments of life, 
 — the Hon. Judge Hubbard, in a profession which by 
 his learning he adorned, and afterwards in the high 
 places of justice, to which he was called with the 
 appro\ing voice of the commonwealth, — and the Kev. 
 Dr. Codman, in the zealous dischai'ge of a faithful mini- 
 stry, — will doubt that they have been added to them of 
 Avhom it is written, that " God is not ashamed to be 
 called their God, and hath prepared for them a city." 
 
 A\'hich is respectfully submitted. 
 
 For the Conuuittee, 
 
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 At the scmi-annuiil mcetinf? of Xovombcr, 1816, the following reso- 
 lutions were adopted on recommendation of the Select C^ommittec : — 
 
 " Every member, -whi) shall hereafter be absent from six successive stated 
 meetings of the Society, shall be considered as thereby resigning his place as a 
 member. 
 
 " And it shall be the duty of the Secretary to notify any member of the 
 Society Avho may hereafter be absent ti-om fmir successive stated meetings, that 
 absence fi-om two more such meetings will vacate his otHcc." 
 
 The Secretary accordingly notifies those members of the Society 
 who may have been absent from the four last stated meetings, that 
 absence from two more such meetings will vacate their office. 
 
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