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CONTINUATION 
 
 or THE 
 
 NARRATIVE 
 
 OF T H » 
 
 Indian Charity-Schobl, 
 
 B E C U K IN 
 
 L E B A N 6 JSf^ 
 
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 ^ CONNEC TICUTj^ 
 
 NOW INCORPORATKD WITH 
 
 DARTMOUtH-CoLLfeGE,' 
 
 IM THE PHOVINCE OF 
 
 Ne^v-H amps hi r e . 
 By Eleazar Wheelock,D.0. 
 
 Prefident •£ BARTMOUTH-COLLEGE. , 
 
 HARTFORD: 
 Pfiftted ia the Year 1773. 
 
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 A CONTINUATION 
 
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 NARRATIVE 
 
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 Indian Charity-School, ^c. 
 
 From Sept, 26, 1772, toScpt. 26, 1773, 
 
 4*-$**$>h;^'$-<$*'$* N the Appendix to my laft Nar- 
 Ji**-****!;!; rative, I gave the Publican Ac- 
 •*••§• I '^^ count of Mr, Ripley's Return 
 •§•*§• •«>♦$• from his northern Miflion, and 
 
 ttttttt f »>■'' b;i"8j"g ''g"^ Y^uth. 
 -r vTP ^^^^ j.^Q^ ^Y\c Caghnawaga, and two 
 
 from the Loretto Tribes of Indians with him, 
 to this School. And fuppofing fome farther 
 Account of them may be acceptable to nay 
 Readers, lihall add. That after fomc little 
 
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 Acquaintance with them, I undcrflood that 
 thole from Loretto wire Hurons, and couM 
 fpcak the Language of that Tribe : And by a 
 thorough Acquaintance, Mr. Dean found that 
 there was luch Affinity between their Lan- 
 guage, and the Onoida'o, which he is Ma'fter 
 of, that with very little Pains, he can make 
 himfeHfo completely Mailer of their Language, 
 as to be able to difcourfe and preach to the Hu- 
 rons freely in their own Tongue. 
 
 They manifeflec'i great Satisfadlion in being 
 here at School, and feem'd to be endow'd with 
 Principles of Honor, Manhood and Benevo- 
 lence, much beyond what has appeared com- 
 mon to the Natives ; and they have made good 
 Proficiency in the School. They foon began 
 to read and write Englifti ('which an Indian 
 may do before he can difcourfe in that Tongue) 
 and as they could fpeak French well, I order- 
 ed Jofeph Verruicl, a yaung Frenchman, to 
 teach them to read the French Bible. 
 
 This Vcrruiel came providentially from 
 Canada to this School, almo'^. two Years ago. 
 His Father was a Lieutenant- Goloncl of the 
 Militia nea^ Quebec, and before the taking 
 of that Place by the Englifh, his Circumftan- 
 cct were affluent. He had fup-ported this Son 
 two Years at School, in France, but in the 
 Siege at Quebec his F.3oufe was burnt, and ht 
 reduced to Poverty i whereupon he fent for 
 
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 this Sbn home. TW: Youth had never heard- 
 of this School, when he fat (Mteich a Number 
 of Frenchmen, on a JouHf through the 
 
 K? 7 ?l!'r V ° Conneaicut. When 
 he had reached thefe Nc«,.Englifh Settlements, 
 and had got fufficient Evidence of Deceit i. 
 .he Man they had put Confidence iB to coi' 
 duet them, and having no Intereft of his own. 
 
 hendmg himfelf unfafe among a People he 
 could not underftand. wh.le he was fo much in 
 
 who had been formerly Captives in C'anada. 
 with w.hom_^ he could converfe in his own 
 Language, he ftopped, and let his Compani- 
 ons go forward without him. In this Place. 
 
 ed of this School, and that he would be kind- 
 y treated. ,f he Iheuld be admitted into it, and 
 that no eompulfion was ufed in Matte » of 
 Rcl.g,on, but all left to fearch, and fee, and 
 ridge for themfel ves, he def.red, and obtained 
 Admittance onTryal. 
 
 Wh-en he came, he could fpeak fo much 
 Latm that we could underftand him, and was 
 able to read and underftand the moft cf the 
 ^if .1 J^*l'"«''t. and foon difcomed Mim- 
 hJ P •^^'^^""^^^'•P'*' f""8htwith all 
 n,n ^^'Tt""^' '•g*'"'^ ProteftaSifm which 
 papa! Artifice could infpire. I advifed all 
 coacerned not . to enter into any warm 
 
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 any Points of the C«»<i- 
 
 fv, nor anWhmg more tban pro| 
 
 Part of 
 
 Things 
 
 cated, i 
 troverly, nor anyjuimt^ ...y.v- >•■"•■ ■■ . ■ _. 
 
 QoelVionsforhisConfideranon. He .ppea - I They « 
 
 iS-dcfKOU, tofearchthcMauer .o tV,^B^^^ | young 
 torn, andl>c. and judge for h.mfelf. 1 pro- 
 cuied a French Bible tor h.m, which he had 
 never feen before, r\norc than the Imall A- 
 b-ideroent which their Clergy allow to be read. 
 Hereaditwiih great D.hg^^nce and J-mprove- 
 ,neBt,and foon begar, to Qoeftion the Truth 
 of ma^ Things which he had I'^tore'akc" 
 vpon Truft. wuh no other Ground of Beliej. 
 than the Authority of that Church and found 
 himfelf conllrained to indulge the growing 
 Sufpicion, till he renounced all the Peculiari- 
 ties of the Poplfti Religion, and became a fixed 
 and fettled Protefiant •, on which I determined 
 to carry him through a Coutfe of Co legiate 
 Learning at my own Expence, unleis (onie 
 charitable Friend feould find it in his Heart to 
 contribute AffiAance therein, in bopes that he 
 may by the Grace of God, be made eminently 
 \jfcful to his miftaken Brethren. 
 
 These Huronshave ma'cle goo.d ProP.ciency 
 in reading the Bible, and appear alio to be 
 nearly fatisfied that their Teapher* have here- 
 tofore much impofed upon them, an^ that the 
 Strength of the Popifh Caufc don t lie in the 
 Power of Truth, butin that Datknefs and pro- 
 found lanoraoce which they are fo careful to 
 bring up and hold their People in, as to a great 
 e * Part 
 
 tage of 
 
 ingly, 
 make a 
 
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 in Ma] 
 ago, a 
 their P 
 fo man 
 any Bo 
 Opinio 
 a great 
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 vation 
 pe£t t( 
 have 1( 
 Faith 1 
 
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 arrivec 
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 ctit ot 
 fliew'ci 
 
Part of the divine Revelation j and that many 
 Things, merely human, were impofed, incul- 
 cated, and cnjoyned upon them inftead thereof. 
 They exprcffcd a Dcfire that fomc of their 
 youngRclations might have the fame Advan- 
 tage of Inftru^ion as they had \ and accord- 
 ingly, at their Defirc, i gave them Liberty to 
 makeaVifit to their Friends in Canada, and 
 ^nvite a Number of likely Boys to return with 
 them in the Fall to this School. Accordingly, 
 in May they let out, and returned a few Days 
 ago, and inform me that the Oppofition of 
 their Pricfts was fo ftrong, and their Artifices 
 fo many that they could not prevail to bring 
 any Boys with them at prefent, but they are of 
 Opinion that there is a growing Profpe^k that 
 a great Part of that Town will, in alittleTime, 
 be willing and glad to be inftru6led in the 
 whole Truth which rns their eternal Sal- 
 
 vation. Buthowc -nay be with Ref- 
 
 pea to others I thi vident that thefe 
 
 have loft nothing inn of the Protcftant 
 
 Faith by gofng home. 
 
 ^s t© thofc eight who came with thefe from 
 Caghncwaga, one of whom appeared to be 
 near thirty Years old, and three more to have 
 
 arrived near the Age of Manhood After I 
 
 had cloathed them decentlyv^they foon began 
 iodifcover the Indian Temper, grew impati- 
 ctit ot Order and Governrsent in the School, 
 fhew'd a great Inclination to be hunting and 
 
 rambling 
 
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 ,.• -.^thf Woods, not wclTausfeedwiih 
 ,«wl>l.ng m the Woods, ^^ ^^^^^ 
 
 afly Kdpitt, ^"""^ ,■ Wane ot Kind- 
 
 demiaJ of. m any ^"'"'*'' ? ^i, i„Cal'e'. in 
 r ,( rii." fnr ihctn ; and this inv-aic, 
 
 UkeW to do Huit lo Ochers, than gci v 
 
 Libertv toRO, and tfoai thence U) Caghne 
 w'a and^n^t ,eturn agam to «h,s School ' 
 and%ccord>ngW furn;,(bed .hem .nh aU ha 
 
 was neceff.rv for the.r S^-^^'^' J^^^^'^^, 
 Wt iheSfhool, Maichii, and all Unealinns 
 wuhtiofethey' left behind, at one, lubfid.d. 
 
 Thk Account they gave on their Arrival 
 at Caghnewaga. ot the Treatment g-ven the . 
 Bovs ihev left he.e, was not over ^"endly , 
 holever: I bel:eve they have done the Cau c 
 'rHu" efpecially a. they 'he n.:.Kes ^oe 
 lb .»u£h better Appearance as to ' Jcr Cloa^b 
 ,ng ih ,.n they did when they came fromHome. 
 
 Three of the Fathers of thefeChiUr.n.viz: 
 M^Sstacy and Ph^hp^. Fathers oMhe 
 
 i^ocaptive Boys before-.tentioned. and^Sode^ 
 
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 rcoufko rather of anot! cr, all repucabV- in thiS 
 Tribe, came here June 2d, op /jHc to their 
 Childien. Mr S:acy brougl^ to Wi(e. (who 
 is one of the Natives) with Ivim. And Mr.Phi!- 
 lips bro«Jght witV him a Son, who appeared to 
 be abom 24 Yearsold, and who had been la'^- 
 ly eieaed, and i»fUlled King of that Tribe, 
 (This I underftand to be agreeable totheCuf- 
 torn of the Indians, to chuic and Grawn their 
 Kings while thty are young, and to have them 
 ready to execute their Office on thcRemovalof 
 their Predeccnfor.; This Son Mr. Philips pro- 
 iriifed to fend to me for an Education in this 
 School, the Lad appeared promifing, and was 
 defirous to (lay with his \u'e Broiher. and his 
 Father would have left him, had it not been 
 that certain Rites commonly pradifed among 
 th^em, to ratify the Choice of a King, and make 
 it more publickly known among tne rrilics, 
 yet remained to be performed, and his putting 
 his Son out of the Way while they were confer- 
 ring fuch Honours upon him, be apprehended 
 would be taken j^s an Expreffion of Difrefpea, 
 and therefore he thought it not expedient to 
 leave his Son here at that Time, but ejcprefild 
 the fiiUeft Purpofe to lend him as foon a^ 
 the Way Should be prepared for it, which I 
 can't but conMer as a very hopeful Omen of 
 fome great good in referve for thofe Northern 
 Tribes, 
 
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 J,andD%oWofthe>rCh,ld«n..ere. 
 
 -„ Arrouotthat their Pneft 
 They gave me ^^J^'^°^^^^; fending; their ■ 
 «as much d.fpleafed at '^^ i,,^ p.g.ee 
 
 Children to 'l^'l f ''""^' ^uher for Patents - 
 that he had retufed to P'^y «'^J," 
 er Children fincc they came away. 
 
 was prevenicd oy Sickncis) was . 
 detained. 
 
 Tliolev and Mr. Dean, fat out on a m. 
 
 ■rl,L Indians at Penobfcou. and on iHe Bay 
 of Fundy,as rhey (hauldfird P^^S^'J,,^; 
 aareeible to Reprelentat.ons ^'""f "J' '"' 
 
 *f a Door open for Setvue among them. 
 
 rnt.oKEL Goldthwait Commander of the 
 To^t "pJioScott, informed them t « fo- 
 
 j,,.,er of Yeay and t, U o^ td/ re^eivin, 
 appeared a vc-y fair Prolpect ,o them, 
 
 ^ -a M,(r.o.3ry, had one been ^^-d^^^^^^.^^ ^ 
 but now the Calc appeaica 
 
 .d .hi» occanone t ro ,h d^ f.ee^^ ^^^^^ 
 ftrainfilSaleoffpiritousi^H .^,^ 
 
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 oirity by a liberal Dlfpenfaiion cf Pardons of 
 their continual Drunkennefs and all ihe fordid 
 vices concomitant with, and confcquent there- 
 on ; and which arc rcalonably to be cxpeAcd, 
 fo long as the Traders are under no reftraiiit in 
 felling, nor the Indians in buying Rum, buc 
 their want of Ability to pay for it -, by which 
 Means their Poverty and Mifery is already 
 come upon thenn, Mr. Ripley fays, beyond 
 what he had cverfcen before in any Inftance. 
 By thefe Indulgencies of their Priefts, they were 
 fader than ever attached to them, though by 
 thefe Means they were wafting and decreafing 
 faft as to their Number, and appeared to be 
 nigh, very nigh unto curfing, ifnfomuch that 
 within a very few Years, according to the pre- 
 fent Courfe of Things, that once numerous 
 and formidable Tribe, which has been fuch a 
 fare Scourge to the Englilh, will be wholly 
 Extinct. 
 
 Among thefe Mr. Ripley found an Indian 
 <if whom Colonel Goldthwait before inform- 
 ed him, whofaid he belonged to a very large 
 Tribe far Weft of Lake Superior, which he 
 cabled MatfagtJeJf.JWackyyNh)ch hved far beyond 
 any Communication with, or Knowledge of the 
 Englilb, and his Charafter among the Indians 
 at Pcnobfcott, and theEngblh who have been 
 fevcral Years acquainted with him, for Honef- 
 ty and Veracity, renders the Account which he 
 ogives worthy of more Credit, 6c alfo as his Ac- 
 
 count« 
 
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 counts have beea invariably the: fame ever ftnce 
 'he has been with them, i. e. fincc the leaking 
 
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 cf Canadaby the Ei>i\nh, aSumraary of wbi ., 
 is this. That the CouuCry there is vaftly Btr- 
 tile— That they Plant nothlnfj; but Indias^ 
 Corn, Mtlon3/Fuiiipii)ns--Thfet, Rk'C, Ft^'-is, 
 Beans, Apples, Plums T.bacco, Grapes, &c. 
 grow IpontaneouQy, and almoft every Thmg 
 which' he had feen in Canada or New- England, 
 and all in great Plenty— That: Horfes, Gows, 
 Sheep, Goats, Buffaloes, were Natives, of that 
 Country, ran wild, and were propagated in great 
 Abundance •, alfo, the greatea plenty of Fowls 
 of all Sorts, as Turkies, Gcefe, Ducks, liens,, 
 i^igeons, &c. who feed chiefly on Rice---That 
 the Tribes of Indians were vaftly nuRfierous,. 
 and their Wars generally every Year— The 
 Weapons they ufc in War, were Bows and 
 Arrows, and a heavy Club—Their Arrows 
 are pointed with Stone, and fe^metimes poifon- 
 cd— That the Armies which met at the taking 
 Quebec, (where he was on the fide of the 
 Brcnch) were but a handful compared with. 
 thofc who commonly met in War m his Coun- 
 try—That when they met »>pOQ.,a very large 
 llain, where they ufcd commonly .to Fighr the 
 armies were lb large that he could not ktUotn 
 ^nc End to the other of them. 
 
 The Account he gives of his coming into 
 ^his Part of the Continent is, That he was ta- 
 W Captive, and being young and able bodi- 
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 cS, tie w^s Sold, Tas is their Cuftom to ^cal with 
 fuch, the old and decripcd they kill, and thus 
 as aCaptive he was Sold, and pafs'd from Tribe 
 to Tribe, till he got into the Hands of one 
 who were in Connc(5tirjn with the French, and 
 there became one of ile C^uota which that 
 Tribe was to furnilh the French for that War, 
 whfere he got Acquantance with the Pcnob- 
 fcott Indians, and cameHome with them when 
 the War was over, and married one of that 
 Tribe, by which Means he has been prevent- 
 ed returning to his own People, as his Wiffc 
 will not Confenc to it though he hasgreatly 
 defired it. 
 
 He fays he never heand of, nor does he {\ip^ 
 pofe that his Nation, have any Notion of» 
 Supreme Being— He fays they have verylittfe, 
 or almoft no Winter there, and tells of many 
 and vaftly great Tribes which he paflcd thro* 
 before he came toCanada. He fays theOccafiofii 
 of their War is never to defend Property, nor 
 is there ever Oecafion for that, as they haVfc 
 •very where fuch F'illnefs, and Room enough 
 for all i but ic is only out of Pride tofee whicfe 
 Nation have the l>Taveft Men. 
 
 An Indian of the Annudcweffafitixht^ which 
 is commonly at War mth tht Matfegneffawacks^ 
 has alfo been at Pcnobfcott, and gives an Ac- 
 count limikr to the mod cflcKitial Parts of thid 
 Relation, by which it is made yet wjgjc credi- 
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 At Mr. Ripley's Defi re, the Chiefs of that 
 Tribe met together, on which pccafion be had 
 the Affiftance of Capt. Fletcher, the Province 
 Interpreter, by whom he Gommanicated to 
 them his Errand •, after a (hort ConfultatiOB 
 among thcmfelves. they gave for Sobftance the 
 following Anfwer, viz. After thanking hirn 
 aod thofe who fcnt him, they faid God had 
 taught them a way to Pray which was right, 
 meaning the whole Popiih Way of Worftiip, 
 to which Religion ihcy (eemed much attached, 
 and added, their Childrea would not be willing 
 to come, and if they were, they could not get 
 a HWne by it 5 and Ihewed no Inclination te 
 fend them, to which Mr. Ripley thought pro- 
 per to ret nrj» tbcm a&'irt Anlwer, in which 
 he expreffcd the Kmdnels of the Lnghrh in 
 making the Offer to them, and that the Offer 
 made them was of GoD-That they would be 
 the only Sufferers by refufing it-That the 
 Enalifh would, by theirRefufal, befaved much 
 Pains, and Expencc to do them good, &c. 
 
 At this Place Mr. Ripley found an Indian 
 Youth of the Nalic Tribe, who bad ior feveral 
 Years been with thefe and the Indians at St. 
 Fra««/, till he is become thorough Matter of 
 theLanguages of both the Tribes, which are 
 near alike-his moral Charaaer being very 
 good, and there appeared a Profpeft Bt his be- 
 rnm.n* a fine Interpreter, and a very ufeful 
 M^.lhould he have proper M«aluies ot L«ar- 
 
 Bing, 
 
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 ning, Mr. Ripley invited' him to come witH 
 him to this School, he complycd with the 
 greateft Chearfulnefs, and arrived July 28, and 
 has conduced agreeably: 
 
 Mr. Ripley has reprefcntcd to me that Mif- 
 fionaries among the poor EngliJh Settlers m 
 that Quarter are employed and lupported by 
 that Province, viz. the Majfacbufetts Bsy, and 
 that he found it quite confiftent with the De- 
 fign of his Miffijn to fcrve that charitable Dc- 
 fign towards thofe Settlers alfo, and is of Opi- 
 nion that they will be more likely to find ac- 
 ecfs to the Indians, and be more beneficial to 
 them, confidering the Jealoufics which thtir 
 Priefts infpirc, if they Ihould go in the Charac- 
 ter of Englilh Miflionaries, and ^s having 
 tfeemfor their Objca, than in the Charafter of 
 Miflionaries to the Indians •, fo that their La- 
 bours among the Indians might appear to be 
 only occauonal, and not in Confcqucnceof any 
 fpccial anteccdentRefpca: to them, in which Ca- 
 pacity they may vifit the Indians as often, and 
 fpcnd as much Time with them, as will likely 
 be profitable at prefent, and yet peform nearly 
 the Service which would be rcafonably expea- 
 cd amoBg the Englifh, and the Expcnce for 
 each be kflcned thereby. And I know tbcfc 
 charitable Gentlemen of the Committee, and 
 their Conftitucnts, of that Province will re- 
 joice in any Plan that ftiall make their Chanty 
 more cxtcnfivcly beneficial to the bouls of 
 
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 Upok receiving varioos ^cc°""^ f'°™ f ^ 
 
 Vnrrhward which creourago a Hope «hat a 
 
 r^o f mJ be foon opened .or Miffions among 
 
 I -r uic in fhp Province of Canada, rcvcrai 
 
 ;?j;'£a;n;;^who-.^;-L?na^ 
 
 Province, to gee Acq-i""-e w'th the n- 
 hab tants, and learn the C«fto<^'' an^ J-"" 
 
 K^rK nf the French and, Indians, in. 
 fS o q alit thccnfelve, for aM,ffion there. 
 ? dk weU approve of the Propofal, « the Ind,- 
 L, trfo much French,fed. and l-^ely n>ore 
 or £s acquainted with the French Tongue 
 wherever the Frenthhave traded, or imployed 
 S; M^nipnaries a,«ong them for many bun- 
 
 fired MilcS' 
 
 AcGORDiKGLV. Meffieurs Thomas_KendaU 
 Elifha Forter, Andrew Judfon, and w>th them 
 tofeph Vcrruiel fat ov>t on the 15th « June, 
 Softer the three firft had recovered of the 
 sln-pU«hichtKv received by Inoculation 
 irSo-Su Mr. Kendal 'ou^n^ a very em , 
 nent Situafion for Lcarnmg wtvat be hadm 
 XS. at Mrs. Soacy-s at C^S^''^->^S''^^'^J';^ 
 found himlelff« happy aj to g*'" '^^ R«, f/* 
 QfaU about h,m. both trenca ,nu l..-.-n^. 
 
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 ^ndhad as manyIadianB:»ys applying to him for 
 hTslnftrufttona$ he defired, and more than he 
 was wellab'.'d to attend upon,which gave him an 
 Opportunity to be immediately pToficablc to 
 tl4m while he was under the bed Advantage 
 toprolecute thcDwQgn of fiuing himfclf for 
 that Service. 
 
 Tmb D.fficulty of introducing and fettling A 
 MiOionary in any of thcirTribes, and thcLengih 
 of Time, and expenfive Ceremonies always ne- 
 cclTary to effea it, has led me mare and more 
 into a favourable Opimon of Miflionaries itiner- 
 ating among them/and accardingly of qualify- 
 ing fuitable Youths for that Purpofe •, who may 
 be ablt to fpeak to the feveral Tribes in their 
 own bmguaoes, and as itinerant MifTionarics « 
 travel from Tribe to Tribe, in which Charaaer 
 their continuance at particular Places may be ' 
 agreeable to thelnftruaions which Christ gave 
 the itmerants which he fent forth, as their Pru- ' 
 dence fhould dilate, and the Reception their 
 Pcrfons and Meffigc (hould find among ihcctik 
 
 I THINK it worthy our Confideratloft whether 
 there would not be much lefs Danger of thofc 
 Jeaioufies which have been f j conftantly a great 
 Impediment in the Way of ftaicd Miffionanes, 
 and much lefs expofe them to their Rage, or it 
 they (hould find thcmrdves in Danger, make 
 thelrRcticat more cafy, and without Noife, and ■• 
 aive them Opportunity, according to Christ's • 
 Uirettioa to icavc tnein ma i^xAiiniii wii-AWiv^v* - 
 
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 tb' awiVcn tbcirGonfcicnces. «nd eWue them 
 to Confideration. 
 
 A i^umber of Nliffiorwries thus employed 
 i»nf have pSiar Advantage to ftrcngtken one 
 rrSt!!eVsHand..«.utuaUy confirm on^^ 
 Mfff^oe advifc one another of Dangers on wic 
 Snd. and encouraging Profpefts on the o; 
 Ser" Hd'th«rM.ffion in the ^J^'.^PP^JS 
 tefoeftable among theSavages. And it 9°*^^"^H«: 
 Slfr%yaccor«?anyd,e.«^^ 
 
 ,A K. fond of fo\ owing, and rccomtpeoding 
 SePr«ch:ri>lS;s%nl;^^ come 
 
 Tn their Way. 
 
 We have had plentiful fexperieHce 6f this 
 5n?ears oaft, as great Numbers can W tncfs 
 
 favinK Converfion to Chnlt, were oy 
 
 S.e Reports and D'f^ourles^f othe« who j re 
 
 Hrv;rg';;cbu^y"-infpire ^his young Se.^.^^^^ 
 "ho are willingly offen.>g themfelves to th>sSer^ 
 
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 vitc, with WifdoTxi* and a holy Zeal, and fen^ 
 thcm.forth in the Power and Spidtof Elias,an<4 
 Cfown their pionas Laboiars with his Blcfilng. 
 
 Mr. Dean has now finiflied ih Courfc of 
 Studies here, and upon findwig, as I have alrea- 
 dy mentioned, that he may with Kttlc Expcnce 
 be able to Prcath to the Hurons freely in thtiiir 
 oWn Tongue, has determined if Goxn plcafes^ 
 when be has perfefted himfelf in the French 
 Tooguc, to enter upon a Miffion, and with a 
 proper Companion, preach aj, an Itinerant, not 
 only to the S-ix Nations (with whom he lived 
 inany Years from his touth) but to all the 
 Tribes that can underftand him, t» a thoufand 
 Miles end, ti fuch there ire at that pftancc. • 
 
 ME^iiEtTRS Stacy and fhiliipi on their late ' 
 Vifit informed tne that by learning one Lan- 
 guage bcfides the Mahockf which he already 
 Ets, he would be able to difcourfc and preach 
 to all the Tribes back trorti Montreal for (ott\^ 
 hundred Milei. 
 
 " My Expences here have hitherto ncceffarilf 
 been great, and every confiderate Man wiUcafi* 
 iy conceive them to have been rHUch greater, oA 
 Account of the Difficulty and Diftance of Tranf- 
 poridtion, and cf^pecially as tht Roads are yet 
 fo new and rough. It is likely In Ttme new 
 toaiket^ will be opened, and Stares provideA 
 nearer and more convenient, but thece miift bo 
 Tunc to cffcft k, and great Expcnce tQ cfear 
 
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 vhe Roads and make ihtm fcaf.ble for Carriag», '. 
 b u the greatea and fureft Profpeft I have of. • 
 ReS.lf as to the grea.eft and heav.eft Part of th.s 
 cxtraord.nary Trouble and Expence is from the 
 Cgltivation of thefe Lands; when we can at- 
 tain tea follnefs of all which this Soil will pro- . 
 duce we (hall require but comparatively (mall 
 Importation to make our Subfiaancc comforta- , 
 ble, and 1 brg'n already to feel the Benefit. 
 
 My Crops ' were confiderably (hortened the 
 laft Year, the former by an vincommon Kam at 
 the Beglmiing of the Harveft, the latter by an 
 untimely Froft, yet the Benefit of that wh.cft 
 was faved was very fenf.ble And I have th. 
 Year cut about double the Quantity of Hay 
 which T cut .he laft Year, viz. about, thirty Tons, 
 and if God Oiall graciouQy continue his Smiles, 
 and grant Increafe according to the prefcnt Prof- 
 peal 1 expea to cut Btiy or fixty Tons the 
 next Year. I have r.aped about twenty Acres 
 of EngV.fliGra-n, ^hich Crop appeared to be 
 very heavy before Harvefl, and proved to be 
 loo much fo, as a confiderabie Part of >t ffll 
 d..wn with its own Weight bef.re the Seed had 
 oot to ma^uritv, the Conftquer.ce of wh.ch all 
 e^nericncal Fara:ers well Know •. however, tho 
 it' be muohlefs than the Profj eft was it is a ve- 
 ry confiderable Rcl.ef. J have abovt twxnty 
 icres of Indian Corn on the Ground wh'ch,. 
 ce"fi,le.nnE th> N-ewnefi ard impcrffft liUagc 
 ■""'"" fesaconUderableCrop. . 
 
 of the Land, prt 
 
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 The Number of my Labourers for fix Months 
 pad, has generally been from Thirty to Forty, 
 befides thofe employed at the Mills, in the 
 Kitchen, Wa{h-Houre,&c. The Number of my 
 Students dependant and indepcndant the hi\ 
 Year was about Eighty, and the Number of my 
 Family together, confequently large, and thro* 
 the pure Mercy of God I have been blcffcd with 
 a peaceableFamily,diligent andordcrlyStudents, 
 & faithfulLabourers. I have not heard a profane 
 Word fpoken by one of my Number, nor have 
 I Reafonto think there has been one for three 
 Years paO, nor do profane Perfons exped to be 
 employed in anySprylce, or allowed to continue 
 here. 
 
 I 4AVE fcven Yoke of Oxen, and about twef^- 
 tv Cows, all the Property and employed in the 
 Service ot the School. I have cleared, f'-nced 
 and fowed about fifteen Acrt'S of Wheat, the 
 clearingof the Ground I entered uprn the laft 
 Year and have found it Coflly, a^ I expected I 
 (hould, it being very heavy timbered, but as the 
 Soil is good, and contiguous to the Schoel, I 
 expert it will well repay the Coft of it. 
 
 I HAVE cleared fufHcicnt for Paflurrng, i •. 
 have cut and girdled all the Growth upon five 
 Hundred Acres, and a Part of it have fowed 
 with Hay- Seed ; the reft I exped will be ready 
 to receive rhe Sccd^ as foon as it Ihall be dry 
 enough to burn the Trafh upon it in the Spring, 
 
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 Time— I hav« cr.ciQK ^ .^ (• jnclud'Og 
 
 Xands which I Have alr«oy ^^^j. j 
 
 t,U, 1 txpea, Coft ^^XdmofteffeaualMe- 
 Jav; ftodied the chcaP^ft a«d mo . ^ ^^^.^ ^^^ 
 
 ^Ihods I coul-) to "«^"'^ 'pJ^^e-fAnd however 
 
 \Gentlemen at a Diftancc may jppfoved 
 
 J^y Condua, fo for « J ^""^ied with K 
 ^; all who bayc b«" "^."f Sacisfaftipn tb 
 a It gives t.e very fcnfib S ^^^^^ ^^ 
 ^„o« that my bonored ^atr ^.^j^^^^ ^^^.t 
 
 'approve ot ray^*^.'""^ TuouW not have taken 
 y^Jrcfs APP^^Sp an^?unher than I (ho^ld 
 
 hwe ventuvea .o w" 
 
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 ^as nothing ^° ^^/jf^et „com^^^^ 
 
 dcnefs, no«/^'"^;;!v':Targe one 1 buiU for tny 
 
 Students,andoth*rneceiaiy ^^^ ^ j(,d 
 
 feme of ihem reputable on«,^ .^ fomcCa..nec- 
 
 »nen 
 
 and fuch as nai 
 
 ^.onVub,aBdh-^vcb.€n 
 
 Admitted fc.f ih« ^'^l: 
 
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 fit of <;his School, and the moft of thcra trcar ft- 
 niftcd, and all cxpefV to be habitable jind com- 
 fomblc before Winter, and all withm^ Sixty 
 Rods of the College— Bf this Means the Nc- 
 ccffities of thii School have been relieved in Part 
 ts to Room for my Students— Yet the prefc^it 
 bleceflity qf another and larger Building appcari 
 to be fuch, that the growth of this Seminary 
 giuft ncceffarily be ftinted without it. This 
 Necefllty I have reprefented to my honored ^*. 
 trpns in England, and doubt not they will re^ 
 conrmend the charitable Defign as they fhall 
 think advifeablc. I alfo recommended it to t^le 
 honorable Corporation of this College at their 
 Meethig laft May ; in coofequence of whica 
 they applied to the honorable General Aflembiy 
 of thisProvincc(who were then fitting) for their 
 En/couragement and Affiftance ; who generouQy 
 Granted /,500 Lawful Money at ot the Fro- 
 vince Treafury to begin with. Whereupon the 
 Truftecs taking into their Cqnfideration, how 
 c'raciauQyGoD had opened the Hearts ofbis 
 People on both Sides the Water, to contribute 
 (o liberally to fupport and build up this Infl-uu- 
 tion, a»nd that through his Blefling th.nr reason- 
 able Expcaations have been fo fully anCwered 
 in the pTOgrefs and Sgccefs of it hitherto, as that 
 none have Occafion to regret their Expence^ or 
 indulge the leaft u«eafy Reflcftion on Account 
 of their paftLiberality towards it; but on the o- 
 thcr Hand, the Profpe^ of the extenfive Utilu; 
 <rfit, to the. great and piou* Ends propofcd by 
 
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 Bencfaacrs, U fo fair and prcmlGng. "^.'P-/ 
 
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 a Conficeiice 
 
 that GcD wtll not 
 
 the other Hand, will yet cp«? 
 
 the Hearts ui lu . r ^ • tv ccefSty alio. 
 
 firft atiempied by a Subknpt.on. 
 
 ' T nrt ^et able very precifely to fay what 
 
 whether with Brick, or Stone, 
 
 ■ We havedifcoveredac*nMerableBodyof 
 
 ^good Stone at the D>flancc o =>boutJ^^«f,'^7,^^ 
 fers of a Mile from the Spot F^V^'^,''.; - j ^ 
 ■^uildiBg •, and fonie who have exam ed ^uCg 
 ■there w^U be Stone enough t'^^^X'^^'.'^.e 
 ^that willprove w. ";. b^- j"^ , R.'^Cr 
 .l,ave got enough for -'J^^^^"' ^f^^ „,ed with 
 Ground Sto.y,*and all ".^'^^^'''V;^ .ug,,,. 
 ^Buildings of th,s Nature tray ^^^^/j^.f^i, 
 Ydves of the b^peace ^ 'l.;^[^^'\^d l:ke1y 
 edeem it to be ^.^.^^ ^'';^J,r I'y'confidtr the, 
 S tu e! Ufe and Defign of theBuiid.ng, that t< 
 
 -ll^prlpofed to finifl, it in the moft pla'n.^de- 
 
 'd"np ai pTffcrt propofcd U IH 
 
 * TH5 r'an of t^c Bti-'d np 
 
 Vett lung, and Ji wiae. s£a 
 Exilic ot Ground itary. 
 
 
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 «nt, and' cheapeft Manner, /f'" the^orick 
 Order, and all may be alTured that it fhal be 
 performed with all the Prudence, Care HdeU- 
 tv and good Oeconomy which I am MaRer oh 
 The Public may expeft a faithful Account of 
 Expences as often as Ihall be reafonable, ana ot 
 the whole when it i& fini&ed. 
 
 • By what I have thus imperfeaiy reprefenfed 
 .rtiseafy to fee what is now my Obj-a, vz. to 
 begin and fiwith this large Building compleat 
 what I have began in putting afu-fable Part of 
 thefe Lands under proper Gukivat.on. and ihe 
 fooner this be done the fccrer will (he School 
 have theComfcrt and Benefit p-ropofed by them. 
 
 Another Barn will likely foon be Nece fTarr. 
 as alfo a Houfe, an. Accomodations for a Dairy, 
 &c. afid though the Expences to accemphfh 
 t^xfeThiPgs muft nectfftnly be grent, yer rite 
 Fund thereby b/id will be iafting, and 1 hope 
 fufficient to fupport a large Number of Indians, 
 and pious Youth who fliall d*vote themfelves to 
 the Service of the Redeemjs with their whole 
 Hearts, in a pleafing S .cctffion ro the larnt 
 Generation. And aUo by what I have fa.d I 
 ttuft Gentleiren of Co.nfideration and Penetra- 
 ticnw.llfee that now is the Tme if ever fcr 
 the Frierds of this InftWotion to lei^d a "lelp-.ng 
 Hand, and efpecialiy sr ' bcV.eve nonr^w,! thmk 
 it prudent to abate our endeavours fr,r tl.e ia- 
 oans,our Hrft and gteM Gbjeft, on Account of 
 Ihcfeex.taordinaryExpences which are tobor- 
 
 
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 dinate 
 jxient 
 
 foch Abate 
 
 Would 
 
 iate Endeavours with 
 .hematleaft cnC^rvgcr the Rcputamn of th, 
 
 greater Embarra ime ^^^^ in,p,o- 
 
 Greatnefs "^.^P'^fJelXforth^ which i. 
 
 Shilling, pet Aonom. I J°"! J°°'" „, fo 
 
 Lands, and 1 don t lay tnib ut , . 
 
 r^Mff. for it i<5 found to be fo in Inftances not a 
 
 by"egkAin(5tor,ake this Innprovcment of u. 
 
 When I fninl. of ^^« g'^"' y^^gJef^PfJ- 
 f.nr F«nence for the Support of fixteen or le 
 Jrn.en'fSn Boys whCll. has been mr Nj.-- 
 bcr all fhe lall Year, and a, ma-ny EnRhlhYooth 
 
 
 piohrin the Wildernels 
 
 ;nd 
 
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 - .t.Mr qtjooort wholly from this Qjiac- 
 
 '"fv'?^ Ylr-!fuchV Number of Ubourcrs- 
 
 ''^ f'^^tir^^zJm to boild a Houfe for 
 and under r>l=f "V^ ,7,,^ i:„ed in was on- 
 Hiyfelf (as <he Houfc 1 Jvave^bved '« 3^^,^ 
 ataally plai»ned tor a Swrc-Houlcror inc , 
 
 ffi haiflieea for fome Time «fcd J^^'f" ^f ^^ 
 •:j and muft l^^^^^^^^ 
 
 would fulBcc for t^J^ 'foJntSnSfs of 
 
 •S""; ^ hue ^hcH confide I have not been 
 Heart 1 but wnen ^ ^^ n^r 
 
 reeking tnyfelf i" f « ,^;'P,4;jt Dell^cratVca; 
 have I taken one S«P T^^^J'^iat if further 
 and 4fe'"Bp""?;SS on which alone I 
 Hefources from j^^" ^ ^e firft fcJ^ld be with- 
 
 held, yec that which *« ^"l^^j*'^^^^^^ as 
 
 by noMeans loft to th.s Scja'rt, no lo m .^_ 
 
 everbeexpofedtoReproachash^^^^^^^^ 
 
 prudently «P«.f ^"J •' "^^^^ J "^ to foffer my 
 always made u my p;a«'9^' "" private Intcr- 
 
 \*^'r' ".n^C^fcU ulTbrKht to that 
 
 eft will pay »n *-»"^^^ '"?" „ Tuftice— — But tbi? 
 Necemty,todomyC,edaorsJuft.ce ^^ ^^^^.^ 
 
 ConGderation which above all otne , ^^ ^^^ 
 and is mv f°»«'^'f ^^^Scirulnly has, and 
 
 
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 (and we yet fee but the Beginning of It) he m\l 
 accomplilh it, let the Devices, Counfcls and Ma» 
 ehinations of Men, or Devils againftit be v^hat 
 they will. And I wi(h I may alwa-ys be difpof. 
 cd with the Temper and becoming the Charac- 
 ter of a Servant lo have my Eyes ever to him— 
 Under thefeApprehenfionsJ can't be anxious a- 
 bout theEvcnt. God has done grcatThingsforit 
 hitherto, &I may not go back, but wait upon & 
 hope in him to mainta'n, fupport and defend it, 
 & perform what is wanting for it in his ovrn Way 
 and Time. Certainly bis Hand has been confpi- 
 cuous, in the Beginning, Rife, and Progrefs cf 
 it, through fo many dark Scenes. When in it's 
 Infancy and was the Objed of Contempt, it was 
 the Hand of Goathat opened, and difpof^d the 
 Hearts of fo many on both Sides the Water to 
 fuch pious & charitableLiberal ties for the Sup- 
 port ot it. — It was theFinger cf God that pointed 
 out fuch a wife, godly, honourable, and friendly 
 Patronage for it in Europe — And what but a 
 Divine Influence lliould move my worthy Pa- 
 trons with fo much Chcarfufnefs to accept thac 
 Inf^portant T(u(l in London, and with fuch S^ea- 
 dintfs, diiinterelled Zeal, profecure the Defign 
 hitherto — It was the Hand uf God that advanc* 
 ed it's great Friend and Pdtron, the Right Ha- 
 HOUFable William Earl of Dartmouth, to tFe 
 American Adrniniilration, at fuch a Time, and 
 wh'le he was in fuch Conricdlion with tliis Se- 
 minary — It was th-e Hand cf God that opened 
 the Heart of our grauous Sovereign to (hew his 
 •pricccly [viuniScence towards ic in his Royai 
 
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 feiuaty of two Hundred Pounds Sterling, 4od 
 mo e efpedally in ratifying a Charter "dow.ng 
 U with all the Powers, Imtnunuies, and Pr.vile- 
 ce-3 of any Univerfity in his Kingdonri by which 
 g fntere'fts of it are' ..oft effcaually fecured 
 and thofe wha arc g aduated m it have not an 
 erfipy Title, but b/ Law haveGla.m to all thof« 
 rTS and Privileges belonging to Graduates 
 nanyUnlverfuy with.n the Realm of Great- 
 B,S.-Was it not the Hand of a grat.ous . 
 Goo that advanced fo important and benefic.al 
 a Friend as his Excellency Gorernor Went- 
 toRTHtotheCbairin this Province-, atjd drf- 
 pofed him as a nurfing Father to P"roB.ze th s 
 KcrCaufe in its Infancy ,n this W.ldernefs ? 
 Has not a divine Hand been quite conrp:cuouS 
 in defea'.n- the Plots and Efforts of the Eoe^ 
 Usof ;hirCaofe,andover.ruling therr Coun^ 
 fels and Devices quite to other Purpofes than 
 they defigned ? Certainly the gracious Hand of 
 gS has been very evident to all acquainted, .a 
 That Regularity and good &Azr wh,ch has unm- 
 erruptedly fuif.fted^ere, and that without any 
 other Form of-Governoient than parental. 
 
 Th ese Things are not the Refulc and ProduA' 
 or the Wifdom° Sagacity, or Prudence of the 
 Vife Politicks of the Age, but God has evident- 
 ly and »pon Defign to hide Pride from Man 
 11 make the Excellency -^.^.s Power and 
 Grace confpicuous herein, made Cho ce of an 
 I.ftrument every _way "nequalto^u Wy 
 this looks lik« his nan w msK-v lu* «».v..v..-:^ 
 
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 of his own Pen'caiafls appear, and fct«re M. 
 the Glory to himfelt. 
 
 i THINK in tbefo and otherlnftanccs, too ma- 
 ny to enumerate, wile Obfefvers have, or might 
 hlvl f«n, and been conftrained to acknowledge 
 the loviHg Kindntft of tk« Lord towards th.s 
 ioftitution. 
 
 ^ A«D if there things be jo and fo fure *i they 
 hefo thts School is an objed inviting the Cha- 
 tty ^ the Friends of Zion-and thofe whom 
 Gnn has hoBored withAbility have this, among 
 m^r Ways opened for them in Return to honor 
 ?S LorKitTtheir Subftance. t^or have they 
 k^aK^ar (\f thefe Things be fo^ that the.r 
 
 Slm« will ever be "Pof^^^^.^S? "ht^ 
 ceedinfi Generations, or theit /^"f X "f.^, 
 Occafi to regret it if «»>«, fh°uld eftabh^ 
 fftrhcfflfelvesa Namehere, wiiH a band tor tne 
 lopmjTof neceffaryProfeffors & I«ftj«^o«'. °\ 
 3?ary,Gr aMathefsatical. and Ph, ofophiGa! 
 AdSus or by feme diftingui(hing Liberality 
 SKth;bu;din,oftheEdificepropoe^o^^ 
 K« «nv other laaing Benefit which their pious 
 5re"i *iy devife^owards thss Inftitutton or 
 t?eEtiourlgem^nt of any ufefu! Branch of L> 
 tcratute in it And I hope none will ever find 
 SSafion to complain of an ungrateful Retur^n 
 for any expreffiep of their Kmdnef. '"d Oianty 
 wwardt the Ei>courage>:*eiit of this Caute. 
 
 Trk ftteateft ofttward Jmpedinwnt in^he 
 
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 Way to the Succcfs of all Endeavours in th« 
 Caufe, and that whick above every th,^gelfe 
 has been, and is difcooragmg to M.ffionanes, 
 and hafr^ndercd their Attempts fru«efs amons 
 the Indians, is the vicious and .m-naoral Lives 
 nf fuch as are fettled on their Borders, and the 
 Avart and other Vices of the Traders that 
 fre among them, their making Merchandjfe of 
 the slls of the Savages, by an unl.m. ed Sale 
 Lf Rum If thefe Evils can't be remedied, the, 
 Sea is ceruinly gloomy, -tels M.monanes 
 can fiad Means to penetrate into their G^ountry 
 Wvond the Reach of this Contagion. I hope 
 through the Smiles of Heaven upon the pro- 
 pof^d'Travels of Mr. Dean and his Compan^"; 
 amonadiftant Tribes the enfumg Year, lomc 
 po?e favourable Profpefts faay be opened taour 
 
 View. 
 
 I would take this'OpRortunity very thankful- 
 ly to acknowledge *ht Receipt of «)any ^f 
 T etters from dear Friends of various Cbarafters, 
 wSch I have not been able to anf«e., for Wa-nt 
 of Leifure -, and alfo for many Expreffions of 
 ICmdnefs and Charity toward this ScbocJ. oo 
 many to enumerate. I ihall only "nentujn the 
 Stcd Munificence of the Son. Col. Joho 
 Sps. Efq-. of Exeter, by his l«e Donation 
 of /.125 Lawful Money, which, added to the 
 Prefenthemade the lafr Year, coirtpletes the 
 &£.'300' And alfo I may not orn^berc 
 rhe gcncftTus Legacy of ^.1-50 Lawftt^Mon^^ 
 
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 _ibrary, left to this College and 
 School' by\"hVuft W.llof that eminent Servant 
 of Christ, the Kcv'd Dlodatc Johnfon, late of 
 Milliftgton, m Connea.cut, deccafed. 
 
 IsHALLonly add my Defue ot the fervent. 
 Prayers of all fuch as have the Redeemer's 
 Cauteat Heart, that God would mercifuU; 
 cuide me in the great Affair before me, by hiS 
 Courfel, and luccced all future Endeavours, ac- 
 cording to bis Word, however feeble they may 
 bei to build up and enlarge the Kngdom 6f 
 ^hegloriotfs Rtdeem^r. AMEN. 
 
 
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 ToCifh piid towirdi Support of Miffiot>at>«» 
 
 exclQUfC of Cicaihicg. Horfci tud Foroi 
 
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 mon Stock, , , . 
 
 To Eipencc of Cloitbiog. Faroitore.Laboor. 
 
 PfOTifioni, Materia I for BoildiDgi. Soppott i ,j^^ j ^i. 
 
 of Miftcn, Joaroici, tad other idchJcd 
 
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 To Expence of clearicg Laod, 
 
 N B RtccWcd ffom the Rcf . Mr. Crodeo, 
 of GUfgow,Gcodi totheAaioantof if 9^8 3 «. 
 beiofl iheRemaioderof the Colkaioo made ^ 
 hif CoDgregitioo ; lod £ i6 a 6. from thj 
 Relief Coogregaiieo io Boibwell. each of which 
 bm Wco wlicd to th* yftof the School, ea- 
 cloTwcofiUeiboTf. ^ /7i$8i x < 
 
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 John Wentworth, Ef^i 
 
 Hampshire. 
 
 D. L»- rtcuuv. Prayeth» 
 
 in faid Province, ^' 1 
 
 l appoint and due^ l^mc _^^^^^ ^^ 
 
 or^rfQas, to 'f ^^' "*,'J'ee,ved, and expend- 
 dry Accounts of Monies ^ecei^^ ' ^^.^ 
 
 ^d bv vdur Mensorial.ft, for the Uie m i 
 School. f?ccn the fi.ft Day of September. KX- 
 1772, to this Day. 
 
 And your MemoriaV.ft (hallevcr pray, &c. 
 
 ELEAZAR WHEELOCK 
 
 Ha^iovcr^ Auguft 25. >773 
 
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 tfji^ PROVINCE of NEW HAMPJMIRE. 
 
 L.s. 3 Te SamoeI Hoba»i, Johm Par- 
 J* KKR and Nicholas Gilman,- 
 ■^.i^ Efquires. 
 
 APPLICATION having been made to m 
 by the Reverend EUazar IVheelock, D. D. 
 of Hanover, in the Province aforcfa.d, that 
 Auditors may he appointed to infpeft. examine 
 and audit aa Account of Monies received and 
 upended by him. the faid Eleazar fVbeehck 
 tor the Ufe and Purpofes of an Indian Charity 
 School.unaer hisDireaion.inHKnover aforefaid. 
 
 YoxT are therefore hereby required and au- 
 thorized, faithfully and ftriftly to infpedt and 
 examine fuch Accounts ^s may be exhibited to 
 you by the faid EUazar Whtelock, and forth- 
 with make Return of yotir Dau.gs herein. 
 
 Given under my Hand, and. Seal, tbh Jwenty- 
 Fifth Day of Auguli, in the fbirttentb 
 Tear of His MujJfs Reign. A. D. 1773. 
 
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 PHOVJHCB .« ^ At W""**''"'"**^!^-?™^'/ 
 v£w HAMPSHIRE. J of Gr..//^»,AugufttheTwen- 
 
 ^ t, Sixth, One Thoufand. 
 
 Seven Huttdred and Seven- 
 ty Three*. 
 
 •VN Purfuance ot the wUhm Warrant, to us 
 .rrn i'urioftncc w gCM„ exammea the 
 
 1 direaed, wc na''%""lr"/,.d the feveral 
 ^nexed Accounts, and com^aed the ^ 
 
 Charges therein. «.th the W'^/p ;,,„ce, 
 
 - Parti!oUr», and i'''"g >" ;>/„ ofth« Articles 
 at. of Opinion that the Prices ot tn ^^_ 
 
 ■ *re joft and reafonable •, and by tnc 
 
 fervation. be.ng «°^ ?" 'Jfes the crc'**^'''^* 
 that theDoMtionsand MoB.es the ^^ ^^^ 
 
 have been "^^ *;;«1 Jf ^f ^S'„o Charge has 
 Oeconcmy. .An«l*«*l"^. " ., for Doaor 
 been made in the fa.d f "ount, 10 
 Wbeelock'iTitnt, «>nftant Fatigue, ^a'J 
 Trouble, ia tranfafting and managing the 
 duous Affjirs of this School. 
 
 SAMUEL HOBART, 
 JOHN I'AR^ER. 
 NICHOLAS OILMAN. 
 
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 ^V igj^pjji PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. % 
 
 By HIS EXCELLENCY 
 JOHN IVEmtVORrH, EsQi 
 Governor and Comtnander in Chief 
 in and over his Majefty's Province 
 of New-Hampshire, and Vice- 
 Admiral of the fame. 
 
 THf SE Certify that Piter GUman, E(q\ b.c- 
 fore «nd by whom the annexed Account 
 of Doaor Eleazar metlock is fworn to and ccr- 
 tified, is a Juftice of the Peace throughout faid 
 Province of Ncw-Hamp(h:re, duly and regular- 
 ly commiffionated and fworii, and is a proper 
 Officer for adminiftring fuch Oath, and certify- 
 ing the fame Therefore full Faith and Cre- 
 dit is and ought to bc'given to fucb his Tranf- 
 aftions both in Court and without. 
 
 In Testimony whereof, I have caufed the 
 Seal of the faid Province of Ncw^Hampfhvre to 
 be hereunto affixed, this fixth Day of Septem* 
 ber, in the thirteenth Year of the Rcignof our 
 Sovereign Lord, George theTkird, ot Great- 
 Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of 
 the Faith, &c. And in th« Year of our Lord 
 Christ, 1773. 
 
 J. WENTWORTH, 
 
 By bis Ei4celkncy*s Command,^ 
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 October i5tb, 177S" 
 
 t>it 
 
 
 rVMiE Want of a favourable Opportunity to 
 ,1 fend the foregoing to the Prefs allow* me 
 toacdalate Account which I h'^ve by pood 
 Authority, that upon the Invitation of Sir W.l 
 liam Johnfon, all the Tnbes of chriftian.zed In- 
 dians in New-England have determined to re- 
 move and fettle In a 5ody -j'^'n/he Borders of 
 the Six N^^ions, the Rev'd Mr. Occom. and 
 fevcral oth7rs, Indian Youths of good Charac- 
 ters, who have been educated in thisSchool. 
 and at prefent appear proH^fing to a?comFany 
 them as Preachers •. fuch a Srcp as this Lhaje 
 one Thought, could it be eeffled would be a 
 moft likely Mean to prevent and ff cu.e them 
 Sft thofe Evils anH Mifchiefs which they 
 Sve fuffered, and which «•)' ;,^'^"J" »'^'''" 
 from the Vices of their Engl'.fh Neighbours on 
 ^ their Borders, and the Traders who deal among 
 ihem and invite and draw the.Sivages inioan 
 Eftce'm and Pradice of Relipion, and ^ha';'"- 
 Sones to cVilized Life. But this Prcfptft 
 :«,.„^c hut a little Way as the Number purpoi- 
 bTihus to renove bears but a fmall P'O^oi.u 
 
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 QB to the vaft Extcn-t of our Frontiers. Get* 
 efant the Leaven thus put imo the Lump may 
 |)readfarand wide tillthe whole be leavened. 
 
 It may perhaps graufy my friendly Reader 
 and ffiv:^ him a more clear View and Concepti^ 
 on of my Situation, Exercifes, and Labours in 
 this new World, if I (hould give him anAccouni 
 of the particular Branches of the Bufmefs and 
 Purfui-ts of one Day ; I (hall therefore give him 
 ik Account of the prefert, not becaufe there is 
 any Thin^fpecial or rnorc than has been cotn- 
 mon tocvery Day fbr many Month's paf^, (for 
 1 don't apprehend there is; but becaufe I »m 
 ibie with certainty to know and relate ?he Buft' 
 ncffes, and Occurrences of the prefent Day, 
 which, amidft fomany and continual Exerciles 
 can't be fo recolkaed, as to give the Account 
 With the fame EHaantfs and Certamry as U may 
 be done while they are aftualiy bcforemc. Aod 
 itis as follows : • - 
 
 Three Men e-np'.oytd in clearing L*nc? at 
 Landiff, 'Where I am nuk.ng a large Improve, 
 hSent for the School, while I aai divng 'he D^ity 
 requued by Charterio prcverit the Forfeit«'« 
 otthat Town— One fappufcd to be now return- 
 ine with Stores from Norwich m Connefticut 
 200 Miles'd.ftan', with a Team of S'X Oxen» 
 with whom I exped one or twa I earns mote 
 which were to be procured a-.d hired ihc?— 
 Tbrce Labourers at the Mills repainne ferr^e 
 
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 Bf€acVes and String the ^ for Uft— Fourteen 
 employed about my Hoofc, to prepare for ray 
 Removal into it as foon as may be— Two cm- 
 ployed as Cooks in the College Kitchen— Three 
 digging the Cellar for the new College and 
 drawing away the Dirt with a Team— F»^ ga- 
 thei;iag in the Indi*n Hajveft-^Four receiving, 
 counting and fecuri^g Brick, which I bought &i 
 Lyme— ^Several employed by my Agent at 
 Plainfield about ten or twelve Miles from this 
 Place, in digging and preparing Lime St©nc to 
 be put into a Kiln to be burnt, for aXryal, whc» 
 tber a Supply of Lime may be got there for the 
 new College and other Buildings. All which 
 Branches of Bufincfs are Neccflary, and neither - 
 of them can with PrudenGC be omitted. 
 
 The common Price of Labourers per Day In 
 Law/ul Money Cthey FoaVding themfelves) ha* 
 been, for common Labourers 3/. for Mafter 
 Workmen ot Carpenters, Joiners, and Mafons 
 Ironfi 4J. to 6;.— —The Price of feveral Sorts 
 oiJL^bor is of en varied higher or lower accord* 
 iflg to the various Circumflances, and D'fficuW 
 t*es of performing it, ot€are andSkill to beeiter- 
 cif^d about it. 
 
 Thi: common Prices of Provifions in thi* 
 "Part of the Province fince I have been here, 
 have been, Beef that is only Pafture fed, 20 s, 
 fer Hjundred — Pork 33 s^ — Wheat 5 s, per 
 Bp(hel,and the bel of Wheat 6 j. — Rye 3 s, 6d, 
 Indian Corn 5 i= 6 d. and '> <.^— Ssit i2i.— -^^o« 
 lalTes per Gallon 5 J. This 
 
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 Thk Day alfo the Rcv'd Mefliears Ripley, 
 MaccluerandFriIbie,iD compliance wifh my 
 Defire have determined to take a Journey thro* 
 SvmiP?o^inces,tofoMt:itthe charitable Con- 
 ScSsofgaodPeopleto.nablemeto 
 
 cecd in Building the new College, wtnout which 
 Affiftance the Work muft neceflar.ly foon ttop. 
 
 The areat Diftance at which thefe M ffiona- 
 rics Meffieurs Maccluerand Frilbie, have been 
 from me in their late Miffion to Mofk«ngom, 
 ha, forbid my g-ying any par^cular Account 
 of it. till their late Return to me, which is fo 
 Seifonablc that I may here add. an Abftraft of 
 one of their Journals. 
 
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 Delaware Indians, 
 
 WcftofthcOHio, entered upon June 19. 1772, 
 
 By the Rev. Meff. David Maccluer and Levj 
 Frisbie, who r«;turn'd O^ober 2, 1773. 
 
 Given by the Former, 
 
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 X77^. r| ^O OK leave of our hcnor'd 
 Jufieiotk* L P^^^^^ ^^^ Friends and fee 
 out from Hanover, and paffing through Conmm- 
 cui we caird on Mr. Occcm at Mohtgan, in hopes 
 of having his Cooipany into the Wildernefs, 
 but his Affairs he inform'd us would not admit 
 his taking a Mifpon at prcfent. 
 
 A- ir7:^^l.^/l,_<r/)«i* in AT^wj 7^r/^v. we fcceiv- 
 
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 cd a CommiflTvon from the Honorable JBoard of 
 C orrrcrpondents for propagating Chrvttian 
 Knowledge, under whofe Direftion wc are in 
 the prclenc MifTion. 
 
 Having experienced m ich Kindnefs from 
 Gentlemen on ourWay, wearrived on July i6th, 
 at the RevM. Mr. Braimrd'^ at Brotberton, to 
 whom we were referred f r further Intelligence 
 and Direftion relative to the Delaware Indians 
 at Mujkingum. Mr. Brainerd informed us that 
 fome Indians lately from the Frontiers of P^«- 
 fyhanta had brought him very difagrceable Ti- 
 dinps of the /«ir^»^ beyond Fort - Pitt -, fuchas 
 made it look very difcouraging to attempt the 
 Introduaion of the Gofpel among them ; that 
 fcveralMurders and Infuks had been lately com^ 
 m'ttcdinfome of the backSettlements; and that 
 from what he could learn from the Indtan$ whQ 
 had lately traveird into the Indians Country anti 
 lately return'd, the Delawares at Mujkingum who 
 were the Objeds of bur Miflion, were at pre-: 
 fent inclining to a Rupture with the Englifi. 
 
 Had It not been for thefe difcouraging Cir- 
 (ilimftances,Mr. Brainerd had determined to ac- 
 company us and introduce the Miffion among 
 thelndiani. In Confcqucncc of thefe Tidings 
 we were at a lofs which way Duty oall'd us ; 
 and having tarried fome Days at Brotherten znd 
 got Acquaintance with the Indians there, Mr, 
 Brainerd was kind enough to accompany us^ to 
 Phikdelpbia^iQ !^x further Light in the Aitair, 
 
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 ^ihtrt foon afcer our Arrival, as many of the 
 Honorabk Board of Correfponcents as couM 
 then convene, dcurrrnned in ConfcqucRce of 
 the Difcouragemcnts already mcntipned, that if 
 was not advilablc or fafe to carry into Executi- 
 on the firft Dcf^^n of our Miflion, but inftetd 
 of proceeding xoMufkingum^ to makcanExcur- 
 jRon up the Sujqutbanna among a Part of th^ 
 Delaware Tribt: who lire on ihc^'i/l Branch of 
 that River, at a Place called the Bigljland. And 
 having obtained a Paffport and Rcf:ommendati- 
 on from his Honor the Gov«jiK>r to the Indians, , 
 and Letters Tccommendatory to Gentlemen on, 
 our Way to the Big JJlaficf, we fet out, 
 
 y^ly 2?, F-om Pbilad^'pbta, and on our Ar^ 
 nival at Lancader, we faw a Trader who refides 
 at the lower Sbawmfe Town beyond the Ohio,. 
 who informed us^ That a few Weeks paft he. 
 came through the Delawares Towns on the 
 ^ujkwgutn, oti his Way from the ShwnefeCoun- 
 try, and that the Behwares, and ShawfiefSy and 
 ^11 tkt neighbouring Tnbes of Indians were in 
 |)erfea Peace, and a good Underftanding fob- 
 fifted between thcrfj and the Engli/b ; this gave 
 us Courage and determined us to Jay afide ih4 
 Thought of going up the Sufquebanna, efpecial- 
 )y as the fame Perfon inform'd us. That the In# 
 dran^ there were moving ofF and leaving that 
 Country which not long ft nee had been Sold rq 
 the Englifii. and wete movmg down fnmc to 
 the River Mufk'mpum. and others to an Indian 
 Town caird kujkvfkcefig, about Sixty Miles be- 
 
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 AugUn ift. Several Gentlemen in this 
 Town (Lancafter) affured us, That they had ' 
 received certain InteHigence from the Weft- 
 ward, that the Indians were peaceable and 
 friendly, and Affairs looke i encouraging, and 
 Duty fccmed to point out our Way to Mufkin- 
 gum i wc thereupon determined to proceed to 
 Fort-Pitt^ where we (hou'd be able to get a iuH 
 Account of Profpefts. We communicated our 
 Dcfign to Do^or Boyd of this Town, who fa- 
 voured us with Letters to the late and to the 
 prefent Supcrintendant for Indian Affairs, and.: 
 to fomc other Gentlemen ot Influence, at th^ 
 Station, 
 
 jd. Monday. Felt more animated in the 
 Bufmefs of our MiffioB, than for fome Days 
 paft ; we left Lancafter and after crofling tic 
 Sufquehanna, arrived at the Rev'd. Mr. Z)«/- 
 field's^ near CarHfle ; who received m with great 
 Kindnef8,and rejoiced thL. we were engaged ia 
 the important Bufincfs of making known the 
 Saviour to the poor Heatken. He wrote by 
 us to Net'tab'twale-man, King of the Delawares^ 
 and warmly recommci/ded us to tbe kind Re- 
 ception of him and his People. 
 
 8th. SATtyRDAV. As Mr. Frffiie was un- 
 well, Heft him at Mr. Dtfi?^/^'^, and .proceeded 
 forward for the Sake of keeping Sabbath at m 
 vacant Settlement, and waited for him till ^^ 
 
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 i'lth. Tuesday. Met Mr. Fri/lie at the 
 Rev'd. Mr. Cooper's in Sbipfenjburg. 
 
 15th. Saturday. To Day rciched Ligo- 
 nier. The moft of the Week pad we fpent in 
 tiding, climbi.ng and walking the Appalachian 
 Mountalrjs •, feveral of thofe Mountains are ex- 
 tremely high and ftecp,of which the Allegany is 
 the lar^eft, and on the top commands a fine 
 Frofpeft of Hills and Vallies— -they arc feparat- 
 edby Vallies, and the Road over them extends 
 fromEaft to Weft, near an hundred Miles. 
 
 16th. LordVDay. Preached to the People 
 «f this new Settlement, who appear defiro\is to 
 Kcar the Gofpel. 
 
 iSth. Tuesday. iTefterdfay we were pre- 
 rented journeyi-ng on Account^ of the Rain. 
 ThisMor,nipg fetoutand met one of the Chiets 
 of the Mingoe Indians, going to. Sir miliam 
 iobnjon% known by the Name of Kiahputah-^ 
 To him we communicated our Defign and afk- 
 td his Opinion, he canfidered of it a few Mo- 
 fficnts, and told us by his Interpreter, he was 
 afraid it would not do. The chief O >>eaions 
 fie urged was. That the Indians were a roving 
 
 .pic, and coold npt attend to hear about Re- 
 riffion. However, he told us to take Courage, 
 irnd beftrong— That the King rfthe Delawares 
 was at Home. and. he thought many of them 
 would ! ike oilr coming. 
 
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 19th. Wednesday. Reached Fort-Pitt. 
 
 20th. Waited on the Commanding, Officer 
 an ' ame Ocntlendenof Influence who appear'd 
 to wifh well to the Caufc and defirous to pro- 
 mote our Succefs. 
 
 2 1 ft. We were very anxious about procuring 
 an Interpreter, efpecially as fo few goM ones 
 are to be foUi.id in thcfe parts, and fo much d^- 
 pend^. upon the Gopdnefs and Fidelity of an In- 
 terpreter i — when quite unexpddled we provi- 
 dentiajly found 7(?/^^i> P^^p;^ here, the very In- 
 dian who was Interpreter to Meflieurs Beatty and 
 Duffiild in their MifTion about fix Years ago, to 
 the fame Place whc^re we ^re bound. This wc 
 view as an Omen for good. He happened to 
 to be here on our Arrival with bis, and about 
 fifty Indian Families o^ their Way from the 
 Sufqaehanna to the Mujkingum Country, as wa^ 
 mentioned above ; and what is remarkable and 
 a ground for our Encouragement and Thanki 
 to God, is that thofe Indians go down with i 
 fixed Refolution to live by the Cultivation of 
 their Lands, and renounce the wandring Life of 
 Savages, and for this Purpofe they have witn 
 them all neceflary Ucenfils for Hufbandry.— - 
 May their Example have the iamc falutary Ef- 
 fect ©n their miferable Neighbours I 
 
 23d. Lord*s-Day. At the Invuation uf thef 
 Commander we preached to the Garrifon anl 
 
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 the £ Wuh his Family inotder to meet J.me 
 ot .hri-leads ot h.s Tribe at a Place two Days 
 lourney from th.s, «hexe they are .0 hold a 
 S3 abcu. fixino .. a Plac. to bu.ld al o.n 
 after which he is to return and let cut with us 
 for Mulkingum. 
 
 ,ift The Time Jojtpb had appointed to be 
 ba?k havTng expiredf ^c .nxiouay jva.ted b. 
 Return. A few Days paft wrote a Letter to 
 d,e E" of the DW.Ur« informing h.m of our 
 ImenKandthatweho,cdtoleeh>m in a 
 
 IhoriTime. * 
 
 S001 after our Arrival here Mr. Frijbie vfas 
 taken Sick The Fatigues of the Journey and 
 the Hea of the Seafun proved too powerful for 
 his infirm Conaitution, and threw hm. into a 
 Fiveffrom which he has not yet recovered and 
 T Tear will not be able to encounter the Hard- 
 Jos of the Wildernefs, which his Pbyfican ad- 
 vi(es him by no means to Attempt. 
 
 Ath About everyDay fince our Arriva!,have 
 had the difagreeable Sight of drunken Indians 
 . ilaggering through th. Streets -as this s the 
 moft frontier Settlenier.tQf the ^^^Jf. ^."^ jj^ 
 chief Place of Rendezvous f .'^'\'^'%^jffi^/; 
 Creatures frcq-'^ nly meet tor the Sake -of a 
 drunkc-a Frolick. . 
 
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 agreed to be here, and heafibg nothing of ham, 
 determined me to go into tnc Woods in queft 
 of him, and having procured a Man acquainted 
 with the VVooJs to go with me, we ftt otK— ^ 
 and the next Day, being the Sabbath, wc retted 
 from Journeying ; — found Comfort »a commit- 
 ting myfclt toGod, Jto be his and at his Difpofal 
 in tht Undertaking before me. 
 
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 r habited Wilderncfs, we came tt) an Indian 
 
 ""•"iilagc where //e found Jofep^, who was then 
 
 burying his Grand Child, whofe Death had prt* 
 
 vented his Return at the appointed Time. 
 
 i2th. Went back to Forl-Pitf, in hopes to 
 find Mr, Frifbie fufficiently recovered to acjcom- 
 pany me, but he was not •,— his Diforder had 
 left him too feeble and weak to nrftike the At- 
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 14th. The Town we have had all along iri 
 View, on Account of its being the principal 
 D^/ijwtfrtf Town, is called by uicm KekalmahpS' 
 hoong \ from which we this Da; hadlnteiligesice 
 by an Indian Trader, the Head Men of the Na- 
 tion were all at Home, and as the Seafon for the 
 Fall Huating was now approaching, and tlrcir 
 Men in a few Weeks weuld difperfe and not re^ 
 tarn before the Clofe of Winter or Beginning of 
 Spring -, I was at a lofs what to do, as Mv. Frif- 
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 after fcrious Coiifideration and humbly looking 
 to the Father of Lights for Direaion, 1 thought 
 it D»ty to fct oitt and encounter the Fatigues 
 of the Savage World alone, leaving my dear 
 Companion beiiind. 
 
 The Commander of the Garrlfon was kind 
 enough to give Liberty to the King's Interpreter 
 at this Station to go with me, a young Gentle- 
 man well acquainted with the Indians among 
 whom he had been Captive fome Years.— Hav^ 
 ing been civilly ajnd hofpitably treated, and 
 kindly afliftcd on our Way by fevcral bcnevo- 
 lent Gentlemen at this Place— I fet out for the 
 Indian Country with Jofcph my Interpreter, and 
 th young Man above-mentioned, and croffing 
 the Ohio oppofitc to the Fori we came to an 
 Indian Ground, and after journeying fix Pays 
 in the Wildernefsv through a fine Country xA 
 Land abounding with fmall Hills, well water d 
 with Rivers and Springs, without meetmg with 
 any remarkable Occurrences, h?ving Iccn d«^ , 
 about half a Dozen Mian Huts m all the Way, 
 we came in Sight of Kekalemabpehoong, lying on 
 the South Weft Bank of the Mujkingum, 
 
 Through a good Providence we were fa- 
 vour'd with fine Weathef through the Joorney. 
 Our Fort ftieltered us frotw the Dews winch in 
 the Nights of the warm Seafon fall heavy here, 
 mnd a Bear Skin prevented the cold Damps Of 
 ch^ Ground from' burring us, .ind ±r wi«d l ur- 
 
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 kics which are very plenty in thcfc Woods, fop- 
 plied us with frcfh Meat. 
 
 Om our Arrival we had the Misfortune to find 
 a Number of the Indians in Liquor. I was con- 
 dufted to the King's Houfe, who gave rre a 
 kind Reception ; a Number of the Counfellers 
 foon convened, and after fmeking their Circle 
 of Pipes, the King afkcd my Interpreter whether 
 King GEORGE had fent me— imagining, Ifup- 
 pofe, that no one below the King would prefume 
 10 fend to him-^and then told me as a Number 
 of his People in Town were druak, they would 
 defer hearing my Bufmefs to next Day. As 
 Indians are remarkable for their Hofpicdity, they 
 provided me a comfortable Houfe to live in, and 
 (bmc Provifions to fubfift on. 
 
 zid. Tuesday. To Day the Indians in 
 Town being all Ibber, the King convened his 
 Head Men at the Council- Houfe •, I was con- 
 dufted in by one of the Council— the Houfe 
 was crowded and two Council Fires burning, 
 furrounded with the poor Tawny immortals, 
 after I had rakcii my Seat, the Speaker told me 
 the King was ready to hear what I had to fay. 
 I then delivered them aSpcechof half an Hour, 
 the Subftancc of which is as follows : 
 
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 you by whom I am fcnt— and^^thc inapartanr 
 Bufinefe on which I am come." 
 
 *' We, the Engli/h, who live \n New England^ 
 who have been inftruaed in the great Things 
 of Religion, and having among us the Word 
 of the Great God, which he has mercifully 
 fent down from above to point out to* us the 
 Way to Heaven, are very delirous that our 
 Brethren the poor Indians (hould alfo coinc 
 to the Knowledge of the Tame, and be happy. 
 Several Minifters have already been fent a- 
 mong our Brethren the Indians from Time 
 to Time, and the Great Being has blelTed 
 their Endeavours in many Inilances, we hope, 
 to their faving good. But notwithflanding 
 this, the Li^ht of God's holy Word has (prcad 
 but alittleWay into this vaftWildernels which 
 
 our Brethren inhabit, and but few of your 
 Tribes have been taught the great Things of 
 Religion ; thofc who have been taught them 
 have blefled thcGreat God that he has put it 
 into thcHearts of the Englifh to come among 
 them to preach to them, the holy Religion. 
 
 •' The great Council for Religion, my Fa- 
 thers and Brethren, have often fought forMen 
 difp«»fed to come among you and preach Jesus 
 Christ the great Saviour of Sinners. But 
 __L .u^ #'^.,«a;x« \c of^«»H who will eo into 
 
 the Wildcrnefs and inftrua our Brethren, 
 they find but a few who arc able to bear the 
 
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 Fatigues and ,yardflnps ot the Wildernefs, 
 aod who ar£^ .willing to leave their native 
 
 " Land, thcirji^elations and Friends, and come 
 
 **' and live a«iong you.'* 
 
 f« The good Minifters have Cent us, my Bre- 
 H.thren, and we feave willingly come. Wc 
 " come not to get your Lands raor your Riches* 
 «*. nor to concern ourfclves in your worldly Af- 
 «« fairs— but to tell you the Word of God and 
 ♦* of Jefus Chrift the Saviour of Sinners, to take 
 •* you by the Band and lead you in the Way 
 « rp Heaven." 
 
 I THEN read thenj our Commiffion and Let- 
 ters Rccommendatory-^and gave them a flaort 
 Hiftorical Account of the Iniian Charity S'cbQoI, 
 under the Care of the Reverend Eleazar. 
 Wheelock— of the Pains taken to educate the 
 i«rf/jBJ— the Succcfs that attended his Endea- 
 vours in mar>y Ipainces— particularly of Rev'd. 
 Mr. Occom and the prefent Profpefts of the 
 School— land clofed by obferving* 
 
 " Thus, Fathers and Brethren, I have told 
 «' you the Bufiocfs we have come wpon— by 
 ^y whom we are fcnt— you have heard our In- 
 t^ tention, andifyou incline to have us (lay a- 
 V mong you and preach Jejus Christ to you, 
 « we (hall be gbd to ftay and live with you a 
 «* great while.-rBuc if you choofe not to he.ir 
 *} any Thing about Religion, and think it not 
 ^* bcft foi" us 10 live with you, we mui5. uxn 
 
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 Having finillicd fpeaking to them, the Coun- 
 ^il adjourned to the next Day. I retired to my 
 Lodgings well piqafcd with the feeming Apprd:^ 
 bation they manifcfted at the Propofal, affuring 
 myfclf df a fatourablq Anfwer."^ The next Day 
 
 "' 23d. The Council met, and fent for me to 
 read to them a Letter, they had received from 
 the fakers in P$nnjylvan:a ; in which they pro- 
 mife that when Minifters or Teachers arc fent 
 4mong them, ihey wouVi fend a Certificate by 
 them, by^whlch'ihcy (the Indians; might knoW 
 them-, this Claufe I found was a Bar in our 
 Way! as we had not this Certificate. '- -^ 
 
 24th. The next Day after they met again and 
 fent for mt to read to them a Letter they had 
 received not long fince, irom a Baptift Minifttf 
 in the Jerfiss^ in which were ft\^eral Propofals 
 rcfpeftrng their Civil Eft ablifli men r ard Proper- 
 ty of Lands, theexpcdiCRcy of a further treaty 
 of Peace with the Englijh, &c.— Thofe who are 
 bed acquainted with Ihdian Tempers, and know 
 how ftrong their Jcaloufies afc, ihit the WSriie 
 People in all the Propofals to thcrti aie laying 
 Schemes to get their Lands, will bebcft able io 
 judge of the propriety of fuch a Pr6ccdure, Af- 
 ter reading it the Council exprcfled their Jea- 
 louncs, and obfet vcd that a Minifter fhould not 
 
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 taUc of War, Fighting ar^ Lands-rbut of Hca* 
 vtfn. As they imagine Minillers are all in ge- 
 neral on the fame Plan, I found they entertai*-. 
 cd the fame Jcaloalics of me, and the Letter' 
 prejudiced thcmagainft our Offer. Their Land 
 h their Idol •, and their Fears arc raifed at every: 
 Propofal however beneficial to them, that at thi^ 
 Bottom our Defign is to job them of itj an4 
 bring them td Subjcaion and Slavery to. the 
 WhitePeoplc which they dread worfc than Deatk, 
 
 Iw the Evening one of the Council told me, I 
 IP aft exercife Patience, till they were ready tp; 
 give me an Anfwer* 
 
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 24th. The Committee met again y was in. 
 iprm'd fomeof them ftrongly oppofed receiving 
 OS ; — and offered fuch Reafon? as the following, 
 'i-hat the Great Being did not intend the Religion 
 of the White People Ihould be their's, that if he' 
 bad intended it, he would have let them known 
 it long ago ; — that it was not their Intereft to 
 appear fo friendly to the Vy hi te People who had 
 already croudcd too faft tipon their Land and 
 drove them from their Hunting Gr ound ; — that 
 all we were after was to get llieir Lands and 
 bring them toSlavery \ — that the EngHfiRtW- 
 gion would bring them off from their Knowledge 
 and Love of War, and then they ftiould be aa 
 eafy Prey to their Enemies, &c. 
 
 • 25th. and 26th. They ftill continue confult- 
 iog whether I ihall ilay amjng theni* In the 
 
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 10 the neighbouring Towni to knaw tfceir O. 
 
 pinion. 
 
 a7th. Bung the Sabbsth, I feflt Word totbe 
 KinK, that with his Liberty I would fpeak tpthc 
 p^e to Day, as it was a Day the Whue I'eo 
 Lfpent in waraiwing the Gre,t Being, ihty 
 Aet in the Council Houfe, the K>ng and rnoft 
 S the C<«"cil being prefent.-I d.fccurfed to 
 Setnpntbe Nature and Duty of Prayer and 
 SeTprayed with them, after wh.ch I preached^ 
 to th?m concerning Jefus Cbr^A ef'jjj^^j 
 fiiort Hiftorical Account oihm, and fpoke ot 
 his Suffering for Sin ^--they were v^V ^« jn_uve 
 to what was faid and fome were afftacd.-^ln 
 Se Afternoon Pleached to them .gam by way 
 of Paraphrafc on the Parable of the Pfo igal 
 Son; in the Application of which, my Inter- 
 meter was much afFeaed, and a folem awe ap- 
 Jear'd in the Affembly. After Sermon rettrea, 
 W my Houfe, humbly trufling in the Divine 
 Bleffing to fucceed the Word, and endeavouring 
 to commit myfelf and the Caufe to God. 
 
 aqth. Tuesday. The Council ftiH fct and 
 •ave no Anf«er whether I fhould flay.— In the 
 Ivenmz two of the Head MeA came to njy 
 Houfe, and fpoke to the following Furpofe : 
 
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 now we IhBuld he glad to know what bm ts, that we 
 may know zvbat to repenf cf:\ ^ said 
 
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 X SAID 1 was very glad to find fudh' a l>tfp%" 
 fitlon in them, and would tcU thcnn the next 
 Day. This I thought in the Time of ix was ve« 
 ry cncoaraging though afterwards 1 found they 
 had more Policy than Goodnefs in the Rt queiJ, 
 
 goih. Wet^nesday. To Day 1 was to fpeak 
 to them on Sin, and explain it m all Branchy 
 for the good Purpofc, as they faid, that th^ 
 ipight forfakc it •, but unfortunately laft Even- 
 ing two Caggs of Rum came to Town, whick 
 fruttrated the good Defign and in an Hour's 
 Time very much altered the Scene. By Mid- 
 night great Part of the Indians were drunk, and 
 their Yells and Noifes in Dancing and Fighting 
 round my Houfe, added to the Horrors of the 
 Darknefs and feemed to give a ftriking Refcm- 
 biance of a more dreadful Region. Through a 
 good Providence none entered my Houfe in tte 
 Night, though I cxpeaed them in every Mo- 
 ment s^-what my Feelings were through the 
 Night I can better conceive than exprefs. The 
 Pay Light prefented me with the difagreeable 
 Sight of the grcateft Part of the Inhabitants, 
 M«n and Women reeling over the Green;-— I 
 ad vifcd feme that I faw lober, to keep clear from 
 
 the pernicious Liqwor they promifcd they 
 
 would, but theTemptation, I found baffled their 
 flrongeft Refolutions. The King was kind c- 
 .nough td come and take Breakf aft with me, and 
 feemed forry at the Conduft of his Subjeds. 
 Soon after Brcakfaft, a flout drunken inuiafi^ 
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 ^fon^^ted by rhc DivH and his own native Ma- 
 lice, for I h^d never fpokc to him, purfucd npie 
 With a Club •» — but through the kind Frotcdion 
 of Heaven I efcaped his brutal Rage. — Imagin- 
 ing my (lay in town would be dangerous, from 
 the revengeful Appearance of fevcral of thole 
 Sons of Bacchus^ I got my Horfe and rode to 
 ||neighbooriRg Village, intending to day there 
 til) the Indians in Town fhould exhauft their 
 Runt. On nay Arrival at the Villaffc I found 
 thent beginning to drink there, and I began to 
 think Safety was no where to be foirad ; howc- 
 ter, my Interpreter found a fober Houfe and 
 there we tarried till towards Sun fet* 
 
 How lamthtable ts thcSitu^tion of thcfe poor 
 Creatures ! How deftrc*(flivc to their Bodies and 
 their Souls/is this murderingRum ! How much» 
 alas ! will thofe hardned People who convey it 
 anwngthcm, have to anfwcr for when thq Blood 
 of thcfe poor, ignorant Savages, who by their 
 Means are daily reeling down to Hell, (hall be 
 reqtiired at ibeir HandSi 
 
 Having refrefliedcAirfelvcs^Ith fomc roafted 
 Venifjn andSquafhcs vft fet out from the Village 
 and leturncd to Town in Hopes of finding the' 
 Indians quiet. Very fortunately, the King^who 
 had kept hinnftif R^ber today, ordered the Re^ 
 friiinder of the Rurti to be carried out of Town ; 
 a^d on our Arrival we had the fatistaftion to fee 
 Ihe greater Part of the drunken Indians, walk*- 
 Ing in a String up the River> following theRuni 
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 and finging ai they went, wkh an Intention to 
 fee the laft of it : and the Town was left prettr 
 peaccaidlc 
 
 FouNB it a comforiing corrdeTatio* that God 
 governs the World and tias thcRagcof theHc^^ 
 then under his Controul ;— and into his Hands 
 cbdeavoured to commit my fel^ who is a Rock 
 and hiding Place to all who truft lo hiip, « 
 
 OSlsher ift, Thursday. The Indians gave ys 
 no Difturbancc laft N-ight -, and this Morning 
 I was rery glad to find the Rum aU go»ne & tha 
 Indians again fobci*. Some, I am informed arc 
 I to day laid up fick in Confcquencc of the 
 • Wounds and Bruifcs chey received yefl^rday 
 from their drunken CpmpanioBs.*'* 
 
 They had not forgot the Requcft fomeof 
 them inade laft Tucfday j-^and accordingly at 
 Noon a Number of them m-et at the Cpuncil* 
 Houfe^ I told them I was glad they had manifeC- 
 ted a Defire co know what Sin was, and thati 
 had then an Opportunity to tell them what It 
 was.— As they had themfelves defired me to 
 preach to thena on that Subje6t, I fpoke wit(* 
 Freedom and concealed nothing that I look'd 
 upon belonging to the Subje^, for Fear of b«.- 
 ipg afterwards accufjed by th^, of mifr^prefcnt- 
 
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 t Doabi!eft many more Mprdcrt, thao now tfc, would b$ 
 coflimiited among thein, if it was oot as iDyariable Coftoaiio 
 liKir draokeo Fro^licks, for § Dombcr of tben to |icep fobcr, 
 ilh»re BGrmert is» to take the iMg Knives & Tm kAVtl: 
 fromOfhera pheo ihey arc iiegiooinfi to drlok^ faa io f<c|^ 
 dienif whcD drank, fron doiog Miictucf. 
 
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 ing the Matter. I fpokc to them chiefly on ct- 
 ternal Immoralities and Sins which tie Light of 
 Nature and Reafon coiidemncd ; — ray Subjcdl 
 was drawn mainly from the Catalogue of Sins 
 recorded in the fir(l Chapter of the ii>'/^/tf to the 
 
 Romans : Spoke largely on iheSin of Drun- 
 
 kcnneff, as that was frclh in their Memories, 
 and on Fornication which I found was Ihock- 
 ingly comrrton among them. 
 
 After Sermon I wiihdrcw and Jcteph tarriid 
 with them. One of the Council obfervcd to 
 him th''t if all ihofc Things were Sins, which I 
 hM mthtioned, he believed there, was no one 
 p<&rfe6t •,— and another afkcd him why I had 
 f|;ioke to -him altogerher, and cold hiih every 
 thihg he had been guihy of. 
 
 One of the Council to day alked me, if there 
 w€te any more Sins befidcs thofe I had menti- 
 oned :— I told hirti there were many more; 
 teUj fjays he, we would chufc to tiear them all 5 
 and they appointed the next Day to hear more 
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 f Froti their GonduA for a few Dayi pall* it appeared eti* 
 dint, that their Dtfiga io rcquefliog mc to gife ibem a Defi- 
 ciuoD of Sw), WIS to (iod out what Picgi they nioft c^epe&d 
 o^n reiioqu fh Dg Ihould they rcceire xhtChrifitanRtii^hnw 
 Thttr opeft Viccf , I did ont ifiteod to cfiter apoo, aoiif It 
 bid ^o With ihcm fome Time, aod broaght them oft by 
 Di%ftt% to ad Abhotreijce of them ; bat ai ihe'^ had iofifted 
 
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 ti. Friday. The Indians agiin met, and a» 
 thev defired it, I fpoke on the fame Sbbjea n 
 we were upon Yetterday, though more particu- 
 larly on the Sins of the Heart, and obfervcd that 
 the Sins of Thought as w.H as ot Aftion wef6 
 taken Notice of by the Great Being and were 
 very difpleafing to him-The Audience were 
 fmall and attentive. After Sermon, J^r^f* who 
 is much engaged in recommending Rel'8'on «<» 
 his Brethren, tarried and convc.fed with them 
 
 fome Time. 
 
 They ft.ll confulting refpeaing tny flaying 
 with them. It gave me Pain to find fo mUch 
 Oppofition in Town, to a Propolal fo benevo- 
 lent and calculated for their temporal and eter- 
 
 nal Benefit. Heard daily of the malicious 
 
 Speeches and groundlefs Jea'.ouQes of the poor 
 
 deluded Inhabitants againft our t'ropoJal. 
 
 cjd. Satorday. They give me an^Opportu- 
 nity to preach again to day ; though the Affein- 
 blv was fmall. confidering how numerous the 
 Indians are here, t As a proper Appendix to 
 
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 t Thif Town (which ii Mil ed by xhtJaiUnt Xita'imab- 
 pL.g. and by ih* E^fm. N,v. Comm Tawn) conM. of 
 .boat fix>y D^IIir-B Houfei. made of Logf or BiHc, aoi 
 
 "con in. .bo«.oo. Hnodred ?»»»«• .J'«':/»";'"',h*.'S 
 
 • ctoetally «ry fmall. not ba»ir.g. one with .noiber, moi« than 
 
 f"o w Ihree C^ildr.a in each Family :-At«l fo roTBgi 
 
 People are they .hat never, unlef. upon fome exiraord.oaiy 
 
 Oc fion. fochl .heir annual and fnn.ral ^",«« '" ^P^/? 
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 ^titthty had heard of the Evil of Sin, I fpokc 
 with Freedom and Plainncfs on the Satisfaaion 
 of Chrill. — that it was fufficient for the Pardon 
 of all oiJr Sins, and i.ififted on the Ncccfljty of 
 Repentance towards God and Faith in our LoIbid 
 Jesus Chrjst. Seteral were afTcdlcd. After 
 Sermon jofepb tarried and fpoke to his Brethren, 
 ort the Neccflity of their receiving the Gofpel i 
 and told them fome Truths which came with 
 great Freedom and Propriety from him who is 
 one of their own Iribe^ and which, confidering 
 their Jealoufies, I thought it npt proper for mc 
 to fay any tiling about. WKf t he moft ihfifted 
 was the Certainty of their Ruin without Religi- 
 on i and finally told theih, unlefs ih^y received 
 the Gofpel aacl lived like whUe People, Gob 
 would cut them off as he.haid done their Forefa- 
 ibers^ and give the fine Country of the Mu/kingum 
 which they now inhabit, to a People that would 
 forve and worlhip him. They all hung their 
 Heads and made no reply. This I thought 
 ^oodjofepb told them with a kind of JPhrophetic 
 fpirit^ and if wcmay argu'^ the future Conduct 
 of.divine Providence from the paft, is what per- 
 haps we may foon fee accompUftied. 
 
 4th. Sabbath. 
 
 taots arc 10 ToicD 9t ^r.^ Time. Many Familici of them, io 
 the Summer Se^foo Site io the Wooc^t «nd remove from 
 P'tcc to PUcc, ^hcTc tlif y can find the beft Htrotiog ;— ibcy 
 buiid tbeafe^vd a Booth 6f Bark for a Shelter wherever they 
 halt, and 10 tbc^Fsll reiorn to the Towo where ihey Wioicr, 
 Tbit rOving Diig^iitioD which it a kind of fecond Natorc ill 
 ihQfii,i}8> always bceo fcocd • gr^at Bir id th« Way tocbrir 
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 |th. Sabbath. Preached to day to about 
 forty Indians,cndeavourcd to Anfwcr an Objec- 
 tion which is generally retained among them i 
 —that the cbn^ian Religion or the Bible was not 
 intended for Indians, but only for the white 
 People. After Sermon, in Converfatfon^pne of 
 the Council objeaed, that he did ..ot know- 
 whether it was beft for them to receive thi 
 Englifi Religion, " for the white People, fays 
 *» ne, who are acquainted with,and who fay they 
 *« are ehriftian8,are worfe than the word of :., 
 «« and we had rather be what we are, thin fuch 
 « as they are." This Objedion, 1 thought, 
 had Weight in it. yojepb undertook to anfwtr 
 his Countrymen, and told thcna, that '^^mtever 
 thofe Men they fpoke of might call ihen^f-lves, 
 he could affure them, they were bo Chrl.lians^ 
 foi their Condu6t was very contrary to the Con- 
 duft of Chrilii;ir.s and to the Word of God j 
 that if thofc Men they fpoke of, (hould go a- 
 hiongChriftians,they would not admit thcna into 
 their chriftian Societies, &Cw 
 
 5th, Monday. TheCownc'.l fcnt forme to 
 give me a final AUffwet After taking a Seat, 
 one of the Counfellors, in the Name of the/Cmf * 
 iiclivcred the following laconic Speech . 
 
 " Mv Brother, I a.-i glad you have come a- 
 mong us from fuch a great Diftante, and that 
 we frc each other, and rejoice that we have h^d 
 
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 We Been here. My Brother, yoo will now 
 ,eturn Home again from whence you cam?, 
 and when you get there give my L ove to thole 
 that fcnt you. I have doncfpeaking. 
 
 I was furprifed at this Anfwer, and in Reply 
 told them I was very forry they rcjeded a.i Offer 
 'hat was only intended and fo well calculated 
 for iheir Good. 
 
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 After convei fing with them Corp? Time^I 
 afted :hefB what Rcafon we Ihould offer to the 
 good Men who lent, why they would not re- 
 cciveus.Oneof theCounc.1 m an .n-natu.dToDC 
 gave me to underftand, that tney did not like 
 ihe white Beop'.e's fettling upon the O^.^ ; and 
 that it was necelTary thattheCha.nof Pr^ndftip 
 between King GecngeznA them fho*ld be made 
 more firma/a Ihong before they could receive 
 the E»glif^ 10 mych into Favour as to receive 
 their Religion. . 
 
 THEencoiiragino Ptofpeas now aU vanifhed, 
 and the Door Icemed quite -fhut up and their dc- 
 cifivc Anfwerleft me no ROo.-n to propofc tar- 
 rying or retUFoinji to them : However I told 
 them that Mr. Fri/l^ie and I propofed to ftay in 
 the backParts oiPennjyvania till the nexiSpring, 
 and that if they (hould then think favourabe of 
 
 • our FiTpofal .-ind would let us know it, perha^ps 
 
 * v.- ^i^ht re;urn to them.. A vte^ 
 
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 ,. Aft»r obtaining Liberty t^ ftay in Town 9 
 few bays longer, not knowing but in the mean 
 Time the Matter would take a difFerent Turpt 
 $C Heaven fee fit to alter theirDifjpofuion towards 
 !^eligion, tookLeavc of the Council, and retired 
 Xp Rfiy Hoijfe much difheartncd. 
 
 I find them full of Jeaioufics and Sufpicioui % 
 and the Influence and Condud of fome had Msn 
 have very much corrupted their Morals and 
 prejudiced therri again ftC-^W/^r^wO', and who are 
 fnftrumefital in propagating all theJ:^iV^j and few 
 or noRC of thcVirtues of the whitePcopie among 
 the poor Heathen, §0, vicious are they thac 
 there is little Hop? of fuccecding in Attempts 
 to Chriftianize thofe fouthern Indians, until a 
 Stop is put to the vaft Floods of Rum which are 
 yearly conveyed into their Countryjtheexccffive 
 Ufe of whicKopens a Dcor to every Evil. 
 
 <3ttH. Friday. The Indians I found ftilJ ad* 
 kered to their Rcrol^tion,and finding my Stay 
 among them longer would be difagreeablc, I 
 fetout with an Intention to return by a nearer 
 Courf ihan we came, arid after traveling five 
 Pays thro* the Wildemefs, having cro Scd the 
 Ohio about fixty miles by thcCourfe of thcRivcr 
 below FoN-Fit(, I arrived there and had the 
 Pleafure to find my Companion recovered from 
 his Sicknefs : And at the iarnea Importunity 
 €jf the ifepple we fpent f^vcnMonths Itencradng 
 
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 wm and very. defuo^s to Have Minifters fettled 
 aojoBg them. Hearing Rothipg in,the meanTjme, 
 from the " hdianf, to encouragp us to make a 
 fccond Attempt, We fet out for New-^gland 
 V»herewc.at laft arrivwli hay.ing. e?CRectcpced 
 inueh of the divineGoodners thjoughi tJie whole 
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