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A plain and faithful 
 
 NARRATIVE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Origiiial Defigri, Rife, Progrefs 
 and prefent State 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Indian Charity-School 
 
 At Lebanon^ iti Connecticut* 
 
 - - lk 
 
 / 
 
 By Eleazkr Wheelock, A.M. 
 
 Pastor of a Church in LEBANON. 
 
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 '* The Liberal devlfeth liberal Things, and by liberal Thing3 
 '• flull he ftand." Isai. xxxii. 8. 
 
 •? The liberal Soul (hall be made fat, and he that watereth 
 ** [hall alfo be watered himfelf." Prov. xi. 25. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 Printed by Richard and Samuel Draper, in Neivhur^-HtttU 
 M.DCG.LXliL 
 
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 
 
 fv I L L I A m; 
 
 MARQUIS OF LOTHIAN. 
 
 May it fleafe your Lor dpi f.^ 
 
 ^T^Hat Charity and diiin- 
 -^ terefted C a r e for the Souk 
 of Men, which make fo amia- 
 ble a Part of your Lordfliip's 
 Character, and give a Luftre and 
 Grace to ail thofe worldly Ho- 
 nours with which God has dig- 
 nified you, and entitle you to 
 the kindeft Willies, and fincer- 
 eft Prayers of all who love our 
 Lord Jesus Chris t, and long 
 for the Enlargement of his 
 
 Kingdom 
 
[( -iv ) 
 
 Kingdom in the World ; do 
 now embolden me to infcribe 
 the following Narrative to your 
 Lordfliip, as a Teftim.onial of 
 my Gratitude, for'that repeat- 
 ed Liberality, whereby you 
 have teftiiied your Approba- 
 tion of our feeble Attempts in 
 the important Affair here rela- 
 ted, and given your San^ion 
 to the Plan we have been pro- 
 fecuting. 
 
 And as you have animated 
 and encouraged our fmall Be- 
 ginnings, when we had moil: 
 nped pf fuch Countenance and 
 AlFiftance; fo yourCondcfccn- 
 tipn and Gencrofity have made 
 me folicitous hov/ to manifell 
 
( 'V ) 
 
 my Gratitude fuitably to aPer- 
 fonage of fuch Diftin6tion. 
 
 But as your Lordiliip could 
 propofe no other End, befides 
 that which we were purfuing, 
 when you thus opened your 
 Hand for our Affiftance there- 
 in, while it was vet fmall and 
 obfcure ; fo I may reafonably 
 iuppofe, nothing I can return 
 will give your Lordfliip more 
 Satisfaction, than a plain, and 
 concife Account of the Progrefs 
 of it, and our ftill growing and 
 encrealing Profpe6ls of thofe 
 good Eftecls, which will be the 
 only Reward which your Lord- 
 fliip could have in View. 
 
 And 
 
■:( vi ) 
 
 An D though it be prefented 
 to your Lor cifliip in a very plain 
 and unfailiionable Drefs, agree- 
 able to the Country from 
 whence it comes, yet I am 
 perfwaded your Lordlliip will 
 not d^ipife it on that Account, 
 -fince the,Diefs, plain and un- 
 ' failiionable as it is, does fo 
 much excel the lavage; and 
 fordid Habit, and Appearance 
 of thofe miferabie Creatures, 
 .who have fo moved your Lord- 
 , ihip's Compaiiion as to become 
 the GbjetSls of your Charity 
 and Beneficence. Nor will 
 Modeftvitfelf under fuch en- 
 dearing and inviting Expref- 
 fions of your Lordflup's Con- 
 defcentlbn, and Goodncfs, for- 
 bid 
 
bid ouf tepoling Confidence m- 
 you as our Patron, of indulg- 
 ing the animating Expe<flation.- 
 of future Benefit by your Sniites; 
 on this infant Infiitution. 
 
 May the Blefling of many, 
 who ihall, in the prefent and 
 fucceeding Generations, reap 
 the Benefit of your generous 
 Donations,: eome upon you. 
 
 And that God may graci- 
 oufly lengthen out your valua- 
 ble and important Life, to re- 
 frefh the Bowels of his Saints, 
 and encourage this, and every 
 Attempt to make known the 
 Name of Christ, '• and ma- 
 nifeft the Savour of his Know- 
 ledge 
 
ledge in eveiy Place," and ktg 
 confer upon you a Crown of 
 Life with diftinguiflied Ho- 
 nours, is the earnefl Prayer of* 
 
 May it pleafe ypurLordfiiip, 
 
 Your Lordiliip's 
 
 V. - - - . 
 
 much obliged, and 
 mofl obedient. 
 
 humble Servant, 
 
 Eleazar WheelocL 
 
 Lebanon, Dec. 16. \jCz, 
 
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 A 
 
 NARRATIVE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Original Design, Rise, Progress and 
 PRESENT State of the IN D IAN 
 C H A R I T Y-S C H O O L in 
 
 Lebanon, 
 
 5ip|Tf^NDERSTANDlNGthefe^rd 
 l^p^'"^^ Numbers of religious and chari* 
 ^L J^ tably difpofed Perfons, who on- 
 /Jt^aT^I^tC ^•V' ^^^^ ^^ know where their 
 ^^%,^%>^ Charities may be beftowed in the 
 bed Manner for the Advancement of the 
 Kingdom of the great Redeemer ; and, fup-* 
 poflng there may alfo be in fome, eril Sur- 
 mifings about, and a Difpofition to difcredit a 
 Caufe which they don't love, and have no 
 Difpolition to promote ; I have, to gratify the 
 one, and prevent the Mifchiefs of the other, 
 thought it my Duty to give the Publick a 
 ftort, plain, and faithful Narrative of the O- 
 
 B riginal 
 
[■ lO ] 
 
 riginal Defign, Rife, Progrefs, and prefent 
 State of the Charity-School here, called Moor s 
 Jniiian-Charity School, (^'C, And I hope there 
 is need of little or nothing more than a plain 
 and faithful Relation of Fads, with the 
 Grounds and Reafons of them, to jullify the 
 Undertaking, and all the Pains and Expence 
 there has been, in the Profecutioji thereof. 
 And to convince all Perfons of Ability, that 
 this School is a proper Obje<^l of their Chari- 
 ty ; and that whatever they fhall contribute 
 for the Furtherance of it, will be an Offering 
 acceptable to God, and properly beftowed 
 for the promoting a Defign which the Heart 
 of the great Redeemer is infinitel}^ fet upon. 
 
 The Confiderations firft moving me to en- 
 ter upon the Defign of educating the Chil- 
 dren of our Heathen Natives were fuch as 
 thefe ; viz. 
 
 The great Obligations lying upon us, as 
 God's Covenant-People, w^ho have all we 
 have better than they in a Covenant Way, 
 and ccnfequently are under Covenant-Bonds 
 to improve it in the beft Manner for the Ho- 
 nour and Glory of our liberal Benefador. 
 And can fuch Want of Charity to thofe poor 
 Creatures, as our Neglecl: has fhevvn ; and, 
 our Negleft of that w4iich God has fo plainly 
 made to be the Matter of our Care and Duty ; 
 and that which the Heart of the great Redee- 
 mer is fo fet upon, as that he never defircd 
 any other Cc mpenfation for g11 the Travail of 
 his Soul, can it, I fay, be wi.hout great Guilt 
 on our Part I It 
 
[ II 1 
 
 It has fcem'd to me, he miifl: be ftupidly 
 indifferent to the Redeemer's Caufe and In- 
 terelt in the World ; and criminally deaf and 
 blind to the Intimations of the Favour and 
 Difpleafure of God in the Difpenfations of his 
 Providence, who could not perceive plain In- 
 timations of God's Difpleafure againll: us for 
 this Negleft, infcribed in Capitals, on the 
 very Front of divine Difpenfations, from Year 
 to Year, in permitting the Savages to be fuch 
 a fore Scourge to our Land, and make fuch 
 Depredations on our Frontiers, ijihumanly 
 butchering and captivating our People ; not 
 only in a Time of War, but when w^e had 
 good Reafon to think (if ever we had) that 
 we dwelt fafely by them. 
 
 And there is good Reafon to think, that 
 if one half w^hich has been, for fo many Years 
 pad expended in building Forts, manning and 
 fupporting them, had been prudently laid out 
 in fupporting faithful Miffionaries, and School- 
 Mifters among them, the inftrucled and civi- 
 lized Party*woald have been a far better De- 
 fence than all our expenfivc Fortreffes, and 
 prevented the laying wafte fo many Towns 
 and Villages : Witncfs the Conlequence of 
 fending Mr. Sergeant to Stockbrldge^ which 
 was in the very Road b}/- which they molt 
 ufually came upon our People, and by which 
 there has never been one Attack made upon 
 us fince his going there ; and this notwith- 
 ftanding there has been, by all Accounts, lefs 
 Appearance of the faving Effcds of the Gof- 
 
 B 2 pel 
 
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 pel there than In any other Place, where fo 
 much has been expended for many Years paft. 
 
 An d not only ourCovenan,tB.onds,by which 
 we owe our all to God, and our divine Re- 
 deemer — our Pity to their Bodies in their mi- 
 ferable, needy State — our Charity to their 
 perifhing Souls — and our own Peace, and 
 Safety by them, fnould conftrain us to It \ 
 but alfo Gratitude, Duty, and Loyalty to our 
 rightful Sovereign. How great the Benefit 
 which would hereby accrue to the Crown of 
 Great-Britain^ and how much the Jn.terefts of 
 His Majelty's Dominions, efpecially in yime- 
 rica^ would be promoted hereby, we can 
 hardly conceive. 
 
 And the Chrifljanizing the Natives of this 
 Land is exprefsly mentioned in the Royal 
 Charter granted to this Colony, as a Motive 
 inducing His Majefty to grant ^hat Royal Fa- 
 vour to our Fathers. And fince we are rifen 
 np in their Sfead, and enjoy the ineflimablc 
 Favour granted to them, on this Confidera- 
 tion ; "^hat can excufe our not performing 
 to our utmoft, that which was engaged by, 
 and reafonably expefted from, them ? But 
 (that which is of greateil: Weight, and fliould 
 powerfully excite and pcrfwade us hereto, 
 are t].)e many Commands, flrong Motives, 
 precious Promifes, and tremendous Threat- 
 nings, wiiich fill fo great a Part of the facred 
 Pages ; and are fo perfedlv calculated to a- 
 waken all our Powers, to fpread the Know^- 
 ledge of the only true God, and Saviour, and 
 
 make 
 
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 make it as exteniive and common as poflible. 
 It is a Work, in which every one in his Place, 
 and according to his Ability, is under facred 
 Bonds to ufe his utmod Endeavours. But for 
 Brevity fake, I omit a particular Mention of 
 them, fuppofing none have read their Bibles 
 attentively, who do not know, that this is a 
 darling Subje^S of them ; and that enough is 
 there fpoken by the Mouth of God himfclf, 
 to obviate and filence all the Objedions which 
 Sloth, Govetoufnefs, or Love of the World 
 can fuggeft agaioft it ; and to afTure them it 
 is not a Gourfe to Penury, and outward Want, 
 but to Fulnefs, and worldly Felicity ; while 
 they are at the fame Time laying up a Trea- 
 fure to be remitted by Christ himfelf, a 
 Thoufand Fold, when he (hall/kj to them on 
 his Right-handy come ye blejfed of my Father^ in- 
 her it the Kingdom prepared for you — For I was 
 an hungred, and ye gave me Meat, 8c.c. If de- 
 nying Food and Raiment, when we have them 
 in our Power, to fupply the bodily Neceffities 
 of the Poor and Needy, does in the Apoftle's 
 Account, evidence, that the Love of God is 
 ^vanting in ourHearts ; how much more does 
 the Negleft of the precious Souls of our Fel- 
 low-Creatures, who are perifliing for lack of 
 Vifion, when we have fuch Fulnefs to impart, 
 fall below our high Profeflion of Love to 
 Christ. Can the Objedion that there is 
 extraordinary Expence and Difficulty in ac- 
 complifhing it, be elteemed weighty enough 
 to cxcufe and juftify ourNeglecl, in a Cafe of 
 
 fuch 
 
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 fuch Ncccffity and Importance ? And cfpc- 
 cially if we confider, there is not fo much 
 neceffary hereto, as would render the Attempt 
 any Thing like an intolerable Burden, or a 
 Burden to be felt, if thole who are concerned 
 therein, i. e. the Chriftian World, w^ere in any 
 Meafure united and ao:reed in it. And confi- 
 dering further, that the Advantage thereby 
 to the Crown ol Gr^^/-i?r//^/;^ (fuppofing the 
 Succefs of Endeavours fhould be only in Pro- 
 portion as have been, the SuccelTes of feeble 
 Endeavours in Times part) would abundantly 
 compenfate all the Expence, befides all thofe 
 temporal and eternal Rewards of fuch Chari- 
 ty and Liberality, which are fecured in the 
 tnany great and precious Promifes of God. 
 
 These were fome of the Conliderations 
 which, I think, had fome Influence to my 
 making an Attem.pt in this Affair ; though I 
 did not then much think of any Thing more 
 than only to clear myfelf, and Family, of par- 
 taking in the public Guilt of our Land and 
 Nation in fuch a Negled of them. 
 
 An d as there were few or none who feem- 
 ed fo much to lay theNeceffity andlmportance 
 of theCafe to Fleart, as to exert themfelves in 
 earned, and lead the Way therein, I was na- 
 turally put upon Confideration and Enquiry 
 what Methods might have the greatefl Pro- 
 bability of Succefs ; and upon the whole was 
 fully pcrfwaded that tliis, which I have been 
 purfuing, had by far the greatell Probability 
 of any that had been propofed, viz. by the 
 
 Miffion 
 
[ 15 ] 
 
 Mlffioii of their own Sons in Conjnnftioii 
 with the Englipy ; and that a Number of Girls 
 fhould alfo be inftruded in whatever fhould 
 be necefTary to render them fit, to perform the 
 Female Part, as Houfe-wives, School-miftref- 
 fes, TaylorelTes, &c. and to go and be with 
 thefe Youth, when they fhall be hundreds of 
 Miles diftant from the En^lip on the Bufinefs 
 of their Miflion : And prevent a NecefGty of 
 their turning favage in their Manner of Liv- 
 ing, for want of thofe who may do thofe 
 OiRces for them, and by this means fupport 
 the Reputation of their Miffion, and alfo re- 
 commend to the Savages a. more rational and 
 decent Manner of Living, than that which 
 they are in — And thereby, in Time, remedy 
 and remove that great, and hitherto infupera- 
 ble Difficulty, fo conftantly complained of 
 by all our Miffionaries among them, as the 
 great Impediment in the Way to the Succefs 
 of their Miflion, viz. their continual rambling 
 about ; which they can't avoid fo long as they 
 depend fo much upon Fifhing, Fowling, and 
 Hunting for their Support. And I am more 
 and more pcrfwaded, that I have fufficient 
 and unanfwerable P^eafons to juftify this Pian^ 
 As, 
 I. The deep rooted Prejudices they have 
 fo generally imbibed againft the Englifi, that 
 they are felfifh, and have fecret Defigns to 
 incroach upon their Lands, or otherwife 
 wrong them in their Interefts. This Jealou- 
 fy feems to have been occafioned, nourifhed, 
 
 and 
 
[ 16 ] 
 
 dnd confirmed by fome of their Neighbours, 
 i:vho have got large Trafls of their Lands for 
 a very inconfiderable Part of their true Value, 
 and, it is commonly faid, by taking the Ad- 
 vantage of them when they were intoxicated 
 W'ith Liquor. And alfo, by unrighteous Dea- 
 lers, who have taken fuch Advantage to buy 
 their Skins and Furrs at lefs than half Price, 
 &c. And perhaps thefe Jealoufies may be, 
 Hot a litde, increafed by a Concioufnefs of 
 their ownPerfidy andlnhumanity towards the 
 Englip, And it fecms there is no Way to a- 
 Toid the bad Influence and Effefls of thefe 
 Prejudices, at prefent, unlefs it be by thcMif* 
 Hon of their own Sons. And it is reafonable 
 to fuppofe their Jealoufies are not lefs, fince 
 the late Conqueft in this Land, by which 
 they are put into our Power, than they were 
 before. 
 
 2. An Indian Miflionary may be fupported 
 "With lefs than half the Expcnce, that will be 
 neceflary to fupport an EngUJhman^ who can*t 
 conform to their Manner of Living, and who 
 w^ill have no Dependance upon them for any 
 Part of it. And an Indian who fpeaks their 
 Language, it may reafonably be fuppofed, 
 will be at lead four Times as ferviceable a- 
 mong them, fuppofing he be otherwife equal- 
 ly qualified as one who can communicate to 
 or receive nothing from them, but by an In- 
 terpreter : Pie may improve all Opportunities 
 not only in Public, but, " when he fits in 
 the Houfe, walks by the Way, when he lies 
 
 down 
 
[ 17 ] 
 
 down, and when he rifes up :'* And fpeak 
 with as much Life and Spirit as the Nature: 
 and Importance of the Matter require, which 
 is very much lofl: when communicated by an 
 Interpreter. 
 
 3. Indian Miffionaries may be fuppofed 
 better to underftand thcTempers andCuftoms 
 oi Indians, and more readily to conform to 
 them in a thoufand Things than the EngliJJj 
 can ; and in Things wherein the Nonconfor- 
 mity of the Englifi may caufe Difguil, and 
 be conftrued as the Fruit of Pride, and an 
 Evidence and Expreffion of their Scorn and 
 Difrefpeft, 
 
 4. Th E Influence of their own Sons among 
 them will likely be much greater than of any 
 EngUpnnan whatfoever. They will look up- 
 on fuch an one as one of them, his Intereft 
 the fame with theirs ; and will naturally ef- 
 teem him as an Honour to their Nation, and 
 be more likely to fubmit patiently to his In- 
 ftrudions and Reproofs than to any Englijh 
 Miifionary. -This is quite evident in the Cafe 
 of Mr. Occom, whole Influence among the 
 Indians^ even of his own Tribe, is much grea- 
 ter than any other Man's ; and when he fliall 
 fettle and live decently, and in Fafliion, a- 
 mong theni, will likely do more to invite 
 them to imitate his Manner of Living, than 
 any Englifomcuu 
 
 5. Th E Acquaintance andFriendfliip wdiich 
 Indian'Qoy^ from diflferent and diftantTribesand 
 Places, will coutra6l and cultivate^ while to- 
 
 C gether 
 
[ i8 J 
 
 gether at School, ma}% and if they are zea- 
 loufly affected will, be improved much for 
 the Advantage and Furtherance of the De- 
 fign of theirMiflion ; while they fend to, hear 
 from, or vifit one another, confirming the 
 Things which have been fpoken. And this 
 -without fo much Ceremony to introduce one 
 another, as will be neceffary in the Cafe of 
 Eng/iJJj Miffionai'ics ; and without the Cumber 
 and Expence of Interpreters. 
 
 6. Indian Milllonaries will not difdain to 
 own Englifh ones, who fliall be AfTociates 
 with them, ( where the Englijl? can be intro- 
 duced ) as elder Brethren ; nor fcorn to be 
 advifed or reproved, counfelled or conducted 
 by them ; efpecially fo long as they fhall be 
 fo much dependent upon the EjigUfl) for their 
 Support ; which will likely be till God has 
 made them his People ; and then, likely, they 
 w^ill not ftand in fuch need of Englijh Guides 
 and Counfellors. And they will mutually 
 help one another, to recommend the Dcfign 
 to the favourable Reception and good Liking 
 of the Pagans, remove their Prejudices, con- 
 ciliate their Friendfhip, and induce them to 
 repofedue Confidence in the Englifi. 
 
 7. In this School, Children of different Na- 
 tions may, and eafily will learn one another's 
 Language, and Englilli Youth may learn of 
 them ; and fo fave the vaft Expence and 
 Trouble of Interpreters ; and their Miniflry 
 be much more acceptable and edifying to the 
 iKiTians. But, 
 
 8. There 
 
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 8. There is no fuch thing as fending 
 Engl/Jlj Miflionaries, or fetting up and main- 
 taining EnglifJj Schools to any good Purpofc, 
 in moft Places among them, as their Temper, 
 State and Condition have been and ftill are. 
 It is poffible a School may be maintained to 
 fome good Purpofe, at Onohoquagee, where 
 there have been heretofore feveral faithful 
 Miflionaries, by the Blefling of God upon 
 whofe Labours the Indians are in fome Mea- 
 fure civilized, fome of them baptized, a Num- 
 ber of them in a Judgment of Ciiarity, real 
 Chriftians .; and where they have a Sachem, 
 who is a Man of Underltanding, Virtue, Stea- 
 dinefs, and entirely friendly to the Defign of 
 propagating the Gofpel among them, and 
 zealous to promote it. And where the Hon, 
 Scotch Coramillioners, I hear, have fent two 
 Miflionaries, and have made fome Attempt to 
 fet up a School. But at Jeningo^ a little be- 
 yond, they will by no means admit an EngliJIo 
 Miflionary to refide among them. Anxl thoi* 
 they were many of them under great Awa- 
 kenings and Concern, by God's Blefling on 
 the Labours of a Chriftian Indian from thefe 
 Parts ; yet fuch was the violent Oppofitiou 
 of Numbers among them, that it was thought 
 by no means fafc for an EngliJJjuwn to go a- 
 mong them, with Defign to tarry with tliem. 
 And like to this is the Cafe with the Parties 
 of Indians, for near an hundred Miles together, 
 on the Weft Side of Sujqnehanah River. Ano- 
 ther School or two may poffibly be kt up 
 
 C 2 with 
 
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 with Succefs among the Mohawks^ where 
 Mr. OgHvie and otlier Epifcopal Miffionaries 
 have beftowed much Labour, to good Pur- 
 pofe ; and where they have got into the Way 
 of cuhivating their Lands for a Living, and 
 io have more Abihiy to fupport their Chil- 
 dren, and lefs Occafion to ramble abroad with 
 them. But even in thefe Places we may find 
 it more difficult than we imagine before the 
 Trial be made (though I would by no means 
 difcourage the Trial of ever}^ feafible Method 
 for the accomphfhing this great Defign) but 
 by Acquaintance with the Schools which the 
 Hon. London Commiffioners have with pious 
 Zeal, fet up and maintained among the feve- 
 ral Tribes in thefe Parts, I am much confir- 
 med in fuch Sentiments. Thefe Parties live 
 amongif, and are encompaffed by the E^tglif^^ 
 have long had good Preaching, and Numbers 
 of them appear to be truly godly. Yet fuch 
 is the favage Temper of many, their want of 
 due Eftcem for Learning, and Gratitude to 
 their Bencfadors, and efpecially their want of 
 Government, that their School-Mafters, tho' 
 feilful and faithful Men, c.ondantly complain 
 they can't keep the Children in any Meafure 
 conllant at School. Mr. CUHancI the School- 
 Mailer at Mohegan has often told me what 
 unwearied Pains he has taken by vifiting, and 
 difcourfing with their Parents, &c. to remedy 
 this Evil, and after all can't accomplifli it. 
 The Children are fuffered to neg1e(fl: their At- 
 tendance on Inftrudion, and waite much 
 
 ' Time, 
 
[ 21 ] 
 
 Time, by which means they don't learn fa 
 much in feveral Years as they might, and o- 
 thers do in one, who are taken out of the 
 reach of their Parents^ and out of the way of 
 Indian Examples, and are kept to School un- 
 der good Government and conftant Inftruc- 
 tion. I the rather mention this Inftance, be- 
 caufe of the well-known Fidelity and Skill of 
 that good Gentleman, and becaufe that Tribe 
 are as much civilized, and as many of them 
 Chriftianized, as perhaps any Party of them 
 in this Government. And by all I can learn, 
 it is no better in this refpeft with any other. 
 They are fo dilaffefted towards a good and 
 necelTary Government, that as gentle an Ex- 
 ercife of it as may be, and anfwer the Defign 
 of keeping up Order and Regularity in any 
 Meafure among them, w^ill likely fo difguft 
 them as to render the Cafe worfe rather than 
 better. Captain Martin Kellog complained of 
 this as his great Difcouragement in the School 
 at Stockbridge, notwithftanding he underftood 
 as well as any Man the Difpofition of Indians^ 
 and had the Advantage of knowing their 
 Language and Cuftoms, having been fo long 
 a Captive among them, and w'as high in their 
 AfTcction and Elteem ; yet he was obliged to 
 take the Children home to IFeathersfield with 
 him, quite away from their Parents, before 
 he could exercifc that Government which was 
 neceffary in order to their profiting at School. 
 But as to mod Places, there is no fuch thiijg 
 at prefent as introducing either Z;7^///7; School- 
 Ma (lers 
 
[ 22 ] 
 
 Mailers or Miflionaries to continue with 
 them ; fiich are their Prejudices in general, 
 and fuch the malevolent, and ungovernable 
 Temper of fome, that none but an Indian 
 would dare venture his Life among them. 
 
 And befides all this, they are fo extremely 
 poor, and depend fo much upon Hunting 
 for a Livelihood, that they are in no Capacity 
 to fupport their Children at School, if their 
 Difpolition for it were ever fo good. 
 
 Mr, Occom informed me b}^ a Letter from 
 the Oneida Country laft Summer, and the 
 fame Account 1 had alfo from the young Man 
 which I fent there, that the Indians were al- 
 inofl: ftarved, having nothing to live upon 
 but what they got by Fiihing, Fowling and 
 Hunting, that he had no other Way to come 
 at them, to preach to them, but by following 
 them from Place to Place in their Hunting. 
 And though the Condition of all may not be 
 quite ^o indigent as of thefe, nor the Condi- 
 tion of thefe at all Times quite fo bad as it 
 W'as then, yet it is w^ell known that they uni- 
 verfally depend upon Roving and Hunting 
 mainly for their Support ; and whoever has 
 heard the condant Complaint of Million aries, 
 and theMatter of their Difcourogement, or has 
 only read what the Reverend Mefli'rs. Serjeant 
 and D. Brainerdha\c wrote upon this Head, 
 can't charge me with writing without fufficient 
 Evidence, and good Authority, if I had no 
 other but theirs. 
 
 And 
 
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 And what are a few Inftances, where 
 Schools may poffibly be maintained to fome 
 good Purpofe, compared with thofe Tribes 
 and Nations of them, where there are no 
 Circumftances at prefent, but their Mifery 
 and Neceffity, to invite us fo much as to 
 make the Trial. 
 
 By the Bleffing of God on his late Majefty's 
 Arms, there is now, no doubt, a Door open- 
 ed for a hundred Miffionaries ; and ( unlefs 
 we can find fuch as can fpeak to them in 
 their own Language ) for as many Interpre- 
 ters ; and perhaps for ten Times that Number, 
 provided we could find fuch as are fuitable 
 for the Bufinefs, and fuch as may be introdu- 
 ced in a Way agreeable to the Savages, and 
 fo as to avoid the bad Effec^ls of their Prejudi- 
 ces a gain ft the Englijh. But, 
 
 9. Th e r e are very few or no Interpreters, 
 who are fuitable and well-accomplifhed for 
 the Bufinefs, to be had. Mr. Occam found 
 great Difficulty laft Year in his Miifion on this 
 Account. And not only the Caufe, but his 
 own Reputation fuffered much by the Un- 
 faithiulnefs of the Man he employed. 
 
 I SUPPOSE the Interpreters now employed 
 by the Hon. Commifiioners are the beft that 
 are to be had at prefent. But how many 
 Nations are there for whom there is no In- 
 terpreter at all, except, it may be, fome ig- 
 norant and perhaps vicious Perfon, who has 
 been their Captive, and whom it is utterly 
 unft^fe to truft in Matters of fuch eternal Con- 
 
 fequence^ 
 
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 fequence. And how fhall this Difficulty he 
 remedied ^ It feems it muft be by one of thefe 
 two Ways, viz. either their Children mull 
 come to us, or ours go to them. But who 
 will venture their Children with them, unlefs 
 with fome of the civilized Parties, who have 
 given the ftrongeft Teftimonies of their 
 Friendfhip ? If it be faid, that all the Natives 
 are now at Peace with us.: It may be, their 
 Chiefs, and the better-temper'd Part of them 
 are fo. But who does not know that their 
 Leagues and Covenants with us are little 
 worth, and like to be fo till they become 
 Chriftians ? And that the tender Mercies of 
 many of them are Cruelty ? Who is fo unac- 
 quainted with the Hiftory of them, as not to 
 know, there is Reafon to think, there arc 
 many among their la wlefs Herds, who would 
 gladly embrace an Opportunity to commit a 
 fecret Murder on fuch E?igliJJ? Youth ? — Even 
 Mr. Occom, though an Indian^ did not think it 
 fafe for him, being of another Tribe and 
 Language, and in fuch Connexions with the 
 Englijlo^ to go among the numerous Tribe of 
 the Senecas^ where he had no Avenger of his 
 Blood for them to fear. 
 
 When, and as foon as the Method pro- 
 pofed by the Rev'd McfT. Sergeant and Brai- 
 nerd, can be put into Execution, mz. to have 
 Lands appropriated to the Ufe of Indian 
 Schools, and prudent Ikilful Farmers, or 
 Tradefaien, to lead and infl:ru6l the Boys, 
 and MiftrelTcs to inftrud the Girls in fuch 
 
 Manufa(5iures 
 
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 Manufaftures as are proper for them, at cer- 
 tain Hours, as a Diverfion from their School 
 Exercifes, and the Children taken quite away 
 from their Parents,, and the pernicious Influ- 
 ence of Indian Examples, there may be fome 
 good Profpe6t of great Advantage by Schools 
 among them, 
 
 And muft it be efteemed a wild Imagina- 
 tion, if it be fuppofcd that well-inftruded, 
 fober, religious Indians, may with fpecial Ad- 
 vantage be employed asMaflers and Miftrefles 
 in fuch Schools ; and that the Defign will be 
 much recommended to the Indiati^ thereby ; 
 and that there may be fpecial Advantage by 
 fuch, ferTing as occafional Interpreters for 
 Vifitors from different Nations from Time to 
 Time ; and they hereby receive the fulled 
 Conviction of the Sincerity of our Intentions, 
 and be confirmed and eftablifhed in friendly 
 Sentiments of us, and encouraged to fend 
 their Children,&c. ? 
 
 I AM fully perfvvaded from the Acquain- 
 tance I have had with them, it will be found, 
 whenever the Trial fhall be made, to be very 
 difficult if not impoffible, uniefs the Arm of 
 the Lord fliould be revealed in an eminent 
 Manner, to cure them of fuch favage and 
 fordid Praftices, as they have been inured to 
 from their Mother's Womb, and form their 
 Minds and Manners to proper Rules of Vir- 
 tue, Decency and Humanity, while they are 
 daily under the pernicious Influence of their 
 Parents Example, and their manyVices made 
 familiar thereby. D lo. I 
 
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 10. I HAVE found by Experience, there 
 may be a thorough and effectual Exercife of 
 Government in fuch a School, and as fevere 
 as fliall be neceffary, wkhour OppojGtion 
 from, or Offence taken by, any. And who 
 does not know, that E^ils fo objftinate as 
 thofe we may reafonably expe^ft to fi-nd com- 
 mon in the ChiWren of Savages, will require 
 that which is fevere ? Sure latB, ;ihcy muft 
 .find fuch as have better Natures, or fomething 
 mpre effe<^l:ually done to fubdue their vicious 
 Inchnations, than moll I have been concern- 
 ed with, if it be not fo. And moreover, in 
 fuch a School, there will be the bed Qppor- 
 t unity, to, kno.v^ who has fuch a Genius rand 
 Difpofition, as moll invite to beftow extraor- 
 dinar}" Expence to fit them for fpecial Ufe- 
 fulnefs. 
 
 1 1. We have the greateft Security we can 
 have, that when they are educated and fitted 
 for it, they will be employed in that Bufinef^. 
 There is no likelihood at all that they will, 
 though ever fo well qualified, get into Bufi- 
 nefs, either as School-Mafters or Miniflers, 
 among the Englijlp ; at leaft till the Credit of 
 their Nations be raifed many Degrees above 
 Avhat it now is, and cpnfequently they can't 
 be employed as will be honorable for them, 
 or in any Builnefs they will be fit for, but a- 
 niong their own Nation. And it may rea- 
 fonably be fuppofed, their Companion towards 
 their " Brethren accordin<^ to the Flefli" will 
 moil naturally incline them to, and determine 
 
 them 
 
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 them upon fuch an Emplo3^ment as they were 
 |it:ed and defigned for. And befides all this^ 
 abundant Experience has taught us, that fuch* 
 a- change of Diet, and manner of Living as 
 Miilionaries muil generally come into, will 
 notjconfilt with the Health of ma^y EnglifJo-' 
 men. And xh^y will be obliged on that Ac- 
 count to leaye che Ser^ace, though otherwife 
 ivell difpafed to it. :Nor can this Difficulty 
 be avoided at prefent (certainly not without 
 great Expence.) But there is no great Dan- 
 ger or Difficulty in this RefpeA as to Indians, 
 who will only return to what they were^ufed 
 to from -their Mother's Womfe. 
 
 And there may alio be admitted into this 
 School, promifing EngliJIo Youth of pregnant 
 Parts, and who from the beft Principles, and 
 by the befl: Motives, are inclined to devotee 
 themfelves to that Service ; and who will na- 
 turally <:are for their State,, 
 
 Di VI N E Skill iia Things fpiritual, pure and 
 fervent Zeal for the Salvation of Souls, flii- 
 ning Examples of Piety and Godlinefs, by 
 w^hich Pagans will form their firfl: Notions of 
 Religion, rather than from any Thing that 
 fhall be faid to them., are moO: neceifary Qtia- 
 lifications in a Miffionary j and promife more 
 real Good than is to beexpefted from many 
 Times the Number who have neye^r " known 
 the Terrors of the Lord," and have no expe- 
 rimental, and therefore no right JJnderft-an- 
 ding of the Nature of Converfion andthe Way 
 wherein it is wrought. Such were nev^er uh- 
 
 D z «def 
 
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 der the goyerning Influence of a real Senfe 
 of the Truth, Reality, .<3reat.nefs and Impor- 
 tance of eternal Things, and therefore will 
 not be likely to treat them fuitable to tlie Na- 
 ture and eternal Confequences of them, fure- 
 ly they will not naturally doit. And how fad 
 are like to be the Confequences to thofc who 
 are watching to fee whether the Preacher 
 himfelf does really believe the Things which 
 he fpeaks. 
 
 In fuch a School their Studies may be di- 
 refted with a fpecial View to the Defign of 
 their Million. Several Parts of Learning, 
 which have no great Subferviency to it, and 
 which will confame much Time, may be lefs 
 purfued, and others moft necelTary made their 
 chief Study. And they may not only learn 
 the Pagan Languages, but will naturally get 
 an Underltanding of their Tempers, and ma- 
 ny of their Cultoms, which muft needs be 
 ufeful to Miflionaries, And inftead of a deli- 
 cate Manner of Living, they may by Degrees, 
 as their Health will bear, enure themfelves to 
 fuch a Way of Living as will be moft conve- 
 nient for them to come into when on their 
 Miffion. 
 
 And if the one half of the Indian Boys thus 
 educated fhall prove good and ufeful Men, 
 there will be noReafon to regret our Toil and 
 Expence for the whole. And if God fhall 
 deny his Blefling on our Endeavours, as to 
 the general Defign, it may be thefe particular 
 Youth may reap eternal Advantage by what 
 
 we 
 
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 we do for them ; and if but one in tea does 
 fo, we (hall have no Caufe to think much of 
 the Expence. And if a Bleffing be denied to 
 ^11, " we fhall notwithftanding be unto God 
 a fweet Savour of Ghrift in them that perifli/' 
 After the Trial I made of this Nature 
 fome Years ago, by the Affiftance of the 
 Honpurable London Commiffioners, m 
 the Education of Mr. Samfon OccoiUy one 
 of the Mohegan Tribe, who has feveral 
 Years fince been a ufeful School-Mafter and 
 fuccefsful Preacher of theGofpel to thclndians 
 at Moniaiik on Long-IJland^ where he took th^ 
 Place of the Rev, Mr. Horton^ Miffionary ; 
 and \yas, under God, inftrumental to cure 
 them, in a good Meafure, of the Wildnefs 
 they had been led into by fome Exhorters 
 from New-England^ and in a Judgment of 
 Charity was the Inftrument of faving Good 
 to a Number of them. He wa$ feveral Years 
 ago ordained to the facred Miniftry by the Re- 
 verend Prefbytery oi Suffolk Coxxnty on faid 
 Ifland ; and has done well, fo far as I have 
 heard, as aMiffionary to the O;/*?/^/? Nation, for 
 twoYears paft. MayGod mercifully preferve 
 him, amidlt loud Applaures, from falhng into 
 the Snare and Condemnation of the Devil !— 
 i fay, after feeing the Succefs of this Attempt, 
 I was more encouraged to hope that fuch a 
 Method might be very fuccefsfuL 
 
 With thefe Views of the Gafe, and from 
 fuch Motives as have been mentioned, above 
 gight Yexrs ago I wrote to the Reverend 
 
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 John Brainerdy Miffionary in New-Jer/ey, de- 
 firing him to fend tne two likely Boys for this 
 Purpofc, of the Deleware Tribe ,: He accoi^- 
 dingly fent nie John Tumfiire in the 14th-, 
 and Jacob Woolley in the i ith Years of their 
 Age ;- they arrived hereD^rtfwfer 18//;. 1754. 
 and behaved as well as could be reafonably 
 expeded ; IP.umfJoire made uncommon Profir 
 ciency in Writing. They continued with 
 hie till they had made confiderable Progrels 
 in the Latin and Greek Tongues;, wh^u 
 Tumjhire began to decUnc, and by the Ad- 
 vice of Phyficians, I fent him back to his 
 Friends, with Orders, if his Heakh would 
 -allow it, to return with two more of that 
 Nation, '^]\Q\x\yix. Bramerd had at. my Oe- 
 fire provided for me. ■^^umjlnre fet out on 
 his Journey, November lA^th, 17^6, and got 
 'Home, but foon died. And on yifril ^th. 
 ^'757y J^/^P^ Woolley and Hezekiah Cahin 
 •came on the Horfe -^^iiQhTumJhire rode. 
 
 The Decline and Death of thisYouth was 
 an inftni2<5live Scene to me, and convinced 
 ine more fully of the Neceffity of fpecial Care 
 refpecling theirDiet ^ and that more Exercife 
 was neceffary for them., efpecially at xhm 
 firft coming to a full Table, and with fokeen 
 an Appetite, than was ordinarily heccflary for 
 £;(^//'?; Youth. And with the Exercife of 
 fuch Care, as one who underftands the Cafe, 
 and is willing to take the Trouble of it,. may 
 ufe, I am pcrfuaded there is no more Danger 
 .of their Studies beii^g latalto.thcDij than to 
 
 our 
 
. f 31 i 
 
 our own Children. Tjiejre have been feyerai 
 long Fits ojf Sicknefs of one and another in 
 this Schooij iwith^a Jiervops Fever,Pleu:rifieSj 
 Dj'featerys, &c. but perhaps, .notj 'more than 
 have been aojang fo large a Nuni'ber of com- 
 mon labouring People in fo long a Time. 
 
 SoiMETiME after tliofe Boys came, the 
 Affair appearing with an agreeable Afpeft, it 
 being then a Time of profound Peace in this 
 Country, I reprefented the Affair to Colonel 
 Elijha Williams, Efq; late Re^or of Tale-Col- 
 lege, and to the Rev'd MefliVs Samuel Mofeley 
 oi TVindham, and Benjamin^ omeroy of Hebron^ 
 and invited them to join me ; they readily 
 accepted the Invitation ; and a Gentleman 
 learned in the Law fuppofed there might be 
 fuch an Incorporation among ourfelves as 
 might fully anfwer our Purpofe. And Mr, 
 Jq/htia Moor, hte of Mmsfield, deceafed, ap'- 
 peared to give a fmall Tenement in this Place, 
 for the Foundation, Ufc and Support of a 
 Charity-School, for the Education of Indian 
 Youth, 8cc. But it pleafed God to take the 
 good Colonel from an unthankful World foon 
 after the Covenant was made and executed, 
 and thus deprived us oftheBenefitofhisfingu- 
 lar Learning, Piety and Zeal in the Affair. 
 Notvvithfl:anding,aSubfcription was foon made 
 of near ;^.5oo lawful Money, towards a Fund 
 for the Support of it at 6 per Cent. But fe^ 
 veral Gentlemen of the Law, doubting of the 
 Validity and Sufficiency of fuch an Incorpo- 
 ration ; feveral Steps were taken to obtain 
 
 the 
 
C 3i 1 
 
 the Royal Faf our of a Charter, but none cf- 
 feftual. The War foon commenced, and 
 the Reports from Day to Day of the Ravages 
 made, and Inhumanities and Butcheries com- 
 mitted by the Savages on all Quarters, faifed 
 in the Breafts of great Numbers, a Temper fo 
 warm, and fo contrary to Charity, that I 
 feldom thought it prudent fo much as to men- 
 tion the Affair. Many advifed me to drop 
 it, but it appeared to others fo probable to 
 be the very Method which God would own, 
 that I thought better to fcrabble along with 
 it, as well as I could, till divine Providence 
 Jhould change the Scene. 
 
 The Profpe(5l:s, notwithftanding our out- 
 ward Troubles, Teemed to be increafing : 
 Such was the orderly and good Behaviour of 
 the Boys, through the Blelling of God on In- 
 ftruftion and Difciplinc, that Enemies could 
 find but little or nothing that was true 
 wherewith they might reproach the Defign ; 
 and thofe whofe Sentiments were friendly, 
 obferved with Pleafure the good Effects of 
 our Endeavours : And the Liberalities, efpe- 
 cially of Gentlemen of Charafter, encouraged 
 me m.ore and more to believe it to be of God, 
 and that he defigncd to fucceed and profper 
 it, to the Glory of his own great Name ; and 
 that I ought in Compliance with fuch Inti- 
 mations of Providence from Time to Time, 
 proportionably to increafe the Number. 
 
 I HAVE had two upon my Hands fincc 
 Dcce7iiber iStb. 1754, and Four fince ^pri/, 
 
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 1757, and Pivefince yfpril 1759, and Seven 
 fince November^ 1760. and Eleven fmce 
 Augtijl ifi. 1761, and after this Manner they 
 have encreafed as I could obtain thofe who 
 appeared promifing. And for fome Time I 
 have had Twenty-five devoted to School as 
 conftantly as their Health will allow, and 
 they have all along been fo, excepting that 
 in an extraordinary Croud of Bufinefs, I have 
 fometinies required their Affiftance. But 
 there is no great Advantage, excepting to 
 themfelves, to be expefted from their Labour, 
 nor enough to compenfate the Trouble of 
 inftru6ling them in it, and the Repair of the 
 Mifchiefs they will do, while they are igno- 
 rant of all the Affairs of Hufbandry, and the 
 Ufe of Tools. The principal Advantage I 
 have ever had in this Refpecl has been by 
 David Fowler and Jo/eph WooUej^ and more 
 by David than all the reft : Thefe Lads will 
 likely make good Farmers, if they fhould 
 ever have the Advantage of EKperience in it. 
 Th REE of this Number are Englif]:i Youth, 
 one of which is gone for a Time to Nezu- 
 Jerfey College, for the fake of better Advan- 
 tage for fomeParts of Learning: He has made 
 fome Proficiency in the Mohawk Tongue : 
 The other two are fitting for the Bufineis of 
 Miffionaries. One of the Indianhads is Jacoh 
 Woollej^ who is now in his laft Year at New- 
 Jerfey College, and is a good Scholar ; he is 
 here by the Leave and Order of thePrefident, 
 dcfigning to get fome Acquaintance with the 
 E Mohawk 
 
[ 34 ] 
 
 Mohawk Tongue. Two others are fent here 
 by the Rev. Mr. Braijjerct, and are defigned for 
 Trades ; the one for a Blackfmith ( a Trade 
 much wanted among the Indians ) and is to 
 go to his Apprenticefhip as foon as a good 
 Place is ready for him ; the other is de- 
 figned for a Carpenter and Joiner, and is to 
 go to an Apprenticefhip as foon as he has 
 learned to read and write. Another of the 
 Indians is Son to the Sacl^iem at Mohegan, and 
 is Heir-aparent ; he is fomewhat iniirm as to 
 his bodily Health : For his Support laft Year 
 I have charged nothing more than loL law- 
 ful Money, granted by the Hon. London Com- 
 miffioners. Several of my Scholars are con- 
 fiderably well accomplillaed for School Maf- 
 ters, and 7 or 8 will likely be well fitted for 
 Interpreters in a few Years more. And four 
 of this Number are Girls, whom I have hired 
 Women in this Neighbourhood to inftrud in 
 all the Arts of good Houfewifery, they atten- 
 ding the School one Day in a Week to be in- 
 ftrufted in writing, &g. till they fliall be fit 
 for an Apprenticefhip, to be taught to make \ 
 Men's and Women's Apparel, &c. in order | 
 to accompany thefe Boys, when they fhall I 
 have Occafion for fuch Affiftance in the Bu- | 
 fjnefs of their Million., ^ And fix of them f 
 
 are k 
 
 * This Part of my Plan fecms to be alyandantly junified by p 
 that ubich the Rev Dr Colman of Bo/iorj, and the Rev Mr. j? 
 Sergeant o^ St^ckbridge^ \\avc wrote upon this Head. See Mr, |» 
 \St'rgear't's Lctte; to the Poflor, printed it BoJUo^ 1743. Page j»j 
 15 V he Doftot writts thiv-s : — " Anoher ti'inn fugp-'/led by |V 
 *' Mr. Ser^fant, and a mDil wife ^nd riCCcir4ry one in the picfent [li 
 
 •• Cafe ' 
 
 i 
 
[ 35 j 
 
 are Mohawks, obtained purfuant and accor- 
 ding to the Diredion of the Honorable Ge- 
 neral AlTembly of the Province of the Mafa- 
 chufcttS'Bay, and are learning to fpeak, write, 
 and read Englijh : And the moft of them 
 make good Proficiency therein. 
 
 I HAVE, by the good Providence of God, 
 been favoured with religious, faithful and 
 learned Mafters, in general, from the firil: fel- 
 ting up of this School, at tlie Expeiice of a- 
 bout £. 56 lawful Money per Annum, i. e. 
 £, 3 per Month, with their Board, and all 
 Accomaiodarions, and a Horfe kept or pro- 
 vided when needed ; which I fuppofe can't 
 be efteeined lefs than the Sum wdiich I men- 
 tion : And if this feems to any to be large, I 
 have only this to fay, that i could not have 
 the Choice of Matters at Icfs Expence. But 
 E 2 the 
 
 '^^ Cafe Is — his takiag in Girls as well as Boys, if Providence 
 ** fucceed ihe Defigo, and a Fund fufficient to carry it on can 
 
 ** be procured : 1 muft needs add on this Head, that this 
 
 ** Propolal is a Matter of abfolute Neceflity, wherein v/e arc not 
 ** left at Liberty, either as Men or Chrirtians ; for there cannot 
 *•' be a Propagation of Religion a?nK)ng any People, without an 
 ** equal Regard to both Sexes ; n</t only becjufe Females are 
 ** alike precious Souls, for.m'd for God and Religion as much as 
 ** the Males ; but aifo becaufe rhe Care for the Souls of Chil- 
 ** dien in Families, and more efpecially in thofe of low Degree, 
 ** lies chiefly upon the Mothers for the fit ft 7 or 8 Years : 
 ** Which is an Obfervation or Remark which I had the Honour 
 ** to mike unto my dear and honoured ancient Friend. Henry 
 N^numan, Efq; Secretary to the Hon and Rev. Society for 
 promoting Chriftian Knowledge ; which when he had -com- 
 municated to them fhey put into Print, and ftnt it to tl.e 
 Direiilors of the 1764 Schools ; (if I have not raifcounted) 
 *' that fo a greater Proportion of Girls might be taken into thens 
 " to receive a religious Education for the fake of their Pofter'ty, 
 ** ani therein for ihe more eiTcdual anfwcring the very End of 
 " their GUari^ty Schoctls." 
 
 <t 
 
 (( 
 
[ 36 ] 
 
 the Expence for Tuition will likely be faved 
 for fome Time, by theGenerofity of a young 
 Gentleman, A\'ho propofes to keep it gratis ^ 
 few Months. 
 
 The Method of conducing this School 
 has been, and is defigned to be after this Man- 
 ner, viz. they are obliged to be clean, and 
 decently drelTed, and be ready to attend 
 Prayers, before Sun-rife in the Fall and Win- 
 ter, and at 6 o'Clock in the Summer. A Por- 
 tion of Scripture is read by feveral of the Se- 
 niors of them : And thole who are able an- 
 fwer a Queflion in they^J/embiyjCatechiJm^and 
 have fome Qiieftions afKed them upon it, and 
 anAnfwer expounded to them. After Prayers, 
 and a lliort Time for their Diverfion, the 
 School begins with Prayer about 9, and ends 
 at 12, and again at 2, and ends at 5 o' Clock 
 with Prayer. Evening Prayer is attended be- 
 fore the Day-light is gone. Afterwards they 
 apply to their Studies, &c. They attend the 
 publick Worlhip, and have a Pew devoted 
 to their Ufe, in the Houfe of God. On 
 Lord's-Day Morning, between and after the 
 Meetings, the Mafter, or fome one whom 
 they will fubmit to, is with them, infpeds 
 their Behaviour, hears them read, catechifes 
 them, difcourfes to them, &c. And once or 
 twice a Week they hear a Difcourfe calcula- 
 ted to their Capacities upon the moft impor- 
 tant 3nd intereltin.g Subjeds. And in gene- 
 ral they are orderly and governable : They 
 appear to be as perfedly eafy and contented 
 
 with 
 
I 37 1 
 
 with their Situation and Employment as any 
 at a Father's Houfe, I fcarcely hear a Word 
 of their going Home, fo much as for a ViQt, 
 for Years together, except it be when they 
 lirft come. 
 
 And the Succefs of Endeavours hitherto> 
 the general Approbation of great and good 
 Men, and the Teftimonies many have given 
 of it, by their feafonable Liberality towards 
 it's Support, have feemed to me fuch evident 
 Tokens of a Divine Hand in Favour of it, 
 and fo plain Intimations of the Divine Will 
 concerning it, that I have, as I faid before, 
 thought it Duty, notwithftanding all Dif- 
 ,couragements, to purfue the Defign, and en- 
 deavour to keep Pace with the Providences 
 of God in Favour of it as to their Number, 
 and truft in Him, " whofe the Earth is, and 
 the Fulnefs thereof, " for further Supplies. 
 And I have hoped this would be elVeemed 
 fufficient to clear me of the Imputation of 
 Prefumption and Rafhnefs in rifquing my 
 own private Interefl:, as I have done. 
 
 The Honourable London Commiflioners 
 hearing of the Defign, enquired into it, and 
 encouraged it by an Allowance of 12L law- 
 ful Mone}^ by their Vote Nove?nber 12. 1756. 
 And again in the Year 1758 they allowed me 
 20 L — and in November 4th, 1760, granted 
 me an annual Allowance of 20L for my Af- 
 fiftance — and in O Sober 8rh, 1761, they gran- 
 ted me 12I. towards the Support of Ifaiah 
 Uncas, Son of the Sachem of Mohegan^ and 
 
 rol 
 
[ 38 ] 
 
 iol. more for his Support the following Year. 
 In OBober 1756, I received a Legacy of fifty- 
 nine Dollars of Mrs. Ann Bingham oiWhidham^ 
 In July 1 76 1, I received a generous Donation 
 of Fifty Pounds Sterling from the Right Hon. 
 Wi L L I A M, Marquis of Lothian. And in AW. 
 1 76 1, a Donation of 25L Sterl. from Mr. Har- 
 dy oi London — and in May ly^i^ a fecond Do- 
 nation of 50I. Sterl. from that mod Honorable 
 and noble Lord, the Marquis oi Lothian ; and 
 at the fame Time 20 1. SterL from Mr. Samuel 
 aS^x'^^^, Merchant in London : And a Collection 
 of Ten Guineas from the Rev. Dr. A, Giffords 
 in London : And lol. Sterl. more from a La- 
 dy in London^ unknown, which is ftill in th^ 
 Hands of a Fnend, and to be remitted wath 
 fome additional Advantage, and to be accoun- 
 ted for when received. And alfo for 7 Years 
 pafl: I have, one Year with another, received 
 about III. ilawful Money Annually, Intereft 
 of Subfcriptions. And in my Journey to 
 ^ortjinouih laft June^ I received in private Do- 
 nations 661. 17s. yd. i-4th. lawful Money. 
 I alfo Teceived for the Ufe of this School., a 
 Bell of about 8o.!b. weight, from a Gentleman 
 in London. In November 1761, the Great and 
 General Court or AiTembly of the Province of 
 MaJJachufcttS'Bay, voted, That I fhould be al- 
 lowed to take under my Care fix Children of 
 the Six Nations, for Education, Clothing and 
 Boarding, and be allowed for that Purpofe, 
 for each of faid Children, 12I. per Annum for 
 one Year, which Boys I have obtained, and 
 they have been for fome Time in this School 
 
 The 
 
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 The Honourable Scotch Cominiffioner$ 
 in and near Bofton^ underftanding and appro- 
 ving of the Defign of fending for Indian Chil- 
 dren of remote Tribes, to be educated here, 
 were the firrt Body, or Society, who have 
 led the Way in making an Attempt for that 
 Purpofe. Which becaufe of the Newncfs and 
 remarkable Succefsof it, and becaufe it may 
 encourage fuch a Defign in time to come, I 
 fuppofe it may not be difagreeable, if I am a 
 little particular in my Account of it : While 
 I was in Bojlon they palled a Vote to this pur- 
 pofe, May 7, 1761, " That the Reverend Mr« 
 Wbeelock of Lebanon be defired, to lit out Da- 
 vid Fowler^ an Indian Youth, to accompany 
 Mr. Sampfon Occom, going on a Miffion to the 
 Oneidas, that faid David be fupported on faid 
 Miffion for a Term not exceeding 4 Months; 
 and that he endeavour on his Return to bring 
 with him a Nucpber of Indian Boys, not ex- 
 ceeding three, to be put under Mr. IFheelock's 
 Care and Inftru6lion, and that 20 1. be put 
 into Mr. TVheelocliS Hands to carry this De- 
 fign into Execution ; and that when faid Sum 
 Ihall be expended, he advife theTreafurer of 
 it, and fend his Accounts for Allowance." 
 
 Pursuant to this Vote I cloathed and fur- 
 nifhed faid David with Horle and Money, for 
 his long Tour into the Wildernefs, which he 
 fet out on June loth, in Company with Mr, 
 Occom^ by the Way of New-York ; in which 
 Journey he rode above a thoufand Miles^ and 
 by the Advice, Diredion and Ailiilancc of 
 
 Sir 
 
[ 4° ] 
 
 Sir Wi lliamJohnson, obtained three Boys 
 of the Mohawk Nation, who were willing to 
 leave their Friends and Country and come a^ 
 mong Strangers of another Language, and 
 quite another Manner of Living, and where, 
 perhaps, no one of their Nation then living 
 had ever been ; and among a People of whom 
 their Nation have been of a long Time incli- 
 ned to entertain Jealoufies. Their Names 
 were Jofeph, Negyes^ and Center, They ar- 
 rived here ^ugujl ift, 1761, but had fo much 
 Caution in the extraordinary Entcrprize, that 
 they brought each of them an Horfe from 
 their own Countr3^ Two of them were but 
 little better than naked, and could not fpeak 
 a Word of Englipo, The other being of a Fa- 
 mily of DitHndion among them, was confi- 
 derably cloathed, Indtan^d.^ioWy and could 
 fpeak a few V/ords of EngUJlu They let me 
 know, as foon as I could underftand them, 
 that Sir Wm. Johnson had told them they 
 fhould return and vifit their Friends in the 
 Fall of the Year. I took fpcedy Care to 
 cleanfe and cloath them. They many Ways 
 difcovered fome Jealoufies refpefting the De- 
 fign of their coming ; but by Acquaintance 
 and Freedom with other Indians in the School, 
 and by conilant Care for them and Kindnefs 
 to them, thofe Jealoufies feemed in a little 
 Time to wear away, and they appeared to 
 feel and enjoy themfelves as though they had 
 been at home in a Father's Houfe. Daily- 
 Care was exercifcd for them, and particular 
 
 Caution 
 
f 41 ] 
 
 Caution that they might In nolnftance appear 
 to be, thro' Difrefperf, diftinguifhed from any 
 in the School. Such Diftuidion, or any thing 
 which they apprehend to be fo, I find will 
 at once occafion Jealoufies and Difafledioh^ 
 And this feems to be agreeable to a fettled 
 Principle among themfelves, (according to 
 which they are wont to treat their Captives) 
 viz. that thofe who take the Patronage of 
 Children, not their own, fhall treat them in 
 all refpe6ls as their own. 
 
 Center's Countenance, as I thought when 
 he came,difcovered that he was not in Health. 
 My Sulpicions increafed, and the lifue pro- 
 ved they were not groundiefs. He conti- 
 nued with me till the Fall, when the Phy- 
 fician I employed advifed me, that his 
 Diforders threatned his Life, and prevailed 
 to fuch a Degree that he looked upon 
 him to be incurable, and that he judged 
 it beft to fend him back to his Friends, and 
 that foon, or it would be too late to fend him 
 at all ; and according to this Advice I fent 
 him away with Negyes, having furniflied them 
 with Money for their Journey into the Mo- 
 hawk Country, on the 23d Day of Otlober. 
 Jofeph tarried longer to accompany young 
 Kirtlancl^ who was learning iho, Mohaiuk Lan- 
 guage of him, and whom I fent into that 
 Country to obtain fix Boys of thofe Nations, 
 to partake of the Benefit of Sir Pe t e r W a r- 
 ren's Legacy, according to the Inftru6lions 
 of the General Allembly of the Province of 
 Majfachiifetts-Bay ^ before mentioned. 
 
 F Center 
 
[ 42 ] 
 
 Center reached home, but died foon after, 
 Negyes, I hear, was captivated by a young 
 Female and married, Mr. Kirtland and Jofefh 
 fet out for the Mohawk Country November 4th, 
 and returned November 27th, and brought 
 two Mohawk Lads with them, viz. Mojes and 
 Johannes, by whom Sir Wm. Johnson in-- 
 formed me timt h€ expcded to be able to fend 
 the Reft when they came in from hunting. 
 I informed the Hon. Commiffioners of the 
 State of the Cafe, and by a Letter from the 
 Reverend Dr. Chauncy, Chairman of their 
 Committee, in the Name of the reft, was de- 
 fired to let them have in their Pay and under 
 their Direction thefe two who came laft with 
 Jofeph^ wb/ich I confented to, provided they 
 would remit the neceffary Charges which I 
 had been at in procuring and cloaihing them, 
 and give me as I afterwards charged them 
 for their Support and Tuition, upon which 
 Conditions they took them. I immediately 
 fent to Sir Wm. Joh n son for other fix to par- 
 take ofSirPETER Warren's Legacy. Thefe 
 three, viz. Jojeph^ Mofes and Johannes, conti- 
 nued with me in the Pay of the Commiffioners 
 till Maj 27, 1762, when I offered faid Com- 
 mittee my Accompt, the whole Amount of 
 which, that is, for cloathing and furnifhing 
 David with Horfe and Money for his Support 
 in his long Journey of feveral Months, the 
 Expence of the Boy's Journey home above 
 200 Miles. The Expence of Kirtlanis Jour- 
 ney (excepting his Horfe) into that Country 
 to bring down Mofes and Johannes. The 
 
 pafturing 
 
[ 43 1 
 
 j'>aftaring the Horfes of the firft three the time 
 they contiaued here, in a dry and difficult Sea- 
 foii ; the cloathing all five, and repairing their 
 Cloathing the whole Tiqie they' tarried ; the 
 Boarding and Schooling them, finding Wafli- 
 ing, Lodging, ;Eirewood, Candles, Books, Pa- 
 per, &c. 3 iay, #tiie Amount of the jExpence 
 iV ^chc 'Fiv^ ^nd in the whok Affair for near 
 twelve Months, Errors excepted, was but juft 
 58 1. 17s. y&, i-4th. Sterling. But in this Ac- 
 compt I charged nothing for feveral expenfive 
 Journeys in this Government, taken by my- 
 fclf, and another preparatory and neceffary to 
 the Delign of David's Miflion, nor for any 
 ^Labour, Care or Pains of my own therein 
 from firft to laft — For their Board, Wafhing 
 and Lodging but 5s. per Week ; the.loweft 
 common Price in thefc Parts was ds, 'L. M. 
 What Cloathing, .&c. they had of me, ^^I char- 
 ged at the ioweft CaQi-price, .and what I got 
 for them of our Traders, Shoemakers., Taylors, 
 &c. I charged jujft as they charged me, without 
 any Advance in rone^Inftance. I charged no- 
 thing for -exfraprdinaty Trouble and Care for 
 Center, in his declining State ; nor did the 
 Phyfician .c^iargc for what he did for him. 
 And there were other Proyifions made to pre- 
 vent Expence of Money, in- their Journeyings 
 more than is common, for whicii; there v. as 
 nothing charged, by all which the Accompt 
 was fomewhac lefs than it would otherwife 
 
 have been But then on the other Hand k 
 
 may be confidcred, 
 
 :F 2 .1. ThA;T 
 
[ 44 ] 
 
 1. That Provifions of all Sorts were then, 
 and Hill are, at an higher Price than ever be- 
 fore in thefe Parts, occafioned by the preceed- 
 ing Wars and extreme Drought. When they 
 are reduced to their ufual Price, the Expence 
 of educating Indian Youth will be much lefs. 
 
 2. The Circumftances of this Undertaking 
 were extraordinary^ and the neceflary Ex- 
 pences of it were confequently fo, and fuch 
 as there may never be fuchOccafion for again. 
 This was the opening a Door which j\ever 
 J]ad been opened for fuch a Purpofe to thefe 
 Nations ; and it was thought by many who 
 knew their great Fondnefs for their Children, 
 that it could not be foon accompliflied, i. e. 
 to make either Parents or Children willing to 
 comply with an Invitation to come fuch a vafl 
 Length, and under fuch Circumftances as have 
 been mentioned. But the Report of David 
 confirmed by the Boys on their Return, has 
 given fuch Convidion of the Sincerity and 
 Kindnefs of our Intentions towards them, as 
 lias removed all Objedions. And nothing 
 more is now neceflary to our obtaining as 
 many well-chofen Boys and Girls as we pleafe, 
 but to employ fome faithfulMiffionary among 
 them for that Purpofe. 
 
 I HAVE been the more particular in this 
 Account, becaufe I would remove the un- 
 reafonable Prejudices raifcd againft this Me- 
 thod, by partial and unfair Accounts, and 
 a Cry of enormous Expences, &c. And to let 
 the World know there is nothing in it worthy 
 
 ;o 
 
[ 45 3 
 
 to be obje(!:l:ed by one who is in earnefl to 
 accomplifh this great and important Defign, 
 
 What I have done for this School fince 
 its Beginning, in many expenfive Journies ; 
 ( for none of which have I ever charged any 
 Thing at all ) ; in conftant Care for their 
 Health, in Endeavours to cure their favage 
 Difpofition, and form their Minds and Man- 
 ners to right Rules of Virtue and ReHgion, in 
 extraordinar}^ Care and Trouble for feveral of 
 them in Sicknefs, in Expences by Company, 
 not only of EngHJI) but Indians at my Houfe, 
 occafioned thereby ; and incidental Charges 
 in manylnftances, none are able jullly to efti- 
 mate, or likely fo much as to think of many 
 of them, but one who is intimately acquain- 
 ted with the Bufinefs : In Confideration for 
 which I have had the Affiftance of feveral of 
 them a few Times in an extraordinary Croud 
 of Bufinefs; and of late fome Advantage by 
 the School to two of my own Children. 
 Which Reward I fuppofe impartial Judges 
 will not think to bear a very confiderablePro- 
 portion to thefe Expences which are not 
 charged, and which in my Judgment is not 
 the one Tenth Part of them. 
 
 Ma. Moor's Grant contains about two 
 Acres of Pafturing, a fmall Houfe and Shop ; 
 for the Ufe of which from the firll: I have 
 received about ^. 4 lawful Money, clear of 
 the Charge of Repairing, which is not equal 
 to theMoney I have paid to Phyficians which 
 is not charged, 
 
 I HAVE 
 
[ 4^ 1 
 
 I HAVE profefTed to have no View t© 
 making an Eilate by this Affair : What the 
 Singlenefs and Uprightnefs of my Heart has 
 been before GOD, he knows ; and alfo how 
 greatly I ftand in need of his Pardon. 
 
 My Accompt with the School has been 
 charged after the following Manner, viz. 
 For the whole Expence of Cloathing, Board- 
 ing and Tutoring the Boys from December 
 i8th. ly^^^ to November 26ih, ly 60, at th-e 
 Rate oi £. 1 6 lawful Money per Annum, for 
 each ; but when their Number was fo increa- 
 fed I found it neceffary to come nearer to 
 the true Value of it, and have fince ufed 
 greater Exad:nefs ; but have never charged 
 higher than at the loweft Money Price for 
 what they have had of nie, and for what I 
 have bought for them of our Traders, Shoe- 
 makers, Taylors, &c. Ihave charged juft 
 "what I have given, and no more. 1 have 
 -charged for their Tuition, as iov EngUJl: Scho- 
 3ars, i. e. for Latin Scholars, and fuCh as 
 were favage and needed much Care and In- 
 flruclicn, at 2/ L.M. perWeek, or;^. 4 10 f, 
 per Annum ; and for others proportionably. 
 The whole School, one Year with another, 
 lias not quite cleared my Expence for the 
 Mailer. Lalt Year ic did a little more ; and 
 iince the 27th of M^y \3.{\:, it has over-done 
 my Expence for the Mader 15/' 8^. befides 
 the Tuition of thcGirls. I have charged for 
 the Girls but ^d. per Week, i. e. for one 
 E>ay's Schooling and Dinner ; and the whole 
 
 Expence 
 
. [ 47 J 
 
 Expence for their Education will be but little 
 mure than their Cloathing. 
 
 The total Amount of all myDifburfements 
 in this whole Affair^ for near Eight Years, 
 that is^ Cmce December i8. 1754, to November 
 27. 1762, charged in the Manner, and after 
 the Rate before-mentioned, is, (Errors excep- 
 ted ) £. ^66 if,^d. Sterling. — And the total 
 Amount of all the Donations before-mention- 
 ed, together with fmaller ones, which I fup- 
 pofe needlefs to mention particularly, recei- 
 ved within thefaid Term, is, (Errors excepted) 
 £, 509 if. sd. Sterling. 
 
 And as this School was fet up when there 
 was no Scheme devifed, or Plan laid, which 
 this could be in Oppofition to ; fo it is not 
 continued in Oppofition to any other Mea- 
 fures which are propofed or purfued by others. 
 
 And, blefled be GOD that he has put it 
 into the Hearts of a Nuhiber of Gentlemen 
 of Ability in and near Boston, to contribute 
 fo liberally towards the Furtherance of the 
 general Defign. And is it not a Pity that 
 Chriftians of all DenoQiinations fhould not 
 unite their utmoft Endeavours for theAccom- 
 plrfhment of it ; and efpecially now while 
 the Door is fo widely opened for it ? And 
 what a Pity is it that any Time fhould be loft? 
 And how exceeding mean, and infinitely be- 
 neath thofe noble Sentiments, and that gene- 
 rous Love to the Souls of Men, and to our 
 King and Country, which true Religion in- 
 fpircs, will it be to fall into Parties ; and on 
 Account of differing Opinions refpefling the 
 
 moft 
 
[ 48 1 
 
 moft probable Methods for aocomplifhing the 
 End, to obftruft and hinder one another 
 therein ? There is enough for all to do ; and 
 the Affair is of fo great Importance, that it 
 calls for the Trial of every Method that has 
 the leaft Probability of Succefs > and different 
 Methods may greatly fubferve and affift one 
 another. 
 
 We can none of us boafl fuch Perfeftion 
 of Underftanding and Skill in the Affair as to 
 fet up fafely for Infallibility. Many Attempts 
 have been made by wife and good Men; and 
 the Iffue has taught them tbeir Want of that 
 Knowledge which is got byExperience ; and 
 that their piousLabour and Expencehad been 
 in a great Meafure loft for want of it. 
 
 And I would take this Opportunity to ex- 
 prefs my Gratitude for thofe generous Bene- 
 factions whereby this Infant Inftitution has 
 been hitherto fupported ; and I hope through 
 theBleffingofGODupon our ourEndeavours, 
 thofe pious Benefactors will have Occafion 
 for the moft eafy and comfortable Refiedions, 
 as having made an Offering acceptable to 
 GOD, and beftowed it well for the Advance- 
 ment of the Kingdom, and Glory of the great 
 Redeemer : And that the Bleffing of many 
 of our A?nerican Heathens, w^ho fhall in the 
 prefent and fucceeding Generations, reap the 
 Benefit thereof, may come upon them : And 
 that others underftanding that this School 
 ftills lives, under GOD, upon the Charity of 
 good Men, will be moved to open their Hands 
 to minifter further, and necelTary Supplies 
 for it. 
 
[ 49 1 
 
 Hebron, December 31, 1762. 
 
 To the Printers. 
 
 jr #" 7^^ having been informed that the Kevd 
 i/^i/^ Eleazar Wheclock of Lebanon has 
 lately prepared andfent to your^refs, A 
 Narrativre of the Indian Charity School under 
 his Care ; and being zuillirig to contribute to the 
 Furtherance of that truly noble and charitable Un- 
 dertaking^zuhich, though nezu and untried before he 
 entered upon it, appears to us to have the great efl 
 Probability ofSuccefs^ and to afford the nwft en- 
 couraging ^rofpefl of fpreading the Go/pel far 
 I and -wide among our American Tagans, of any 
 \ Method that has yet been attempted : Ank we 
 I cant but hope that a reco??nnendatoryhetter^ivhich 
 I 'was feme Time fence fent to a private Friend^ 
 \ figned by a Number of neighbouring Minifiers, 
 \ may ferve to fat is fy the Worlds That the char it a- 
 : ble Defegn luhich that Gentleman is purfuing, is, 
 1 in the Judgment of his Neighbours, zvho are well 
 i acquainted with him, and with the Affair of his 
 School, neither felfefe, nor enthufeiafeic ; nor the 
 ■ ^lan propofed feo expenfeive, as may be any reafeo- 
 I noble Objetiiin againft making a thoroug;h Trial 
 thereof : And we having confulted feeveral of the 
 i Subfcribers who join with us ( as we believe all 
 ■' 'ivou'd do if theyhadOpbortU'iity for it ) in de firing 
 
 G that 
 
[ 5^ 1' 
 
 that faid Letter inight he ptihlijloed at fhe End of 
 faid Narrative 'y that Jo far as the Credit and 
 Reputation of the Clergy in this Neighbourhood 
 will influence thereto^ all Prejudices may he re- 
 moved from the Minds of Chrijliatis of every De-^ 
 nomination, and all he excited to unite their En- 
 deavours according to their Jlhilitj to encourage 
 and promote fo noble and important ariUnder taking : 
 Wherefore pleafe to give faid Letter ( a Copy 
 tvhereofyou lOill receive with this ) a ^lace at 
 the Clofe of faid Narrative, and jou tvill oblige 
 
 Tours toferve\ 
 
 Benjamin Pomrojy 
 
 Elijah Lothropv 
 
 Nathaniel Whitaker. 
 
 !i^-^ iv-t^icAifAA aAj t^^ ^Ai:cA5<X8 iXteAt^Ai ^Xij t ^^A^ 
 
 ^^-j^'TT-^ f^i^T^^ip^F^'F^Wi^'^rj^-t^in "r^^Vrj^T^^T^ 
 
 COTY 
 
I 5^ 3 . 
 
 £ OTT of the L E TTB R. 
 
 Chelsea, in Noriuich, July ig. iy62. 
 S I R, 
 
 WE Minifters of the Gofpel, and Paflors 
 of Churches hereafter mentioned with 
 our Names, having for a Number of Years 
 ,paft heard of, or fcen with Pieafure, the Zeal, 
 Courage atid firm Refolution of the Reverend 
 Eleazar Wheelogk oi^ Lebanon, to pro- 
 Jecute to Effecft a Defign of fp.reading the Gof- 
 pel among the Natives in the -Wilds of our^- 
 merica, and- efpeciaHy his Perfe-vcrance in 4t, 
 aniidft the many peculiar Difcouragernents he 
 had to encounter during the late Ypars of the 
 War here, and upon a Plan v^ hi ch appears to 
 us to have the greateft Prorbability of Succefs, 
 viz, by the IVJiffion of thair own Sons. And 
 as we are verily perfvvaded, -that the Smiles 
 of divine Providence 3.ipon his Schoo], and the 
 Succefs of his Endeavours hitherto, jufHy may 
 and ought to encourage bim and all, to be- 
 lieve it to be f)f GOD, and that which he 
 will own and fucceed for the Glary of his 
 own great Name in the Enlargement of the 
 ^Kingdom of our divine Redeemer, as wcil ns 
 for the great Bcnetit of the Crown of Great- 
 Eritaip, and efpecially of bis Majeily's Do- 
 
 G 2 minions 
 
[ 52 ] 
 
 minions in America ; lo we apprehend, that 
 the prefent Openings in Providence ought to 
 invite Chriftians of every Denomination .to u- 
 jiite their Endeavours, and lend a helpmg 
 Hand in carrying on the charitable Defign ; 
 and we are heartily forry if Party Spirit and 
 Party Differences fhall at all obftrudl the Pro- 
 grefs of it, or the old Leaven in this Land fer- 
 ment upon thisOccafion, and give a watchful 
 Adverfary Opportunity fo to turn theCourfe 
 of Endeavours into another Channel, as to de- 
 feat the Defign of fp reading the Gofpel among 
 the Heathen. 
 
 To prevent which, and encourage Unani- 
 mity and Zeal in profecuting the Defign, we 
 look upon it our Duty as Chriftians, and ef- 
 pecially as Minifters of the Gofpel, to give our 
 Tefti'mony, That, as we verily believe, a dif- 
 interefted Regard to the Advancement of the- 
 Redeemer's Kingdom, and the Good of his 
 Majefty's Dominions in America were the go- 
 verning. Motives which at fird induced the 
 Reverend Mr. Wheelock to enter upon the 
 great Affair, a-nd to rifque his own private In- 
 tereft as he has done fince in carrying it on ; 
 fo we efteem his Plan tobe good, his Mea-. 
 fures prudent!}^ and well-concerted, his En- 
 dovv^mcnrs peculiar, his Zeal fervent, his En- 
 deavours indefatigable for the accomplifliing 
 this Defign ; and we know no Man like-min- 
 ded who will naturally care for their State. 
 Miy God prolong his Life, and make him 
 jextenfively ufeful in theKingdcm ofCHRisT! 
 ' ' We 
 
C 53 ] 
 
 We have alio fome of us at his Deiire exr - 
 atnined his Accounts, and find that befides 
 giving in all his own Labour and Trouble in 
 the Affair, he has charged for the Support, 
 Schooling, &c. of the Youth, at the loweft 
 Rate it could be done f6r, as 'the Price has 
 been and ftill is among us ; and we apprehend 
 the generous Donations already made, has 
 been, and we are confident will be. laid out 
 in the moil: prudent Manner,and with the beft 
 Advice for the Furtherance of the importantr 
 Defign. And we pray God abundantly to" 
 reward the LiberaUty of any upon this Ocpar^ 
 fion ; and we hope the Generofity, efpecially ' 
 of Perfons of Diftin^^lion and Note, will be. a: 
 happy Lead and Inducement to IHU greater 
 Liberalities, and that in Confequence thereof 
 the wide extended Wildernefs of ^menca,' 
 will blqffhm as the RoJCy Habitations of Crueltjx 
 become D welling-^ laces ^ of Righteoufnefs, and' 
 the BleJJing ofTboufands ready to peri/J? come up-y 
 on all thofe whofe Love to Chrift, and Chari- 
 ty to them, has been fhown upon this Occa- 
 sion, which is the hearty Prayer of. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 Tour fincere Friends 
 
 and humble Servants^ 
 
 T-t i-> /T' ^ TPaftor of the ift Church 
 
 ' / tn Stonu)^ton. 
 J .' 1 r^.n S Taftor of the 2d Church 
 
 •^ * ' / /« Sconington. 
 
 Nathaniel 
 
C 54 ] 
 
 fgathanielWhitaker,^ "^g^' "f '^' ^''''''^ '* 
 
 Benjamin Pomroy, 
 Elijah Lothrop, 
 Nathaniel Eelk, 
 Mather Byles/ 
 Jonathan "Barber, 
 ^att Greaves, 
 iPeter Powers, 
 Daniel Kirtland, 
 Afher RoiTeter, 
 Jabez Wight, 
 David Jevvett, 
 Benjamin Throop, 
 Samuel Mofely, 
 Stephen White, 
 Richard Salter, 
 
 Chelfea, in Norwich. 
 T aft or of the i ft Church 
 
 in Hebron, 
 Taftor of the Church of 
 
 .Gilead, in Hebron. 
 Taftor of a Church in 
 I ^Stoningtan. 
 
 ) 'taftor of the i ft Church 
 I in New-London. 
 \ Rafter af a Church in 
 Groton. 
 MiJJionarj at New-Lon° 
 
 x3on. 
 
 taftor of the Church a^t 
 
 Newent, in Norwich. 
 
 formerTaftor oftheCh, at 
 
 Newent^ in Norwich. 
 
 Taftor of the ifi Church 
 
 in Prefton. 
 T. aft or ofihe/\Jh Church 
 
 in Norwich. 
 Taftor of the id Church 
 
 in New-London. 
 Taftor of a Church in 
 
 Norwich. 
 Taftor -of a Church in 
 
 ■ Windham. 
 Taftor of a Church iu 
 Windham, 
 r Taftor of a Church in 
 ) *" Mansfield. 
 
 Timothy 
 
[ /i 1 
 
 Timothy Allen, 
 Ephraim Little, 
 Hobart Eftabrook, 
 Jofeph Fowler, 
 BeiyaminBoardman, j 
 John Nc^rton, 
 Benjamin Dunning, 
 
 in 
 
 m 
 
 Tqftor of the Church in 
 
 Aflbford. 
 Tajiorofthe ijl Church 
 
 in Colchefter. 
 Tafior of a Church 
 
 Eaft-Haddam. 
 
 ^ajlor of a Church 
 
 Eaft-Haddam. 
 
 Tqftor of the ^fh Ch. of 
 
 Chrift in Middletown. 
 
 Ta/ior of the 6th Ch. of 
 
 Chrift in Middletown. 
 
 Ta/lor of a Ch. of ChviA 
 
 in Marlborough, 
 
 N. B. The Names of the Subferibers ftand 
 in the fame Order in which they fubfcribed, 
 and not according to Seniority ; and it is 
 hoped any Inaccuracies obfervable in the 
 Draught will be excufed, at leaft not charged 
 upon more than one of the Number, inas- 
 much as they figned feparately, not having 
 the Advantage of a Convention for that Pur- 
 pofe. 
 
 if ><><><><x>^><x><><x><><x><xx><><><KXr=oo<x>< J^XXX ^ 
 The end. 
 
 mmmmm^)mMm)m^m^^^^^^ 
 
A 
 
 Continuation 
 
 OF THE 
 
 NARRATIVE 
 
 Of the State, &c. of the 
 
 Indian Charity-SchGol, 
 
 At Lebanon, in Conne6licut; 
 
 From Nov. 2710, 1762, to Sept. 3d, 1765. 
 
 By Eleazar Wheelock, A. M. 
 
 Paftor of a Church in Lebanon. 
 
 >=::x^<xxxxx:>i:x><x><xxxxxxxxxxx::<xxxxxxx><x>^ 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 Printed by Richard and Samuel Draper, mNew- 
 hury-ftreety 1765, 
 
[ 3 ] 
 
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 niMi:^ n^^^ n&^is n^s-n ni^v^ 
 
 m^ i^& ^1^1 ^'^ %^ 
 
 s^^u st^'U a:^K ^w'-u hi^^ 
 
 Continuation of the Narra 
 
 TiVE, &c. of the Indiafi Charity 
 School in Lebanon. 
 
 :^#/#t# NARRATIVE of this School was 
 ^^^^^'T^i P^*^'^*^^ ^^^ ^^^ Year 1763. In 
 Am "^^^'^^^ ^^^y ^^ ^^^ ^^^ original 
 ###?## ^^^^g^^» '^^^^j ^^^^ Progrefs of it 
 from' its Beginning to AW. 27th, 
 1762; together with the Grounds and Reafons 
 for profecuting the Plan which has hitherto 
 been pnrfued ; and which, by the Smiles of 
 Heaven, has been remarkably fucceeded. The 
 following Pages are defigned to exhibit to the 
 Reader, the State of faid School from the a- 
 hove Date to September 3d, 1765 ; by which 
 may appear to the impartial and candid Rea- 
 der, the fmgular Smiles of Divine Providence, 
 by which it has been hitherto fupported, and 
 the encouraging Profpeds of it's future and 
 cxtenfive Ufefulncfs. 
 
 A 2 Auguft 
 
[ 4 ] 
 
 ' Auguji I ft, 1762, Mr. James Lefley began 
 to teach this School. And by the generous 
 Donation of his painful Labours for almcjl 9 
 Months ; and of the Reverend Mr. Charles 
 Jeffry Smith for about 3 Months ; and about 
 6 Weeks of another young Gentleman, (who 
 chufes to be namelefs ;) it was kept in the beft 
 Manner from the above mentioned Date 'til 
 September 17th, 1763, free from any other 
 Coft for Tuition, than the Mafters Board, and 
 a few Months Horfe-koeping, And the whole 
 of my Difburfements from November 27th, 
 1762, to November 27th, 1763, (including 
 part of Mr. Kirtland'^ Support at College ; and 
 the fitting out and Support of Samuel AJl^po in 
 his Ihort Miflion of about lix Weeks to Jemn- 
 go, fi'om whence he vvas obliged to retreat, 
 on account of the Rupture of the Nations 
 round about, with the Engiijb, after preaching 
 to them 10 Days) I fay, the whole Amount, 
 charged, at the Rates I mentioned in my for- 
 mer Narrative, is, in flerling Money, 
 
 £. s. d. 
 
 272 14 I I^ 
 
 TheBallance of my former Ac- 7 
 
 ^ V 57 o o 
 
 count was y^ 
 
 [In this Time the Number of thq; Charity 
 Scholars was generally 23.] 
 
 What Tuition was charged before Mr. hef- 
 /^/s generous Intentions were known, has fince 
 been taken off the Account, 
 
 Donations 
 
L 5 J 
 
 Donati.onsreccivedbetwecniVo'u. 27th, 17(^2 
 and Nov.2y, 1763, are as follow : Sterling. 
 
 From tbc Honorable Genera! AfTembly of the Pro- 7 z 
 
 \\&czoi\htMaJ[achu/et{s-Bay,']s^. 12s. L. M.is3 ^ ^^ ° 
 
 From the Honorable Genera! AfTcmbiy of thcProvince 7 
 
 ofA^i?'iui7^w/y7;/rjr,5oI.SterI.Advance2i.io,perCt.5 ^^ ^ ^ 
 
 From the Hon. London Commlflioncrs ini?(?/?i?«, lol. 7 
 Lawful Money, is - - - - j 
 
 From Mr. John S7nithy Merchant, in Bofion^ 20 00 
 
 From Mr. William Dickfon of Edinburgh^ - -500 
 
 From a Lady, m England, unknown, lol. Sterling^ 
 
 with additional Advantage, mentioned in my for- ?- 14 00 
 mcr Narrative ----- 3 
 
 Private Donations in my Journey to Portfmouth^'^ 
 
 (the mo(t of which were of the Congregation un- ?- 44 lo 6 
 der the Rev. Mr. Parfons in Nenvbury) 59l.73.4d. j 
 
 Private Donations from feveral Quarters - - 25 12 3 
 
 Intercft of Subfcriptions - - lol. 19s. 8|- is 8 4 9f- 
 
 /. 232 16 6^ 
 
 To which add, 
 
 il. 133. 4d. lawful Money {qk lfaiahVncaus\ SupO 
 
 port from »S'<f/'/<?;w^^r 26lh, XQ Novemh. 26, 1762, > I 50. 
 not rcckoBcd in former Account, is - - j 
 
 An Error in former Account - - - 10 o o 
 
 Advance on 79 1. 10. Sterling, fuppofe 81. per Cent. 7 , 
 not reckoned in former Account - - 5 
 
 £' 250 8 8- 
 Ballance referred to Account in the next Page - - 79 63 
 
 /•329 Miif 
 
 Received alfo a valuable Collei5lion of Books from an Honorable 
 Society in London^ for proaioting religious Knowledge among 
 the Poor. 
 
 ^ The 
 
r 6 ] 
 
 Sterling. 
 
 £. s. d. 
 
 The Ballance of aiy Account 1 
 
 with the School, Nov. 27ch, 1> 79 6 3 
 1763, agreeable to the fore- j 
 gomg - - - J 
 
 Difburfements for the School" 
 from November 27th, 1763, 
 to November 27th, 1764. (in- 
 cluding Expences of fitting 
 out David Fowler to accom- 
 pany Mr. Occom in his Mif- 
 fion ; alfo the fitting out 
 i3iV\dfu^^\ymgoiJofepbWool-V2()i 14 4 
 ley to accompany Mr. Kirt- 
 land into the Indian Country, 
 nnd tarry through the Win- 
 ter at Onohokwage ; alfo part 
 of Mr. Ktrtland\ College Ex- 
 
 pences 
 
 J 
 
 (In thisTioie the Number of Charity Scho- 
 lars was generally 23.) 
 
 £■ 
 
 371 
 
 7^ 
 
 Donations 
 
( 7 ) 
 
 Donations received between November 27th, 
 1763, and November 27th, 1764, are as fol- 
 low. Sterling. 
 
 From the Honorable General Aflembly of the Pro- "^ jC. s. d^ 
 vincc of \\it MoJfachufettS'Eayf 108I. — law- > 8x00 
 ful Money. - - - is J 
 
 From the Honorable London Comraiflioocrs in ? 
 
 Bojlon, 20 1 — lawfcil Money - - is 3 ^ ^ 
 
 From the Prcfbyterian Congregation xviNeiuYork, \ . 
 a Collcdion of 120I. ISenu-York Currency - is 3 
 
 From one of the Friends who chufes to be name- 7 
 
 Icfs. 100 Dollars - ... ^ 22 10 o 
 
 fiomDt. Redman of Philadelphia, 24 Dollars 580 
 
 From unknown PerfoDS in Nenxibury, 34I. i6s.7 a ry ^r, 
 lod. L. M. - - - is J 20 -, 7. 
 
 Private Donations, &c. from fcveral Quarters - 3S 3 ^h 
 
 Intcrcll of SubfcriptioDS, 7I. Ss. 5^ L. M. is - 5 11 4 
 
 258 5 61 
 
 To fwhich addf 
 
 What I have received for Tuition more than what ^ « i ' 
 
 I have paid to Schoolraafters - - 3 * 
 
 Ballancc referred to Accouat in the next Page - no 14 o|. 
 
 371 o Tl 
 
 Benefadions for Mr. Kirtland^ through my 
 Hands, are included in the above private Do- 
 nations. But of that which was given im- 
 mediately to him, in his Journey to Bofton^ 
 previous to his Mifllon, no Account is made. 
 
 Received alfo in June 1764, a neat Pair of 
 Globes, and a valuable Colleclion of Books, 
 from the Rev. Dr. Andrew Gifford of London, 
 And, at the fame Time, a valuable Colledlion 
 of Books from the Rev. John Erjkine and Mr. 
 William Dickinfon, of Edinburgh , and an hono- 
 rable Society in Edinburgh for promoting rcli- 
 ligious Knowledge among the Poor. 
 
 The 
 
Sterling: 
 
 /. .. d. 
 
 The Ballance of the foregoing Account, Novemh. 7 i 
 
 27th, 1764, - - - ^ lio 14 ,. 
 
 DifburfemcLts for thcSchool {xovaNov. 27, 1764,^ 
 
 toNlay 27,i765,inc!ading CioaihiBg bought for ( 
 
 the Miffionarics and Schoolmaiiers, preparatory C 
 
 o^ 
 
 254 5 ^? 
 to their being fent forth into the/»fl'/<:?«Country 
 
 [la this Time ihs Nansber of Ch^irity Scholars was 26 ] 
 
 364 19 o| 
 
 March \i\\\y 1765, the Board of Correfpondents met to exa- 
 mine Mr. 'Titus Smith and Mr. Tbecphihu ChajMberlain^ of their 
 QualiiicationB for Millionarics ; and epprcved them. And stlfo 
 examined and approred David Feiu/er, a FdoTitauk Indian, and 
 Jofeph Woolley and Hezekiah Calvin, Dslaivares, for Schoolma- 
 fters among the Indians, They alfo examined Jccob Fonvler, a 
 Montauk, Mofgi, Johannes, j^braha??! Primus, Ahrabam Secun- 
 dus, and Peter, Mchanuks ; and approved them gs well accom- 
 plifhed for Schooimafiers, excepting their Want of Age ; and 
 therefore appointed them to fcrve in the Capacity of Ufhers, un* 
 dcr the Direction and Condud of fhc Miffionarics. 
 
 The Miflionaries were ordained .^pril 24th — at which X*nie 
 we had not one Penny in Stocic to fupport the great Charge of ex- 
 ecuting the Plan we had Uin, as may appear by the Account con- 
 nefted herewith : nor any where to icok or depend for the fame, 
 but upon hira who difpofcs the Hearts of Men as he pleafes, to 
 accomplish his own Deligns. The Minionaries and'Schooim^rters 
 were cloathed, and lurnifhed with four Horfes, Furniture, &c. 
 &c. &c. with all convenient Speed ; and had no OccaHoL to wait 
 one Day to be furniflied with a prefcnt Supply of Money for the 
 Support of their feveral Millions ; and ali fat out, viz. David 
 Fo'xuler on the 29th of y^/^r/V—Meflieurs Smith and Chamberlain 
 on the I9di of June — and, on the 25th of the fame, the Refl of 
 the Schoo!mr.tlers followed them (excepting Jacch Fonvler who 
 was detained with a View, if God fhouid open a Door for it, to 
 sccompany an Englifh Youth to a yet more remote Tribe, to learn 
 their Language, and fit for a Miirion among them) and carried 
 with them fome prefent Supply for Mr. KirtUnd. 
 
 This Board of Ccrrcfpondcnts in the Colony of Conne^tcut, 
 commidioned for Indian Affairs by the honorable Society in Scot- 
 land for propagating Chrilliaii Knowledge, was formed July 4th, 
 1764. 
 
 Donations 
 
[ 9 ] 
 
 Donations received between Nov. 27th, 1764, 
 and May 27th, 1765, arc as follow : 
 
 Sterling. 
 'From the Honorable General Affembly^ 
 
 of the Province q( the MafacAu/(rtts> 27 O d 
 Bay^ ^6\ — lawful •Money, - - i$j 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 c 
 
 From the Honorable Lond§n CoromifSo 
 
 nets in BoJloUy lol. — L. M. 
 Public Coiledion at Concordy 81. 14 is 
 
 :i 
 
 10 o 
 10 6 
 
 £ o <! Public Collcaion at Neiuhury, 25!. los. 7 
 
 - ^ ^ 8d. L M . . is 5 
 
 Public and private Colle<Jlions at PortJ- ? 
 
 mouthy 36I. 2S. 3d. - - is 3 
 
 Sundry Articles of Cloalhing, &c. from^ 
 
 fundry charitably difpofed Perfons in j 
 
 Newbury t amounting to 41!. os. 24» 1* 
 
 L M. of which no Charge has been | 
 
 made to the School * - J 
 
 0—0 
 
 ot -^ 
 •* » «- 
 
 o 
 
 n 13 
 
 27 I 
 
 From Mcificurs Jonathan Williams and Savtuell 
 Auftin^ q{ Bojion - - - 5 
 
 From Mr. William Dickfon, of Edinburgh - 20 
 
 From Mr. Walter Sect, of Edinburgh, a Legacy of 5 
 From Benja?nin Pemberton, Efq; of Roxbury - 10 
 From the Hon- Robert Hooper^ Efq; of MarbUhcad 9 
 Private Donations from feveral Quarters - -6 
 Intere(l of Subfcriptions 3I. 19s. lawful Money, is 3 
 
 To which add, 
 
 Several Articles of the Goods received from AVty 
 iury, which were not needed for the School 
 I have difpofed of - - - 
 
 ■\ 
 
 8t 
 
 9 3 9 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 4l 
 
 19 
 
 3 
 
 4 9 
 
 OA 
 
 Ballance referred to Account in the next Page 
 
 \$ 
 
 B 
 
 153 s 104 
 
 • 211 13 a 
 
 /■' 3<54 19 04 
 
C 10 ] 
 
 Sterling, 
 if.. /. - 
 
 May 27th, 1765. Then due to mc from the School 7 
 agreeable to the foregoing Account - 3 
 
 Difburfements for the School frora May 27th to 
 September 30!, 1765, including the fitting out 
 of the Miilionaries and Schoolmafters with Mo- 
 ney, Horfes, Saddles, &c. and paying Part of )> 254 7 9' 
 Mr. Chamber!ain\ Debts at College, and Mo- 
 ney for the Relief of Mr. Occam, and to fupport 
 his fliort Million to the Six Nations this Summer. 
 
 466 o 
 
 September 3d, 176 J. Ballanceduc at this Time^ 
 
 from me to the School, Errors and OmilHons > 30 12 
 excepted - * - J 
 
 £.496 12 III- 
 
 And as thefc Accounts may likely go where Gcntlcmco will 
 likely be in no Capacity to judge of the Reafonablenefs of the 
 Charges I have made therein, I thought it might therefore be 
 fatisf4ftory to have them examined, and the Reafonablenefs of 
 them certified by Gentlemen of moft public and cflablirtied Cha- 
 racters among us ; and accordingly have fubmittcd them to three 
 of the Honorable His Majefty's Council in this Vicinity for that 
 Parpofc 5 whofe Certificate is as follows : 
 
 ** Connecticut -Lebanon, 6th September, 1765. 
 
 ** 'TtHESE certify, that on the Defirc of the Reverend Mr. 
 
 ** X Eleazar Wheelock, Paftor of the Second Church of 
 
 ** Q.H'e.\%T\^Lsbanon, we the Subfcribers examined his Accompts 
 
 *' relative to the Charity-School for Indians y &c. under his Care 
 
 ** and Diredion, from the 27ch of A^(?t;^OT3tfr, 1762, to the 3d 
 
 ** Day of this Inftant, Septetnber i and are of Opinion, that the 
 
 ** Charges made therein for Board, Tuition, Cloathing, and 
 
 ** other Neceffiiries, are juft and reafonable, and could not hav« 
 
 •* been obtained at a lower Price in this Place, during faid Time. 
 
 " Jonathan Trumbull, ^ 
 
 *' Hezekiah Huntington, > /^JJiJiants 
 
 ** Eliphalet DT£R. j 
 
 I 
 
 Ponatiois 
 
[ " ] 
 
 Donations received between May syih and Str/if. jd, 176J, arc 
 as follow : Sterling. 
 
 ^ « 
 
 o ^ 
 
 ^ 5 
 
 ^t^ 
 
 From Jo/>nP/jili/>s,Efq] oiExeter lOoDollars 22 
 From Lady Pepperrell of Kittery 20 Dollars 4 
 From a Lady in ii/;^/^?;;^^, unknown - - lOQ 
 From "^x .SamuelSavage ,y\.tKz\\^T\\., \r\hond9n 20 
 From the Hon. L(?«i5« ComoaiffioRers in 7 
 
 lol. L. M. is - - - 3 " 
 
 Boftun, 
 om the I 
 vince of Maffachufetts-Bay, 72I L. M.is 
 
 10 
 
 10 
 
 o 
 
 o 
 
 10 
 
 From theHon. General AfTembly of ihePro- ? 
 
 [■public and private Collections at 7 
 "g^ 1 Salem, 36I. is. 6d. L.M is 5 
 
 27 
 
 3 C 
 
 o c 
 
 gpq 
 
 
 U 
 
 ^ 
 
 12 8 
 
 II 5 
 
 60 3 
 
 32 u 
 
 16 
 
 12 
 
 10 
 
 I 
 
 2 
 
 10 19 
 
 49 13 
 
 9 
 
 o 
 
 II 
 
 Ot 
 
 o 
 
 Public Collcdions at 2 Societies 7 
 \n Ipjhuich, i6i. lis 8d. is 5 
 Public Colledion at Ronuley, 15I. is 
 Public and private Colledions at 1 
 Neivhry, 80I. 58 2^ - is 3 
 Public and private Colledions at 7 
 Port/mouth, 43I. los. - is 5 
 Public Colledlion at York, 9I. 2S.4d is 6 
 Public Colledion at §tratha?Mj\. lO. is ^ 
 Public Colicfllon at £■>•<?/ ^r, 2 2I. is 16 
 _ PrivateDonaiion'sfromvarioijs quarters 16 
 
 597 
 From fevers! Gentlemen in Philadelphia, 18!. 5s / 
 Philadelphia Currency, • - is 5 
 
 From the reformed Proteftant Dutch Church in 
 JSlenu-Tork, a CoIlc«5tion of 881. 6s, 6s. Nenu- 
 iTor^Gurrency. received 7««f 1 8th, being theDay f 
 before the Mifliooaries fat out on theii- Journey , 
 Received of iheTreafurer of the Colony o^Connec- " 
 ticuty fome of the Colledlions made in a few So- 
 cieties, purfuant to a Brief granted by the Hon. 
 General AfTembly of faid Colony in Favour of 
 thisSchool,beforc^hc late unhappy Rupture wiih ^ 25 7 lo] 
 the Indiatif, gave fuch a Turn to the Minds of 
 People, that it was thought prudent to fufpcnd 
 any further Collc(5lions 'til a more favourable 
 Opportunity fhould appear, when it is hoped 
 fomething generous will be done, 33I. 17s. j^ is 
 Private Donations - • 2 
 
 Intereft of Subfcriptions, 3I 63. L. M. - - 2 
 To nvhich add, "^88 
 
 Several Articles of the Goods received from Nefw- 
 bury^ togct}icr with fevpral Article? of Goods 
 bought at Bojlon, which were not needled for 
 
 the School, and I have difpofed of - - 
 
 (,' 496~i2 
 
 16 
 
 J 
 
 8 
 
 64- 
 
 -X 
 74- 
 
 844- 
 
 a 
 
C 12 ] 
 
 About £.26, — lawful Money of the Dona- 
 tions mentioned in the foregoing Aecount, 
 has not yet come into my Hands, though it 
 be well fecured ; which, with what has 
 been taken up upon my Credit, and not bro't 
 into the foregoingAccount, becaufe the Sums 
 cannot yet be precifely known, being at a 
 great Diftance, do more than equal the Bal- 
 lance mentioned in Page 10, as due from me 
 to the School : fo that there is at prefent no- 
 thing in Stock, more than the fmall Supply for 
 a few Months which the Miffionaries have 
 with them, to fupport all theExpence of three 
 Miflionaries, one Interpreter, and eight School- 
 Maiers, in the Wildernefs, at the Diftance of 
 three, four, and five hundred Miles from 
 hence ; befides what muft be done for the 
 Affiftance of Mr. Qccmn^ who has a Wife and 
 7 Children. 
 
 The Miffionaries and School-Mafters being 
 authorized by the Board of CorrefpondentSj 
 fat out as before-mentioned ; Mr, Smith for 
 Onohokwage, agreeable to theDefire of the In- 
 dians there, which they fent in Writing to this 
 Board March 12th, by good Teter (other- 
 "wife called GweJelhes ^gwirondongwas) their 
 MeflTcnger. This Place is on ' Sufquehanna-Rt- 
 ver, where feveral Miffionaries have hereto- 
 fore been ; and efpecially the Rev. Mr. Haw- 
 ley, who laboured among them for feveral 
 Years, with good Evidences of the faving Ef- 
 fects of his Labours, in feveral Inftances. — • 
 •; ^ ■ ' - ■ • To 
 
[ 13 ] 
 
 To this Parry the Rev. Mr. Forbes and Mr. 
 Rice were fent by the Honorable correfpon- 
 ding Scotch Commiffioners in Bojion^ and ga- 
 thered a Church confiding of 12 or 14 Mem- 
 bers in 1762. But the la(t Spring the Famine 
 prevailed in that Place before Mr. S?nith could 
 get there, fo that the Indians were obliged to 
 remove and difperfe, in order to get a living, 
 'til their Corn fhould be fit to eat. And ac- 
 cordingly, Mr. Smith, with Mr. Gunn his In- 
 terpreter, went to the largcfl: Party of them, 
 who were for the prefent fet down by the 
 Lake Utfage, at the Head of Sufquehanna-Ri- 
 ^jcr ) where he put Mo/es, one of the afore- 
 mentioned MohawkBoys, into a fmall School, 
 inflead of Jofeph Wooliey who was appointed 
 School-mafter to thatTribe,but was then fick 
 at Cherry-ViiUev, The Account of this School 
 I give in the Words of Mr. Smith' % Letter, da- 
 ted at faid Lake, Auguft 3d 1765.— — - " I am 
 every Day diverted and pleafed with a View 
 oiMofes and his School ; as I can fit in 
 my Study, and fee him and all his Scholars 
 at any Time, the School-Houfe being no- 
 thing but an open Barrack. And I am 
 much pleafed to fee 8, 10, or 12, and fome- 
 times more Scholars fitting round their Bark 
 Table, fome Reading, fome Writing, * and 
 ethers a Studying ; and all engaged, to ap- 
 pearance, with as much Serioufnefs and At- 
 
 ^' tentioi-jL 
 
 ^ We have found it wfcfuj to put them to Writing as foon as 
 they can fpel). 
 
 . a 
 
(C 
 
 <( 
 
 '(h) 
 
 '• tentioii as you will fee in almofl any wor- 
 " fhipping AiTenibly : and Mojes at the Head 
 ** of them with theGravity of a Divine of Fif- 
 ty or Threefcore. How agreeable fuch a 
 Sight would be to you, is not hard toguefsl 
 I exped this School will be much larger 
 when it comes to Onobokwage, as there are 
 but a few here, and many of thofe that are, 
 *• upon the Account of the prefent Scarcity, 
 " are obliged to employ their Children. The 
 " School at Onohokvjdge will doubtlefs be large 
 " enough for Jofeph and Mofes both/' — 
 
 Jofepb Tfoolley lived with this Party of In- 
 dians at Onohokwage laft Winter, in order to 
 teach their Children, and learn their Lan- 
 guage. But there were not many of them in« 
 clined to fend their Children to learn Englifh. 
 The Chief Sachem faid, they might learn 
 enough in Indian ; which Notion, I fuppofc, 
 he and that Party imbibed from fome white 
 People who had been there. But after Teiers 
 return to them from hence in the Spring, they 
 feemed unanimoufly inclined to have an Eng- 
 : ih School fet up ; and are much engaged to 
 ■:*oduce Agriculture among them, and have 
 . / petitioned earneftly to be alfiftcd there- 
 by the Englifj^ and del'ire to have Mills 
 :t, and a Blackfmith fettled with them, and 
 nany of the £/?^///^ to feutlc among them, 
 (hall be neceffary to inftrudl them in thefe 
 :• .fairs. They promife they will obferve and 
 ^ >ey to their utmoft, all the Advice and In- 
 
 ;rruction fcnt them by Teter hn Spring. 
 
 * They 
 
( 15 ) 
 
 They have promifed to build a Houfe for 'Jo- 
 Jeph Wooilej, and help hiai fence fome Lands 
 for Tillage, and for keeping Cows, &c. and 
 to do all on their Part, and within their Power, 
 to enable him to govern and teach their Chil- 
 dren. And I hope foon to hear, that he and 
 Mofes are fettled in a large School at thatPlace. 
 This is a remarkable Alteration in their Dif- 
 pofition. The like alfo, David Fowler informs 
 me, appears in the Indians at Oneida, about 
 a hundred Miles diftant from thence. 
 
 Mr. Chamberlain, after he had fettled feveral 
 IndianBoys in Schools in feveral IndianTowns 
 in the Mohawk Country ; viz, Hezekiah Calvin 
 in a School of 24 Scholars, u^braham Primus 
 in one of 1 6, and Abraham Secundus in one of 
 I r ; was about to go with the Oneidaes^ on 
 their return to their Country, w^hich they alfo 
 had been obliged to leave, on account of the 
 Famine there. At that Place he purpofed to 
 fpend the moil: of his Time this Year ; and 
 takes yoA^/^/^fj- with him for hisInterpreter,who 
 has hitherto ferved him in thatCapacity ; and at 
 proper Seafons to vifit the Schools which he 
 has erecled. 
 
 David Fowler met with a kind Reception 
 among the Indians at Oneida ; and fet up a 
 School among them in May, confifting of 26 
 Scholars, and continued in it fome Weeks. 
 He alfo taught a finging School, in which the 
 Indians made great Proficiency, and had lear- 
 ned well to carry three Parts to feveral Tunes. 
 
 They 
 
( I^ ) 
 
 The}^ promifed to build him a Houfe, and be- 
 gan to prepare Materials, ( i.e. HeralockBark) 
 to build it. They alio promifed him a free 
 Ufe and Improveaient of their Lands, and to 
 affift him in clearing and fencing them ; and 
 were many \va37s exerting themfelves to fet 
 up Flufbandry, and dcfired him to inftruft 
 them therein. But by reafon of the Famine 
 which prevailed among them, they were o- 
 bliged to remove vi'ith theirChildren 'til their 
 Corn fhould be fit to cat ; and defired David 
 to come down to New- Engl and, and procure 
 a Carpenter, who might be able to build them 
 Houfes, make Ploughs, Carriages, 8cc. for 
 them ; and defired he would return to them 
 when they fhould be able to fubfift in their 
 Country ; which he has alfo done. They 
 alfo promifed to fend theirChildren to School, 
 and fuitably encourage him in governing 
 them, &c. He yet finds difficulty in commu- 
 nicating to them the Things of Religion, not 
 being fufficiently Maffer of their Language, 
 and having no fKilful Interpreter with him. 
 But he hopes this will be foon remedied by his 
 becoming compleat Mafter of their Tongue. 
 
 Mr. Kirtland, who went among that favage 
 and brutifh Tribe, the Semcas, lafl Fall, foon 
 after thePeace was fettled with them, to learn 
 their Language, and fit himfclf, and prepare 
 the Way for a Miffion among them, was o- 
 bliged, on account of the Famine which pre- 
 vailed 
 
( 17 } 
 
 vailed in that Country, to come to Mohawk- 
 River, two Hundred Miles, laft June^ for Sup- 
 plies ;' and brought with him 13 Seneca Buys, 
 to affift him in carrying his Provifions to that 
 Country. Soon after they came down, 12 of 
 the Boys were taken fick with a Dyfentery, 
 and four of them died. The reft recovered, 
 and are returned with Mr. Kirtland. 
 
 Mr. Kirtland has furprifingly infinuated 
 himfelf into theirAfFcdion and Efteem. Their 
 Jealoufies of him, which at firft were very 
 ftrong, are now removed. They are fond of 
 his continuing with them ; and he hoped, foon 
 on his return to them, to be able to fet up a 
 large School among them. And as foon as 
 he is become fufficicntly Mafter of their Lan- 
 guage, they expect to hear great Things from 
 him. And if God (hall mercifully preferve 
 this Youth to accompliHi the Plan laid for 
 him, on which there has evidently been the 
 Smiles of Heaven hitherto, it will perhaps be 
 efteemed, when it fhall be fully known in all 
 the Circttmftances of it, to have been as ex- 
 traordinary an Undertaking of this kind, as 
 has ever been in this Land. 
 
 His Excellency Sir William Johnson, 
 (whofe Underftandingand Influence in Indian 
 Affairs, is, I fuppofe, greater than any other 
 Man's, and for whofe indefatigable and fuc- 
 cefsful Labours to fettle and Ibcure a Peace 
 with the feveral Tribes who have lately been 
 at War with us, our Land raid Nation arc, 
 C under 
 
( i8 ) 
 
 under God, chiefly indebted ) has not been 
 wanting in his Care and Endeavors for Mr. 
 Kirtland's Safety and Ufefuhiefs among them. 
 But thefe Affairs are many of them yet fo 
 new, and my Diftance from the Miffionaries fo 
 great, and no Pod to keep up a Correfpon- 
 dence with them, that my Accounts at pre- 
 fent miifl needs be very imperfeft : Nor am I 
 yet able any further to afcertain the Number 
 of Indian Children now at the feveral Schools 
 in the Wildernefs. However, all Accounts I 
 have yet received, agree, that there is an un- 
 ufual Defirc of Knowledge among thofe who 
 have got a littleUndcrftanding of Chriftianity ; 
 and a great Willingnefs, and, in many In- 
 ftances, aDefire to have theirChildren taught. 
 -^ — Their Jealoufies of the Englifh, feem more 
 than ever to be removed.- — ■ Miffionaries and 
 School-ma fters are received and treated with 
 more Refped and Kindnefs than ufual.— And 
 among fome Parties, fuch a Defire and En- 
 gagednefs to introduce Agriculture, and de- 
 pend upon that, inllead of rambling and 
 hunting, for a Living, as has never been be- 
 fore known : and a Motive hereto with many 
 of them feems to be, that they and their Chil- 
 dren may be in a better Capacity to receive 
 Inftrudion, than is poffible w^hile they are on 
 their fiihing and hunting Marches hundreds 
 of Miles together. 
 
 And by the Way I would obferve, that if 
 only here and there a Tribe were civilized, 
 
 chriftianized, 
 
[ 19 ] 
 
 chriilianlzed, and Hufbandry introduced a- 
 mong them, what agreeable Places of Retreat 
 might thefe be for our Miffiouaries ! And 
 what a Saving of the great Expence for their 
 Support, which cannot be avoided, fo long 
 as their Provifions are to be tranfported fuch 
 a great Diftance ! Befidcs the many ufeful In- 
 telligences they will have from a ^"rtfcilla and 
 A^uila there, i^nd many comforting and ani- 
 mating Confiderations loggefled to encourage 
 and ftrengthen them in theWork of theLord I 
 And I would humbly propofe to Confiderati- 
 on, whether the Advantages we may expect 
 hereby, will not be worth all the Coft and 
 Pains that will be ncccflary to affift the poor 
 Creatures to fet up Hufbandry, and give them 
 all neccffary Inftrudion in the Prac^tice of it ? 
 I conceive the neccffary Expence for this 
 will not be vaftly great. And when it is once 
 introduced into a few Places, they will foon 
 be able to affifl: their Brethren, and fo carry 
 the Practice llill. further into other Tribes. I 
 doubt not, the Thouj^hts of Gentlemen of 
 Penetration, will at once fugged many and 
 very great Advantages that may accrue to the 
 general Defign hereby. 
 
 And as DivineProvidence has always from 
 the firft prevented me with feafonableSupplies, 
 before the Cafe came to extremity, or to be 
 at all diftrefling, however threatning the Ap- 
 pearances have often been ; fo I would hope 
 ^n the fame Fountain of Goodnefs to fupply 
 C 2 thefc 
 
[ 2° ] 
 
 thcfe growing NeGeflities. And tliis I think 
 we may do with the more Confidence, as we 
 have endeavoured to go no faller in the Af- 
 fair, than to obferve the Openings, and follow 
 the plaineft Diftates of Providence in every 
 Step that has been taken. And hitherto fcarce 
 a Step has been taken, but God has evidently 
 made it to profper. If theCaufc beGod's, and 
 the Courfe we lleer right, it is fafe enough. 
 
 But I w^ould humbly propofc to Confidera- 
 tion, whether as fwift a Progrefs of this Work 
 as may be, is not likely to be attended with 
 greater Succefs proportionable to theExpence, 
 than a more leifurely Procedure ? which will 
 not have that Tendency to awaken their At- 
 tention, convince their Confciences, and pro- 
 voke them to Emulation ; and which will 
 give the Adverfaries to it much more Oppor- 
 tunity to embarrafs the Way. 
 
 It feems to me, that the peculiar Circum- 
 fiance of the Newnefs of the Thing, and Re- 
 folurion of God's People to accomplifli it, and 
 to do it by fuch Means and Endeavours, as 
 muft necelTarily appear great and ftrange to 
 the Savages, is, in itfelf, likely to have great 
 Force and Influence to make them hear atten- 
 tively, and confider clofely, the Nature, Im- 
 portance, and Evidence of the Things fpoken 
 to them ; and to convince them effedually of 
 the Sincerity of our Intentions towards them, 
 while they fee our Praftice to be fo agreeable 
 to the vafl: Importance of theErrand on which 
 
 we 
 
( 21 ) 
 
 we come to them. And while our Endea- 
 vours arc ufed, as they now are, fo much by 
 their own Sons, we have a great additional 
 Advantage to avoid the mifchievous EfFefts 
 of thofe Jealoufies and Sufpicions which they 
 have fo long entertained, that, notwithftand- 
 ing all our Pretentions, there is a fecret Plot 
 laid to get away their Lands, and make a Prey 
 of them. 
 
 The Number of Charity-Scholars now be- 
 longing to this School, is eighteen ; bcfides 
 the five Mohawk Boys before-mentioned, as 
 employed in the Indian Country, who are 
 expeded to return to the School next Winter. 
 Eleven of thefe are Males, [ 5 Englifh and 6 
 Indians] and feven Indian Females. Two of 
 thefe Englifh and two Indian Boys, are de- 
 figned to be coupled, an Englifh and an In- 
 dian, and to be fent into fome remote Tribes 
 next Spring, if Providence fhall favour it, to 
 learn their Languages, and prepare for a Mif- 
 fion among them. 
 
 I am daily expecting two more Delaware 
 Boys, and one from Narraganfet ; and before 
 Winter, if they may be wellchofen, a Num- 
 ber from the Six Nations, among which is the 
 Grandfon to the Onondaga Sachem. And I 
 have thePleafure of thinking, that theBoys I 
 have, are in general, very promifing. 
 
 It was generally thought, before I had a- 
 ny Boys from the'^MohawkCountvy, that nei- 
 ther the Parents could be perfuaded to fend, 
 
 nor 
 
[• 22 ] 
 
 nor their Children to come to School, at fach 
 a great Diftance. And the firft three who 
 came, appeared to come with great Caution 
 and Fear — brought each of them an Horfe 
 with them, prepared to return in hafte, if 
 there fhould be occafion. But fo great is the 
 Alteration in this Refpeft, that the Difficulty 
 now is not in procuring what Number I pleafe; 
 but in obtaining fuch as are promifing, and 
 inch as are, on account of their Families, of 
 greateft Importance to their Tribes. 
 
 I would take thisOpportunity to renew my 
 Thanks to the kind Benefadors of this School, 
 for thofe generous Benefactions, by which it 
 has, through the Divine Bleffing, continued 
 to this Time. And defire the Continuance of 
 their fervent Supplications at the Throne of 
 Divine Grace, for all that Light, Direflion, 
 and Affiftance, vi/hich fiiall be neccfTary, for 
 all thofe who are any way actively concerned 
 in promoting the important Defign ; and for 
 that Bleffing of God upon all Endeavours, 
 without which the bell Plans, and mofi: vigo- 
 rous Efforts to put them in Execution, will 
 he to no Purpofe. And I perfwade myfelf, 
 that the growing Profpects of Succefs, will be 
 a further and very ftrong Inducement to that 
 Liberality, which will bear Proportion to the 
 great Expences necelTary therein. And efpe- 
 cially if it be confidered, that thefe young 
 Gentlemen who arc employed in thisBufinefs, 
 
 and 
 
[ 23 ] 
 
 and are expofed to all theHardfliips and Dan- 
 gers of the Wildernefs, without any comfort- 
 able Habitation, or any Accommodations to 
 indulc^e the Pleafures of the natural or focial 
 Life, have entered upon this Service, not 
 through any Neceffity, or want of any lucra- 
 tive and honorable Pods they might defire a- 
 mong their Brethren ; but only to ferve the 
 great Defic^ns of advancing the Kingdom of 
 the Redeemer, and the Salvation of the Souls 
 of Men. And they alk for, and defire no o- 
 ther Reward 'for all their Service, but to be 
 fupported while they are employed in it. 
 And I am perfwaded,that the Accounts them- 
 felves of their Expences, when Time (hall 
 give an Opportunity to fet them in a true 
 Light, will be fufficient Evidence of their 
 Prudence and Frugality. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
[ ^5 ] 
 
 fhe Continuation of Mr. Wheelock'j Narrative be- 
 ing printed off before a Receipt of the following by 
 the Printers^ they are necejfarily obliged to fubjoin it 
 ds 
 
 An appendix. 
 
 Lebanon, 05f. li, 1765. 
 
 The Reverend Mr. Chamberlain returned from his 
 MifTion among the Six Nations, laft Friday, (accompa- 
 nied by two Oneyada Boys, for this School) to procure 
 another Miflionary for one of the Places where he has 
 been preaching among the Mohawks and Oneyadas ; 
 and to get Recruits and Supplies of Neceflaries for the 
 Winter, for himfelf and the Schoolmaftcrs, who defign 
 to winter with the Indians. 
 
 He informs me, that the Indian Schooimaders have^ 
 in general, conduf^ed very well : are received chear- 
 fuliy, and treated kindly ; and that there are now in 
 their fcvefal Schools, 127 Children •, and that he had 
 provided another School of upwards of 20 Children 
 more, for Peter ; but he was taken fick, and could 
 ftot enter into it— which is ready for him, or another, 
 next Spring. 
 
 Mr. Chamberlain alfo informs me, that he has lately 
 made a Tour among the OnondagaS (accompanied with 
 Delegates from the Mohawks and 0?teyaiias) and prea- 
 ched to themgwhere never any Miflionary had been be- 
 fore. That the Reprefentative of that whole Tribe^ 
 told him, after a Confultation of two Days among 
 themfclves, that they v/ere all agreed to receive Chril- 
 tianity, and would have him be eafy in his Mind, and 
 know, that from that Day they (hould be giad to be 
 itiftrufled ; and defired him to tarry and preach tu 
 them. And when he left them he told them he would. 
 do his Endeavour that si Miniftcr Ihouid bz knt i^ 
 ihwn xicxc Spring. 
 
A BRIEF 
 
 NARRATIVE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 INDIAN Charity - School 
 
 In Lebanon in ConneBicuty New England: 
 Founded and Carried on by 
 
 That Faithful Servant of GOD 
 
 The Rev. Mr Ekazar WheelocL 
 
 The SECOND EDITION, 
 
 With an Appendix. 
 
 ' v^ ^n* aW» 
 
 so? IS? 53? 
 ^ %^ 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 Printed by J.and W. Oliver, mBartholomew-Clofey 
 near IVeft-Smitbfield. 
 
 MDCCLXVIJ. 
 

 A BRIEF 
 
 NARRATIVE. 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 INDIAN Charity-School 
 
 g®*©gHAT faithful Servant of GOD, 
 * T * the Rev. Mr Eleazar Wheelock 
 ^@^®^ ^^ Lebanon m Americay being deeply 
 impreffed with a Senfe of the forlorn 
 Condition of our favage Fellow- Creatures in 
 thofe Deferts, and of the Obligation the De- 
 fendants of the ancient New Englanders ftill lie 
 under to keep in View the avowed Defign of 
 their Forefathers original Emigration J and be- 
 ing fully perfuaded of the innumerable Benefits 
 and Bleffings, both temporal and fpiritual, that 
 muft neceflarily thereby accrue to His prefent 
 Majefty*s Dominions both at home and abroad 5 
 
 A 2 did, 
 
4 A brief Narrative^ 
 
 did, about T^/^ Years ago, take X.'^o Indian Boys, 
 and through the whole Duration of the late War, 
 under the greateftDifcouragements (ai ifing from 
 the Ravages of the Indians) he continued to in- 
 creafe his School by receiving a larger Number, 
 both Boys and Girls, from the nearer Tribes; 
 together with fome promifing Englijh Youths, 
 who were defigned for the fame Purpofe of 
 evangelizing the Heathen. And being rationally 
 convinced, at the Conclufion of the War, what 
 a favourable Opportunity our late fignal and 
 amazing Conquefts afforded of profecuting this 
 glorious Plan, he ftill added, out of more re- 
 mote Tribes, many Children to the Number, 
 all which he did cloath, board, and educate, 
 without any fettled Fund ; and hath been fo 
 remarkably bleffed in the Improvements they 
 have made, that at this Time (befides Twenty 
 or upwards in his School at Lebanon^ who are 
 feferved for future Service) there are no lefs 
 than Twelve EngliJI: and Indian Miffionaries and 
 Schoolmafters now employed in fettling Schools, 
 and preaching the Gofpel of the ever-blefled 
 God, with moft promifing Encouragement and 
 Succefs, among fome of the remote Heathen 
 Nations -, all of which do now depend imme- 
 diately on the Reverend Mr Wheelock for a 
 Support. 
 
 To 
 
the Indian Charity- School 5 
 
 To recount all the particular and very fignal 
 Interpofitions of divine Providence that have 
 attended this infant Seminary, would be almoft 
 endlefs. It may fuiffice only to obferve in ge- 
 neral, that as it was begun in the fame Spirit 
 with which the late Reverend and Eminent 
 Profeflbr Francke founded the prefent famous 
 Orphan- Houfe at Hall in Germany^ fo it hath 
 been l^lefled with many fuch Hke remarkable 
 Smiles from Heaven. 
 
 And as this Inftitution is intended purely to 
 promote the common Salvation of the Heathen, 
 without any Regard to any particular NameSy 
 SeBsj or Parties whatfoever, fo, to their Honour 
 be it fpoken, it hath been countenanced and en- 
 couraged by Perfons of various Denominations on 
 both Sides the Water. And as there appears at 
 prefent a very uncommon Defire among many of 
 the Six Nations and others to have their Chil- 
 dren taught to Ready Write^ and Sfeak well, and 
 themfelves inftruded in the Gofpel of Christ, 
 as well as in Hujbandry and the more polite Arts 
 of civilized Life \ it hath been judged expedient 
 to fend over the Reverend Mr IVhitaker, Minifter 
 of the Gofpel at Norwich in New England, and 
 the Reverend Mr Sam/on Occom, the fii ft Pupil 
 znd Indian Chriftian which MrWHEELocK 
 
 A 3 educated. 
 
6 A brief Narrative of 
 
 educated, and the firft Indian Gofpel Preacher 
 that ever fet Foot on this Ifland, to folicit Be- 
 nefaftions from well and charitably difpofed 
 Perfons of all Ranks^ Parties^ and Denominations 
 whatfoever, toward Building and Endowing an 
 Indian School^ and Cloathing^ Maintaining and 
 Educating fuch Indians and Miffionaries, as are 
 now, or (hall hereafter be educated, and em- 
 ployed on this glorious Errand. 
 
 In what an important Point of Light this 
 DeCgn is already viewed on the other Side of 
 the Atlantic, will beft appear from the many 
 annexed Attefiations^ Recommendations^ and good 
 Wip^^ of feveral of His Majefty's Governors, 
 Chief Juftices, Counfellors, and Secretaries ; 
 Numbers of eminent Merchants -, feveral of the 
 Miffionaries of the Church oi England-, with 
 various Gofpel Minifters of other Denomina- 
 tions in the more Northern Provinces; and 
 efpecially of the Honourable Sir William 
 JoH NSON, that great Supporter of the Britift^ 
 Indian Intereft in general, and great Patronizer 
 of this Infant Inftitution in particular. 
 
 What adds to the farther Recommendation 
 of this truly catholic and charitable Defign, is this, 
 "viz. that it is purely intended for the Inftruc- 
 tion of Indians^ and of fuch Englifi Youths only 
 
 as 
 
the Indian Charity- School 7 
 
 as are wholly to be devoted to their Service. 
 For it hath been found by fome few Inftances 
 of Indians educated elfewhere, that the Englifi 
 Students have been apt to look upon them with 
 an Air of difdain^ which thefe Sons of ranging 
 Liberty cannot {o well brook. Nor is it much 
 otherwife here at Home j for as none but Sam- 
 ples of uncivilized Indians have been fent over, 
 and exhibited to public View on this Side the 
 Water, the Britons are naturally led to form a 
 more defpicable Idea of them, and confequently 
 to hold them in far ^more fovereign Contempt. 
 But how capable the Natives of yonder dijiant 
 World are of making civily moral, and religious 
 Improvements, (and thofe very fpeedy ones too) 
 is demonftrable, not only from the Inftance of 
 the Reverend Mr Occom^ but alfo from the Pro- 
 grefs which feveral of ih^Indians, now employed, 
 have a<5tually made in Greek and Latin, as well 
 as in EngliJJj Oratory, before they were fent forth 
 to act in a public Chara6ler. The Care taken 
 in teaching them to Jpeak as well as read, 
 write, and behave well, is mentioned, becaufe 
 " as among other free Nations, fo among ths 
 " Indians, Orators are in the higheft Efteem. 
 ** To be able to fpeak well in public is the 
 '* fliorteft and moft infallible Road to Honour 
 " and Influence among thofe uncontrolled Lords 
 
 A 4 "/ 
 
€t 
 
 i< 
 
 8 -^ brief Narrative, &c. 
 
 " of the Defer f. The Project of enabling their 
 " own Children to do this, falls in with their 
 " Taftc; it will be thought by them an /^{l- 
 vanceme?2t of the Family, and they will go 
 into it paffionately. And if it pleafes Go d to 
 infpire xh^m with the genuine Spirit of Chrif- 
 tianity, it will foon appear that the beft Way 
 to Chilizey will be to Chrijlia?2ize them. If 
 " the latter fucceeds, what a Triumph over the 
 " Powers of Parknefs ! If they can be civilized^ 
 " what a Profpeft of important Confequences 
 *' open to View ! How many in the Train that 
 " cannot be forefeen ! What a Saving of Blood 
 " and Treafure ! How great the Addition of 
 '' Hundreds of Thoufands of Subjefts ! What 
 ** an Increafe of our Settlements ! How great 
 " the Augmentation of the Staple of thefe Do- 
 " minions ! What the Increafe of the Demand 
 " for Britijh Ma?2ifaBories to cloath the new 
 " Subje6ls ! How important this to the Com- 
 *' merce of Great Britain and the Colonies ! 
 " And what a Source of Opulence to the whole 
 " Empire ! " 
 
 FIAT! FIAT! 
 
 Atteflations 
 
Sir W. Johnson 'i Recommendation. 9 
 
 Attejlations to^ and Recommendations of^ 
 This Great Design. 
 
 An Application having been made to Me by 
 the Reverend Mr Wheelock oi Lebanon in 
 ConneBicut^ reipe£ling his Intention of Eftablifli- 
 ing an Indian School, and enlarging the Plan 
 thereof, fo as to enable a Number of Miffionaries 
 to be employed in the Indian Country for the 
 Infl:ru6lion of the Indians in the Chriftian Reli- 
 gion ; to which End Application is intended to 
 be vnd.A^mGreat Britain, &;c. to all vvell-difpofed 
 Perfbns. I do therefore offer it as my Opinion, 
 that the fame is highly necellary, and may be 
 productive of good Confequences, if properly 
 conducted, by civihzing the Indians^ and re- 
 ducing them to Peace and good Order; that 
 Mr Wheelock has taken much Pains with 
 fome Mohawk Youths, who, through his Care 
 and Diligence, have made good Proficiency in 
 their Religious and other Studies j from all 
 which I am of Opinion, that the propofed Plan 
 deferves Encouragement, and I could not do 
 lefs than to give it this favourable Recommen- 
 dation. 
 
 Gi'ven under my Hand at 
 
 John Ion- Hal], //;/■; 8th ^,, 
 
 k^./Ausuft, ,76;. WM JOHNSON. 
 
lo Aiteftationsio, and Recommendations of 
 
 NeW'Jerfeyy Sept. 5, 1765. 
 
 \^ E whole Names are hereunto fubfcribed do 
 certify. That we have had frequent Opportu- 
 nities of being well informed of an Indian Charity- 
 School which was fome Years ago inftituted in the 
 Colony oiConne5Juuty and which, by the diftinguifh- 
 ing Smiles of Heaven, hath remarkably fucceeded, 
 under the Care of the Reverend and Worthy Mr 
 Eleazar Wheelock^ whofeZeal and indefatigable 
 Labours in the Inftrudion oi Indian Youth, together 
 with the growing Fondnefs of feveral Tribes of Indians 
 towards the faid School (lately fhewn by fending their 
 Children from time to time, from their remote Re- 
 gions, to be educated here in the Principles of our 
 holy Religion) have rendered the fan^e an Objedl of 
 public Attention, and highly meriting the Benevolence 
 of all who wifli the Advancement of Chriftianity 
 among the benighted Savages of North America, We 
 do therefore moil heartily recommend the faid Inftitu- 
 tion, as the molt probable Method, under the Favour 
 of God, which we can conceive of, for promoting 
 Chriftian Knowledge among the Fleathen Natives ot 
 tiiis Country. 
 
 The Friends of Rehgion in Ardericay together with 
 fome in Europe ^ knowing and heartily approving of 
 the truly excellent and important Defign of this School, 
 by their generous Donations have hitherto upheld and 
 lupported it. Mr Whe clock's well-known Inten- 
 tion being. principally the Education of Indian Youth, 
 in order to their Qualification as MiiTionaries, School- 
 mafters, and Interpreters among the various Tribes of 
 Indians \ as alio the Education of fome Engli/h Youth 
 to accompany them : and the School being now greatly 
 increafed in Number, and a happy Profped of its 
 fpcedy Enlargement i the Support of the fame, toge- 
 ther wiih the Maintenance of the MilTionaries and 
 
 School- 
 
the Indian Charity - School 1 1 
 
 Schoolmafters already fent out, neceflarily occafions 
 fuch an additional annual Expence, as to render it too 
 confiderable and weighty to be wholly fupported by 
 its Friends in thefe American Provinces. Therefore as 
 Advocates for this mod laudable andChriftian Defign, 
 We do mod heartily and chearfuUy recommend it to 
 our Chriftian Friends in Great Britam and Ireland, as 
 one of the nobleft and moll worthy Objecfts of their 
 Chriftian Beneficence. 
 
 The Reverend Meflieurs Charles Jeffry Smith and 
 Nathaniel pybitaker, or one of them, being chofen as 
 proper Perfons to go over and folicit the Benefadions 
 of our Chriftian Brethren for the Purpofe above men- 
 tioned. We take the Liberty to recommend them to 
 the Civilities of all the benevolent Friends to the Bufi- 
 nefs thev are promoting. And we humbly truft, that 
 the BlefTing of many ready to perifh, will come upon 
 all fuch as fhall offer unto the Lord in this excellent 
 and divine Charity. 
 
 STERLING. 
 
 Thomas Gage, Commander in Chief of his Majefty*s Forces ia 
 America. 
 
 Francis Bernard, Gowtrnov o( Maffachttfets. 
 
 Benn. Weniworth, Gomqx nov oi Neiv Hampjhire. 
 
 Wiliiam Franklin, Governor of Ne^o Jer/ey. 
 
 John Pent). Lieutenant Governor of /'tf«^7r<a//7Vj. 
 
 Thomas Fitch, Governor of Connedicud 
 
 Cadwallader Golden, Lieutenant Governor of Nt'tv Yarh 
 
 William Allen, Chief Juftice of Pttifyhijunia. 
 
 Fre. Smith, Chief Juliice oi N'eiu Jerfey. 
 
 Theodore Atkinfori, Prefident of the Council, and Chief Jufticfi 
 of the Superior Court in Nenjj Hui/rpjklre. 
 
 Mark H. Vwentworth, of his Majeily's Council iti NgfwHaatpJhirt^ 
 
 Daniel Warner, of his Majelly's Council and Judge of the Com- 
 mon Fleas, in Ne-iu Hamj)Jhirt. 
 
 William Smith, of his Majefty's Council, and one of the Juftices 
 of the Superior Court in New York. 
 
 Peter Levius, of his Majeity's Council in Uew Hmnpjhire, 
 
 Samuel Woodruff, of his Majelly's Council in New Jerfty^ 
 
 Joicph Sliippen, Secretary oi Penfyi-vania. 
 
 Theodore Atkinfon, junior. Secretary of Ajw Hai 
 
12 Attejlatiomofy and Recommendations of 
 
 W.P. Smith, Mayor oi EHzaheth-To-Lvny Neiu Jtrfey. 
 
 And. Eliot, CoUeftor in iV^-zu York. 
 
 Hen. Sherbourn, of the Houfe of Reprefentatives \nNew Hampjhtre . 
 
 John GofF, of the Houfe in Nexv Hampjhirs. 
 
 William Smith, junior, ^ 
 
 John Morin Scott, V Lawyers in Ne^ York. 
 
 William Levingfton, j 
 
 Eleazer ^Miller; \ ^^ "^^ ^'""'"^ Affembly in A'.ov York. 
 John Redman, M.D. 7 . nj -j ? , j • 
 John Morgan, M.D. [ '^ P/W^^./;/./^. 
 
 William Farquhar, M.D. 1 
 
 Benjamin Y. Prime, M.D. > in AVxu 7<?ri. 
 
 James Smith, M. D. j 
 
 Abraham Gardner, Col. in E. Hamfton. 
 
 DardRot'd'eau, } ^'-l'-- '" ^^'■^'^^'^'-- 
 
 P. V. B. Levingflon, ^ 
 
 James Jauncey, 
 
 Davi^l Shaw, 
 
 Garr. Rapalje, 
 
 John Smith, 
 
 John Provoft, ^ Merchants in AVxy York. 
 
 John Vander Spiegel, 
 
 William M* Adams, 
 
 Laurence Read, 
 
 Dirk BrinkerhofF, 
 
 Garrat Noel, 
 
 ThTB'chaSr. D.D. J'^J^""''" and Miffionaries of the 
 Jacob Duche, i ^^""'"^ "^ ^"^'""''^ 
 
 By Order of the Prejhytery of Neuu York^ 
 
 James CaldnveHj Clerk. 
 John Ewing, Minifter in Philadelphia. 
 Charles Beatty, 1 
 
 Richard Treat, v Minifters in Penfyhania. 
 John Strain, } 
 
 Samuel Finley, D. D. Prefident of the College in AW Jerfey, 
 Lambertus DeRonde,'J 
 
 Archibald Laidlie, ( Minifters of the Proteftant Dutch 
 Joan Ritzema, f Church in Newo York, 
 
 John Albert Weygand, } 
 
 Thomas Jackfon, Preacher of the Gofpel in Aifw York, 
 Ebenezer Prime,") 
 Thomas Lewis, ) 
 
 Silvanus White, )» Minifters on Long Ifland, i 
 
 James Brown, j 
 Samuel Buel, J 
 
the Indian Charity- School 13 
 
 Naphtall Dogget, S. T.P. in Tale College, Connedlicut. 
 Jonathan Farfons, Minifter in Neiibury^ MaJJhchuJets, 
 Samuel Haven, Miiilfter in Portfmcuth^ Neiv Han.fjhire. 
 John Rogers, } p^^j^.^„^^ in Neix: Turk. 
 Joleph 1 reat, J 
 
 Thofe vvho are difpofed to join in promoting aDe- 
 fign fo truly humane and pious, are defired to 
 leave tiieir Donations with the following Per- 
 fons, to be by them placed 'jn^tr Improvement 
 till drawn for by the Reverend Mr I^Vheelock. 
 
 MeiTieurs RoFFEY and Co. Lomhard-fireel. 
 Meffieurs Pewtress & Robarts, Lombard fir ett^ 
 MelTieurs Hoare and Co. Fleet ft reet, 
 Me'Tieurs Childs and Co. Temple-bar. 
 Meifieurs Drummonds, Charing-crofs, 
 Meffienrs SirJos.HANKEY &:Co. Fenchurch-firm^ 
 Meflieurs Welch and Rogers, Cornhill, 
 MefTieurs Fuller and Son, Lcmbard-ftreet. 
 Meflieurs Gines, Lombard ft reeL 
 Mr Samuel Savage, Gun-ftreety Spitalfields. 
 Dennis De Berdt, Eff.]-, Chifwellftreet, 
 Mr Robert Keen in the Mmories, 
 
 iY. B. The Books at all the Bankers to be opened in the 
 Name of John Thornton, Efq; Treafurer to the 
 Truftees for Mr fVheelock's Indian Charity- Schools, 
 to be by the faid Truftees laid out in Stocks (as 
 hath been done by the Monies already colledled ;) 
 to be by them and the faid Mr IVheelock^ and their 
 Succefibrs, imployed for the Ufe of the faid Charity, 
 as they fhall judge will beft anfwer the great End 
 propofed ; and Mr JVheehck and his Succeflbrs to 
 be accountable to the faid Truftees for the Monies 
 remitted. 
 
 By 
 
14 Attejlatimi to; a7id Recommendations of 
 
 By the Honourable Thomas Fitch, Efq\ 
 Governor of His Majeflys Colony o/~Conne6licut 
 in New England, America. 
 
 ^0 all Vsjhnm it drth or may cowern^ greeting : 
 
 W hereas I am informed the Rev. Nathaniel 
 Whitaker of Norwich in the faid Colony of Con- 
 neBicut, a Minifter of the Gofpel, purpofes a 
 Voyage to Great Britain and Ireland, in order to 
 folicit Benefadions in favour of an LidianCh^L- 
 rity School in the faid Colony, ere6led for the 
 Education of Indian Youth and others, to pre- 
 pare them for Miffionaries, Schoolmafters, (^c. 
 among thediftantTrihes oi Indians in this Land; 
 and being defirous to promote fo charitable and 
 tjfeful an Undertaking, do hereby recommend ■ 
 the faid Mr Whitaker in the laudable and cha- 
 ritable Defign aforefaid, and the Caufe he is 
 by thofe Means endeavouring to promote, to 
 the Favour and Notice of afl Noblemen, Gen- 
 tfemen, and other pious, charitable, and well- 
 difpofed Chriflians, with whom he may have 
 any Concern. 
 
 Given under my Hand and Seal atkrxtis 
 in the Colony aforefaid^ the 29th Day 
 ^Oaober, in the Sixth Tear of 
 His Majpjly's Regin^ Annoque 
 Domini One thoujand^tven hundred 
 and Sixtv-five, 
 
 THO. FITCH. 
 
the Indian Charity'ScbooL 15 
 
 Chelfia in Norwich^ July 10, 1762. 
 
 \SJ E^ Minifters of the Gofpel, and Paftors of 
 Churches hereafter mentioned, having, for a 
 Number of Years pall, heard of or feen with Fleafure 
 the Zeal, Courage, and firm Refolution of the Rev. 
 Eleazar Wheelock o^ Lebanon^ to pTofecute to 
 EfFed a Defign of fpreading the Gofpel among the 
 Natives in the Wilds of our America^ and efpecially 
 his Perfeverance in it, amidft the many pecuhar Dif- 
 couragements he had to encounter during the late 
 Years of the War here, and upon a Plan which ap- 
 pears to us to have the greateft Probabihty of Succefs, 
 viz. by the MiiTion of their own Sons. And as we 
 are verily perfuaded that the Smiles of Divine Provi- 
 dence upon his School, and the Succefs of his Endea^ 
 vours hitherto, juflly may and ought to encourage 
 him and all to believe it to be of God, and that which 
 he will own and fucceed for the Glory of his own great 
 Name, in the Enlargement of the Kingdom of our 
 Divine Redeemer j as well as for the great Benefit of 
 the Crown of Great Britain, and efpecially of His 
 Majefty's Dominions in America % fo we apprehend 
 that the prefent Openings in Providence ought to in« 
 vite Chriitians of every Denomination to unite their 
 Endeavours, and lend a helping Hand in carrying on 
 the charitable Defign. And we are heartily forry if 
 Party Spirit and Party Differences ihall at allobftrud 
 the Progrefs of it ; or the old Leaven in this Land 
 ferment upon this Occafion, and give the watchful 
 Adverfary Opportunity fo to turn the Courfe of En- 
 deavours into another Channel, as to defeat the De- 
 fjgn of fpreading the Gofpel among the Heathen. 
 
 To 
 
1 6 Attejlatiom tOy a7id Recommendations of 
 
 To prevent which, and encourage Unanimity and 
 Zeal in profecuting the Defign, we look upon it our 
 Duty as Chriftians, and efpecially as Miniiiers of the 
 Gofpel, to give our Teftimony, That, as we verily 
 believe, a difinteretled Regard to the Advancement 
 of the Redeemer's Kingdom, and- the Good of His 
 Majefty's Dominions in America^ were the governing 
 Motives which at firfl: induced the Reverend Mr 
 Wheelock to enter upon the great Affair, and to 
 rifque his own private Intereft as he has done fince 
 in carrying it on •, fo we efteem his Plan to be good, 
 his Meaiures prudently and well concerted, his En- 
 dowments peculiar, his Zeal fervent, and his Endea- 
 vours indetatigable for the AccompliOiing this De- 
 fign -, and we know no Mcin like-minded 'vcho will na- 
 iurally care for tbelr Stale. May God prolong his 
 Life, and make him extenfively ufeful in the King- 
 dom of Christ \ 
 
 We have alfo fomc of us, at his Defire, examined 
 his Accounts, and find that befides giving in all his 
 own Labour and Trouble in the Affair, he has charg- 
 ed for the Support, Schooling, i^c. of the Youth, at 
 the loweft Rate it could be done for, as the Price has 
 been and ftili is among us ; and we apprehend the 
 generous Donations already made has been, and we 
 are confident will be laid out in the moft prudent 
 Manner, and with the befl Advice for the Further- 
 ance of the important Defign. And we pray God 
 abundantly to reward the Liberality of any upon this 
 Occafion ; and we hope the Generofity, efpecially of 
 Perfons of Diflindion and Note, will be a happy 
 Lead and Inducement to ftill greater Liberalities : 
 and that in Confequence thereof the vfide-extended 
 Wildernefs oi America will hlojfom as the Rofe^ Habi*- 
 
 tations 
 
the lu^fDlAN Chariiy-Schml \J 
 
 ialwns of Cruelty become Dwelling' Places of Righteous^ 
 riefs^ and the BleJJing of Thoufands ready to fjerifh come 
 upon all thofe whofe Love to Christ, and Charity to 
 them, haS been fhewn upori this Occafion, which is 
 the hearty Prayer of^ 
 
 Ebenezer Rbfleteri Paftor of the Firft Church ia 
 
 Stonington, 
 
 Jofeph Fifli, Paftor of the Second Church in 
 
 Stonington, 
 
 Nathaniel Whltaker, Paftor of the Church at 
 Chelfey^ in Norwich. 
 
 Benjamin Pomroy, Paftor of the Firft Church in 
 
 Hebron. 
 
 Elijah Lothrop, Paftor of the Church of Gikad^ 
 in Hebron, 
 
 Nathaniel Eells, Paftor of a Church in Stonington,' 
 
 Mather Byles, Paftor of the Firft Church in New-- 
 London, 
 
 Jonathan Barber, Paftor of a Church in Groton. 
 
 Matt. Graves, MifTionary 2Li New- London. 
 
 Peter Powers, Paftor of the Church at iVi?ze?^;r/, in 
 
 Norwich, 
 
 Daniel KirtUnd, formerly Paftor of the Church 
 at Newent^ in Norwich. 
 
 Afher Roffeter, Paftor of the Firft Church in 
 
 Prefion. 
 
 jabez Wight, Paftor of the Fourth Church in 
 Norwich, 
 
 David Jewett, Paftor of the Second Church in 
 
 New -London, 
 
 B Benjamin 
 
1 8 Attejlatiom and Recommendatiom. 
 
 Benjamin Throop, Paftor of a Church in Norwich^ 
 Sarr.'JcI Mofely, Paftor of a Church in IVindham. 
 Stephen White, Paftor of a Church in Windham, 
 Richard Salter, Paftor of a Church in Mansfield, 
 Timothy Allen, Paftor of the Church in Ajhford. 
 Ephraim Little, Paftor of the Firft Church in 
 
 Cokhejler. 
 Hobart Eftabrook, Paftor of a Church in Eaft- 
 
 Haddam. 
 Jofeph Fowler, Paftor of a Church in Eaft-Uad- 
 
 dam, 
 
 Benjamin Boardman, Paftor of the Fourth Church 
 of Chrift in Middletown, 
 
 John Norton, Paftor of the Sixth Church of Chrift 
 in Middletown. 
 
 Benjamin Dunning, Paftor of a Church of Chrift 
 in Marlborough. 
 
 24, B, The Names of the Subscribers ftand in 
 the fame Order in vvhicii they fubfcribed, and 
 not according to Seniority ; and it is hoped any 
 Inaccuracies obfervable in this Draught will be 
 excufed, at leaft not charged upon more than 
 One of the Number, inafmuch as they figned 
 feparately, not having the Advantage of a 
 Convention for that Purpofe. ' 
 
 RECOM- 
 
Recommendatmis, &c. 19 
 
 R E C O M iM E N D AT I O N S 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 Rev. Mtffrs NATHANIEL WHITAKER, 
 AND 
 
 SAMSON OCCOM. 
 
 'T^ H E aflbciated Minifters of the Eaflern Diftrid: 
 oi New London County^ in Conne^icut^ at their 
 Meeting in Prefton^ Oolober 8, 1765. recommend 
 him as follows : 
 
 " The Rev. Mv Nathaniel Whitaker^ of Chelfey in 
 *' Norwich, Paftor of the Church and Congregation 
 " there, fituate in the midft of us, is well known by 
 " us, and accordingly received as a Man of good 
 " Underdanding and Learning, of Probity and Piety j 
 " one of good Minifterial Gifts, and of fome very 
 *' happy Furniture for public Service, whofe Praife is 
 
 ** even in all our Churches ■ And as he (lands in a 
 
 " good Light in our View and Efteem of him, both 
 " as to his natural and minifterial Charadler, we 
 <• heartily recommend him to the Reception and 
 *' Good-will of all, into whofe Acquaintance his 
 " great Defign and Occafions may introduce him ; 
 " and to Minifterial Exercifes wherefoever he may 
 " be properly invited thereunto. Alfo do commend 
 " him to the aufpicious Care and Smiles of Heaven, 
 " in the whole Compafs of his Travel and Duty ; and 
 " particularly wiftiing him the Divine Blefling and 
 *' good Succefs in the important Defign and Bufinefs 
 " he goes upon." 
 
 Signed by Order of the Affociation, 
 
 * Benjamin Lord, 
 
 B 2 Moderator^ 
 
'^ Recommendations of the Rev. Mr Whit aker . 
 
 The Church of which he is Paftor write thus : 
 
 "THE Church of Christ at Chelfey in Norwich 
 ** in ConneSficut^ New England^ To all the Churches 
 *' of Christ, and whomfoever it may concern, fend 
 ** greeting : 
 
 " Whereas it has pleafed G©d in his Providence 
 
 *' to call our Rev. and Worthy Paftor, Mt Nalbaniel 
 
 •' Whkaker, from us for a Seafon, to go to Europe 
 
 ** to folicit Charities for the India)! Charity-School 
 
 " under the Care of the Rev. Mr Eleazar fFbeelock 
 
 *' of Lebanon^ and to promote Chriftian Knowledge 
 
 *' among the Indians on this Continent. 
 
 *' We do unanimouHy recommend him, the faid 
 " yivWhitaker^ and his Services, to all the Churches 
 ** and People of God, of whatever Denomination, 
 *' and wherefoever he may come, as a faithful Minifter 
 *^ of Jesus Christ, whoje Praife is in the Gofpel 
 *' through the Churches : Earneftly requefting, bro- 
 *'~ therly Kindnefs and Charity may be extended to- 
 *' wards him, asOccafion may require -, and that the 
 *' grand and important Caufe in which he is engaged, ■ 
 '•• may be forwarded and promoted by all the Lovers 
 *' of the Truth. Wifhing Grace, Mercy and Truth 
 *' may be multiplied to you and the whole IJrael of 
 •^^ God j and defiring an Inttreft in your Prayers for 
 " us, we fobfcribe, 
 
 ** Yours in the Faith and FelIow.%ip 
 
 of the Gofpei,*' 
 !&y Order and in Behalf 
 
 of the faid Church, Jonathan Huntington^ 
 
 Ifamb Tiffany. 
 
 fTor'zi:,by Octoh. 2.iy 1765. 
 
 Tk 
 
Reverend Mr Whedock'i MemoriaU %l 
 
 The MEMORIAL of the 
 Reverend Mr Eleazar Wheelock, 
 
 To the People of GOD in England, Scotland, 
 and Ireland, and allivbo defire the Advancement 
 of the Kingdom of the great Redeemer ^ wherever 
 the Bearer^ the Reverend Nathaniel Whitaker, 
 JloalU by the Frovidence of GO D, have Oppor^ 
 tunity to rmke known the importajit Errand on 
 which he co?neSy I hcpe^ fiifficiently recotmnendei 
 to charitable Notice and RefpeB, 
 
 GENTLEMEN, and CHRISTIAN FRIENDS ! 
 ¥ T is well known, that there are yet remaining vaft 
 * 'Numbers of aboriginal Natives in this Land ; 
 whofe manner of Living is favage, aimoft to a Levejl 
 with the brutal Creation, but fierce and terrible in 
 War. Their Dwellings are eminently Habitations of 
 Cruelty. They have continued from Age to Agt m 
 the groffeft Pyiganifm and Idolatry -, Strangers to aU 
 the Emoluments of Science, but fubtil and fkilful 
 in all the Arts of Cruelty and Deceit : And on every 
 Confideration their State is, perhaps, the mod wretch*- 
 ed and piteous of all the human Race. They have, 
 from the firft planting of thefe Colonies, been a 
 Scourge arid Terror to their Engliflj Neighbours ; 
 often ravaging and laying wafte their Frontiers ; 
 butchering, torturing, and captivating their Sons ; 
 da(hing their Children againft the Stones ; fl<ilfully 
 devifing, and proudly glorying in, all poflible Me- 
 thods of Torture and Cruelty within their Power. 
 
 And the Confideration, that their being civilized, 
 and taught the Knowledge of the only true God and 
 Saviour, and fo made good Members of Society, 
 and peaceable and quiet Neighbours, (which capnot 
 
 i 3 b^ 
 
32 Reverend Mr Wheelock'i Memorial 
 
 be efFeded but by introducing the Gofpel amongft 
 them) is of fuch vaft Importance to the Crown of 
 Great Britain^ the Peace and Profperity of our Land, 
 and efpecially to their own Good and Happinefs in 
 
 Time and to Eternity Moved me, about Ten 
 
 Years ago, to erecl aCKARiTv-ScHOOL, in order for 
 the Educating the moft promifing of their own Sons 
 that might be obtained, with a View to their being 
 employed as MilTionaries and School m afters among 
 their refpedive Tribes -, together with a Number of 
 EngliJhYouih^ to be fen t forth as Companions and 
 Aflbciates with them in the fame Bufinefs. And the 
 good Behaviour of the Boys which I have hitherto 
 had in this School, and their Proficiency in Learning, 
 has been fuch, by the BlefTing of God upon Inftrudlion 
 and Difcipline, that many Gentlemen of Charadler 
 and Note, both at Home and Abroad, have feen fit 
 to encourage the Defign by fuch Liberalities as have 
 fupported it hitherto, without any Fund fox that 
 Purpofe. 
 
 But the neceflary Expences for the Support of fuch 
 a Number as are now employed in the Wildernefs, 
 at the Dittance of three or four hundred Miles, viz. 
 Three Miffionaries, Eight School m afters, and Two 
 Interpreters, occafionally hired to that Service •, and 
 where they can have little or no AfTiftance towards 
 their Support from the Savages among whom they 
 live ; together with the neceflary Supplies for the 
 School, which now confifts of Twenty two -, and 
 others expeded foon, who are of Families of Impor- 
 tance in Tribes ftill more remote; are greater than 
 can be reafonably expeded from thefe American Co- 
 lonies; efpecially at a Time when Complaints of 
 Debt, and want of Money, are fo loud and univerfal. 
 But confidering, that this great Undertaking looks 
 with fuch a favourable and encouraging Afped, and 
 that a wider Door than ever is now ppened for the 
 
 Further- 
 
Reverend Mr Wheelock'i Memorial, zi^ 
 
 Furtherance of it, by fending Miffionaries and School- 
 rnafters further among Tribes where none have here- 
 tofore been ; I am not only neceffitated, but encou- 
 rdged thus to reprefent the Cafe, and employ my dear^ 
 and faithful Brother, the Rev. Mr Whitaker^ in my' 
 Stead, to befpeak the charitable AfiTiftance of the 
 Friends of Z/cT? abroad. And lam confident, that 
 Numbers, and all, according to their Ability, who 
 have at Heart that which the Heart of the Great Re- 
 deemer is infinitely fet upon, viz, the Enlargement of 
 his Kingdom, and the Salvation of the perifhing Souls 
 of Men, will be ready to confider of, and forward 
 to a [Tift in, this fo interefting Afi^air, if they believe 
 that I am not afldng for myfelf, but am only beg- 
 ging an Alms for Christ, and in a Cafe of no lefs 
 Necefiity than that fif not the very fame) which He 
 is pleafed to reprefent and exprefs by his being an 
 hunger edy and thirfty^ and naked, and fick, and in 
 Pnfon\ and that he will, even in this Life, bounti- 
 fully requite thofe who contribute Supplies for thefe 
 his NecelTities ; and reward and honour them at laft 
 with a Come, ye Blejfed of my Father^ inherit the King" 
 dom prepared foryju. 
 
 And whatever any fhall pleafe to contribute for 
 this Purpofe, I fhall receive as facred to the Redeem- 
 er's Caufe, and fhall improve it to the aforefaid 
 Ufes, according to my beft Ability, and by the beft 
 Advice. And I hope, that all Friends and Bene- 
 factors to this Defign, will have occafion for the mod 
 eafy and comfortable Refle6lions, that their Charities 
 were beftowed in the beft Manner, for the Glory of 
 God, and the Good of Men. For which Purpofe I 
 befpeak the Prayers of all who truly defire the Pro- 
 Iperity of Zion, And am 
 
 Theirs mofi heartily in our £ommon Lor-d, , 
 
 Dated at Lebanon 
 
 Nov^'il!l76s. Eleazar Wheelock. 
 
224. Recommendatms pfthe Rev. Mr Occom- 
 RECOMMENDATIONS of 
 
 The Reverend Mr O C C O M. 
 
 npHE Rev. Mr Eleazar Wheelock of Lebanon \^ 
 Conn-sflicuty under whom he was educated, 
 •writes thus : 
 
 " THESE may certify all concerned, That the 
 *« Bearer, the Reverend Mr Samfon Occom^ of Mo^ 
 «' hegan^ came to live with me foon after he emerged 
 *' out of grofs Paganifm, and was a Member in my 
 *' Family, andundermylnllrudion for feveral Years, 
 ^' before he went to keep a School on Long JflandT, 
 '^ in which he continued for feme Years ^ and at the 
 ^^ fame Time officiated as public Teacher of the Indian 
 ^' Txiht^lMontaukonLonglJland^ till he received Or- 
 *' dination by the Hands of 6'wjf^/^Prefbytery on fai4 
 ^' Ifland : Since which he has been employed in fe- 
 " vera] MifTions to varioiis Tribes of Indians to good 
 *' Acceptance. All which Time I have kept up my 
 *' Acquaintance with him : and, fo far as I have 
 «' known or heard, he has behaved himfelf becom- 
 " ing his Chri'ftian aud Miniilerial Chara6ler. Ever 
 *' fmce he left my Houfe he has been under great 
 *' Difadvantages, and his Abilities have been much 
 *' itarved for wapt of fuitable Support for himfelf 
 *« and numerous Family ; which has obliged him to 
 ** labour with his Hands, and for many Years was 
 .*« without polite Converfation, while he lived among 
 5' /»?J/^;2j, and in want of a Library. Notwithftanding 
 *' all which, he appears to me to be well accorn- 
 5' plifhed, and peculiarly turned to teach and edify 
 f* his favage Brethren -, and he hath alfo preached in 
 *' New Tork^ Boflon^ and other polite Towns among 
 f the EngliJJj^ to good Acceptance. By the belt 
 ** Judges he is faid to be an excellent Speaker in his 
 l\ own Language. His Influence is very great among 
 ' " "' " " • *' the 
 
RecommnMrns of the Rev* Mr Ocfom.. z^ 
 
 >* the Indians-^ and if it ihould pleafe God to fpare 
 *' his Life, there is reafon to hope he may be emi- 
 ^' nendy uiefui as aMilnonary among them. And as 
 *' he is defigned to accompany the Rev. Mr fJ^bi taker 
 *' to Europe^ to foHcit the Charities of God's People 
 -" for the Support of the Indian Charity School in my 
 " Hands, and of the Mifllonaries and Schoolmaflers 
 " now in theWildernefs •, I do hereby heartily recom- 
 *' mend him to the Kindnefs, Charity, and Refped 
 .** of ail Chriflian People, wherever the Providence of 
 *' God fliall cafl: him-, and efpecially do I recomr 
 *' mend him to the Protedion, Care, and Kindnef^ 
 " of the Father of Mercies, iri whatever Circumftaa- 
 ." ces he may be. 
 Pated Nov, ly. 1765. 
 
 Certified by Eleazar Wheelcck^ Founder and Pre- 
 fident of the Indian Charity School in Lebanon^ in 
 the Colony of Connecticut in New England. 
 
 " THE above Account, certified by theReverend 
 *' Mr Wheelock^ is commonly known to be true by 
 " People in thefe Parts." 
 pated Nov. 27. 1765. 
 
 Certified by NathanielEells, Paftor of the firft 
 Church in Stonington^ New England, 
 
 The Reverend Matthew Graves^ Mifiionary in A^^-r^ 
 London in Ccnnecficut, New England, from the So- 
 ciety for propagating the Gofpel in Foreign Parts, 
 writes thus concerning him. 
 
 *' THE Rev. Mr Sam/on Occom^ of the Tribe 
 ^' of Mohegan Indians^ in the Colony of Conn e^icuf^ 
 *' adjoining to the Town of New London y in North 
 *' America^ has been Perfonally known to me above 
 ♦' ten Years ; during v/hich Time he has fliewed 
 *« himfelf a Pattern of good Works, of blame]cf$ 
 l[ Converfatk)n ^ a Lover of good Men -, fober, juft^ 
 
26 Recommendations of the Rev. Mr Occom, 
 
 ^' holy^ temperaU\ gentle to alt ; commending hhrjdf 
 
 *' to every Man*s Confcience in the Sight of Gcd : fo he- 
 
 *« having himfelf as a Stezvard of the Myfterie- of 
 
 ^' God\ and preaching unto others^ that he may not be 
 
 *' a Caft-away. He is of a moil: catholic Spirit; 
 
 " prudent and exemplary in his Behaviour. The 
 
 *' DiflentingMiniHers, to my Knowledge, allow him 
 
 '^ in his Clerical Capacity to be a Perlon juftly de- 
 
 *' ferving their greateft Efleem. And I faithfully 
 
 '* believe there are few of greater Credit to their 
 
 *' Fundion. And for the Confirmation hereof, I 
 
 *' refer to the Rev. Mr IVhitaker, whom he accom- 
 
 '^ panies, as a Sample to what Proficiency the /;;- 
 
 " dians may be brought." - 
 
 New London, i8th Nov, 1765. 
 
 The Prefbytery of Suffolk, on Lo?7g IJland, write 
 thus concerning him : 
 
 October 3 i . i ']^S' 
 " THIS Prefbytery recommend the Reverend 
 " Mr Occo?n, as one they ordained with a fpecial 
 *' View to {he Indians : and certify. That he is of 
 «' good Moral Life, and of good Standing in this 
 *'• Prefbytery." 
 
 By Order of Suffolk Prefbytery on Long JJland, 
 Nebemiah Barker, Clerk. 
 
 His Excellency Sir J^ffery Amherjl hath manifeft- 
 ed his Opinion of and Efteem for the Reverend Mr Or- 
 €om^ and the noble Defign he hath been profecuting, 
 by granting him a Pafs under his Seal, in the Year 
 1761, and another in 1762, in which he orders his 
 Officers at the feveral Pofts to afford him all needed 
 Afiiftance : and the commanding Officer at Onoida to 
 allow him one Ration of Provifion per Day out of 
 the King's Stores-, and afford him all needful Pro- 
 tedioii in the Difchafge of his Duty, while he con- 
 tinued 
 
Recommendations of the Rev. Mr Occom. 27 - 
 
 tinued on his MilTion among the Qnoirlas ; who are 
 one of the Six Nations -, where he met with a kind 
 Reception by the Indians : So that the Night before 
 he left them he had Occafion to write as follows. 
 
 Onoida^ Sept . 8 , 1 7 6 1 . 
 
 '* THIS Evening the Sachem and principal Men 
 «' of three Caftles came together at the Council houie, 
 *' and a great Number of ///^V^>^j befides, and I was 
 *' called to be with them -, and after about an Hour's 
 *« Confultation, the chief Speaker rofe up with a 
 *' religious Belt of IVampum in his Hand, and delivered 
 " a Speech. When he had done, he gave the Belt 
 " to my Interpreter, and he interpreted the Speech 
 *« to m.e, which is as follows : 
 
 " FATHER, We are very glad you have come 
 ** among us with the good Word of God^ or God^s 
 " News : And we think we are thankful to God, 
 *' and give you Thanks, and the good Men who 
 " affifted you up here. 
 
 " We will, by the Help of God, endeavour to 
 " keep the Fire which you brought and kindled 
 " among us ; and will take our old Ct^Jlotns, Ways 
 «^ and SinSy and put them behind our Backs, and 
 '' never look on them again •, but will look ftraight 
 *' forward, and run after the Chriftian Religion. 
 
 " Whenever we fhall attempt to eredt Schools 
 " among us, we beg the Affiftance of good People 
 '< your V/ay. 
 
 *' We intreat the great Men to protedl us on our 
 •' Lands, that we may not be encroached on by any 
 " People. 
 
 « We requefl: that the great Men would forbid 
 " Traders bringing any more Rum amongfl: us ; for 
 *' we find it not good \ it deftroys our Bodies and 
 " Souls. 
 
 " This 
 
28 Recommendations of the Rev, Mr Occom. 
 
 " This Beir fhall bind us together firm in Fricnd- 
 ^« Ihip far ever." 
 
 iV. B. A Speech fi'om the Sachem, or King of a 
 Nation of Indians, accompanied with a BeIr, is 
 by them looked upon in the fame Light as a 
 folemn Treaty between Princes is in Europe % as 
 may appear from the following Letter wrote to 
 the Reverend Mr Occom. 
 
 o Johnfon-Hall^ Nov. 2-, ^7^3' 
 
 o I R5 
 
 cc ry^ PI g Onoidas lately defired I would write to 
 ^' you, and defire to know what is become of 
 
 ^* the Belt of Wampum which they delivered you, 
 ^5 when up amongft them on fome Occadon \ they 
 «« are defirous of having it returned ^, 
 
 *' I have hitherto been able, with great Pains and 
 c" Management, to keep the Five lower Nations 
 ♦' quiet and friendly, which alone has been the 
 *' Means of keeping this Part of the Country fafe, 
 >^' and the Communication to the Lakes by the way of 
 *' Ofwego open and uninterrupted. But how long 
 ^' 1 fliall be able to continue them in their prefent 
 f< fri::ndly Difpofition i^ uncertain. As the Enemy 
 f' Indiam are numerous and fuccefsful, I greatly fear, 
 ^* unlefs fomething is done foon by the General, 
 ?' that they will force our Friends into their Schemes, 
 f' which would inevitably be attended with fatal 
 6' Confequences, let fome People think as little as 
 f they pleafe of them, 
 
 *' Every Indian in the new Onoida Cadle, named 
 ?' Kanawarohare^ where GazvcbeYwts, are our Friends, 
 ^< and determined to live and die with the Englijh \ 
 ^^ the Oghguagc-cs^ Mohazvks^ Scobarees, and Canada 
 
 '* Indians 
 
 f The defire this becaufe they look on themlel'ves negle^ted^ 
 in not having an Anrwer from the Engiijl\ 
 
A7t Account of the Mijjtonariesy &c. 29 
 
 *« Indians the fame •, owing in a great Meafure to 
 *' the little Knowledge they have acquired of our 
 " Religion, which I heartily wifh was more known 
 *' to them and the reft. 
 
 '* I am much hurried, fo have only time to afliue 
 *' you that I am. Sir, 
 
 Tmr fi7tcere Wdlwijher^ 
 and humble Servant,, 
 W^^ JoHNsorr. 
 
 An Account of the Mijfionaries and Schoolmafers 
 emphyed among the remote Nations of Indians. 
 
 R Samu€l Kirtland^ Son of a Minifter in Norwich 
 m Connecticut^ Ne-wRyigland^ was initiated in 
 this School, and finifhed his Education at Najjau Hall 
 ifi New 7^r/4y College. While he was in tlie School 
 he learned the Mohawk Language ; but as he had a 
 Defire of being ufeful more remote, he fet oiF for 
 the Country of the Senecas^ m order to learn their 
 Language, November 20^ 1764, and was obliged to 
 tarry at Sir Wiiliam jGhnfon's for a Convoy, till Ja- 
 nuary 17 following, and then fet out with two Seneca 
 Indians for his Convoy. The Snow was then four 
 Feet deep, and very dry. He travelled on Snow- 
 Shoes, with his Pack of Provifions on his Back, up- 
 wards of two hundred Miles into the Wilderne;<, 
 where was no Path or Houfes to lodge in ; and la 
 feventeen Days he reached that favage Tribe, which 
 but a few Months before had been imbruing their 
 Hrmds in our Blood ; and there he hath been cvsr 
 fince, except two or three Journies on Foot tv/o hun 
 dred Miles, to procure a little Bread to fave Life , 
 swd he purpofes .not to return till next Fall :, when, 
 
 from 
 
30 An Account of the Miffionaries, Sec. 
 
 from the Succefs he has among them, he hopes to 
 prevail fo far as to bring down with him fome of 
 their Children for the School, and two or three of 
 their Sachems, or Head Men, to fee it ; and thereby 
 convince them of the Sincerity of the Defign for the 
 Good of the poor Indians^ and by this means remove 
 their rooted Prejudices. 
 
 Ifaac Dakayenenfere^ Gwedeltes /Igwerondongwas. 
 Thefe two are pious Indians^ converted under the 
 Reverend Mr Hawley : They can read Mohawk^ and 
 teach their more ignorant Brethren theThingsof God, 
 according to their Ability ; having no other Book but 
 the Pfalms, and a few other Paffages of Scripture, ancj 
 fome Prayers in their own Language. Peier is the 
 chief Teacher, though youngefl of the two. This is he 
 whom the Indians at Onoboquage fent laft March to allc 
 for a Minifter ; and who came Three hundred Miles 
 through a deep Snow, and reached Mr fVheeiock's 
 that very Day, and at the very Hour that fevcral 
 Miniflers met to examine two young Men ,for the 
 Miniftry ; one of which was defigned for them. And 
 fo remarkable was the Providence of God, that an 
 Interpreter came in at the fame Inftant, who had 
 lived with thefe Indians for Ten Years, by whofe Af- 
 fiftance we were able to underftand them, and they us. 
 Thus all thefe three Parties met together in lefs than 
 half an Hour, from Places Three hundred Miles dif- 
 tant, and without any previous Appointment, or the 
 leaft Knowledge of each other's Defign. 
 
 This Ifcac is he who wrote the laft Letter in this 
 Colledlion, page 47. 
 
 The young Men who were examined, and approved 
 3S qualified for MifHonaries among the Indians were 
 
 Mr Titus Smithy and 
 
 Mr Theophilus Chamberlain. 
 
 Thefe 
 
An Account of the Mijiomries^ &g. 31 
 
 Theie young Men were educated in I'ale College 
 in ConncEiicut \ and in the Judgment of Chanty are 
 truly pious. They continued Ibme Months with the 
 Rev. Mr IVheelock, to prepare for their MifHon.' — 
 Mr Chamberlain laft War was taken Captive by the 
 Indians^ and contradled fuch a Love to, and Pity for 
 them in their miferable State, as excited him to fpend 
 his little ail, and ran in debt, in order to fit himfelf 
 to preach the Gofpel among them. 
 
 There are Eight School matters, all Indians, viz. 
 
 David Fowler, a Montauk Indian, He is ferious, 
 adlive, a good Scholar, and well acquainted with 
 Farming. He is like to bring the Onotdas to culti- 
 vate their Lands. He teaches a large School among 
 them. 
 
 A 
 
 Jofeph WoUey, and Hezekiah Calvin, are both De- 
 lavars. Jofeph appears eminently pious, and teaches 
 a School 2iiOnohoquage, which is increafing. He ap- 
 pears earneilly defirous to bring his poor lavage Bre- 
 thren to the Knowledge of C h r i s t. Ilezekiab is a 
 fober, well-behaved Youth, and teaches a School a- 
 mong the Mohawks, They are all good Scholars in 
 Engltjhy Latin and Greek, and write a very good 
 Hand. 
 
 Abraham primus, Abraham fecundus, Peter, Mofes, 
 and Johannes. Thefe ^v^ are all Mohawks, and were 
 well accomplifhed for School matters : But becaufe 
 they were rather too young to have the full Manage- 
 ment of Schools, they were appointed to be under 
 the more fpecial Diredlion of the Mittionaries, who by 
 the earneft Defire of the poor Heathen, foon found 
 it necelTary to place them all in Schools. In this 
 Station they have behaved well. Thefe Youths had 
 under them One hundred twenty feven Indian Chil- 
 dren 
 
32 An Account of the Mijjiomrm^ &c. 
 
 dren lall September^ who have made fuch furprifing 
 Proficiency that they will need Bibles immediately. 
 
 Jofeph Brant, a Mohawk Indian, and df a Family 
 of Diftindion in that Nation, was alfo educated by 
 Mr IVbeelack, and was fo well accomplifhed, that the 
 Rev. Charles Jeffry Smith (a young Gentleman, who, 
 out of Love to Christ and the Souls of Men, de- 
 votes his Life, and fuch a Fortune as is fufficient to 
 fupport himfeif and an Interpreter, wholly to this 
 glorious Service;) took him for his Interpreter, when 
 he went on his iVIilTion to the Mohali'ks, near Three 
 Years ago. But the War breaking out at that Time 
 between the back Indians and the Engli/Jj^ Mr Smith 
 was obliged to return ; but Jofeph tarried, and went 
 out with a Company againft the Indians^ and was ufe- 
 ful in the War *, in which he behaved fo much like 
 the"Chriftian and the Soldier, that he gained great 
 Efteem. He now lives in a decent manner, and en- 
 deavours to teach his poor Brethren the Things of 
 God, in which his own Heart feems much engaged. 
 His Houfe is an Afylum for the Miffionaries in that 
 Wildernefs. 
 
 Jacob Fowler, a Mvntauk Indian^ who is well ac- 
 compliHied for a Schoolmader, and was to have been 
 fent out laft Spring ; but was detained with a View 
 of accompanying one M" Clurs, an Engbjh Youth 
 educated in the fame School, to fome remote Nation 
 this Year, if Providence fliall open the Way, in order 
 to learn their Language, contradl an Acquaintance, 
 and bring down two or three of the Children with 
 them to the School, and fo fit them for a Miffion 
 amonor them. 
 
 o 
 
 ^ — Avery, an Erglifh Youth in the School, is 
 to go with 2LnQi\itt Indianio another Nation, for the 
 fame Ends, 
 
 Thus 
 
Extra^s of luET t -EK^^ 35 
 
 Thus Interpreters will be needlefs, great Expence 
 thereby faved, the Prejudices of the Indians remov- 
 ed, and they prevailed on, not only to hear and re» 
 ceive theGofpd, but to cultivate the civil Arts among 
 them ; which they will fee exemplified in thofe who 
 go among them. And we cannot but hope thefe 
 Youth will fill their Places with as much Faithful neft 
 as thofe already fent out* who, it rftuft be owned, 
 have done well on their Miffion. 
 
 With what a difinterefted Spirit they are endowed, 
 what Hardfhips they have undergone, and what a 
 wide Profped of future UfefulnefS is now opening, 
 will appear from the following Extracts from Letters 
 fent within thefe two Years laft palt to the Rev. Mr 
 Eleazar WheelocL 
 
 EXTRACTS of LETTERS. 
 
 Mr Kirthnd writes thus. 
 
 JohnfonBall^ Dec, 27. 17640 
 
 npHE SenecaSy among whom I am going, are Hea- 
 then indeed ; and fome rather worfe, being Pro- 
 felyted by the French Jefuits. There is a fmall Town 
 which is very firm in the Englijb Intereft, where lam 
 to refide : But the largefl, which contains Three hun- 
 dred Wigwams, or Huts, is a good deal wavering. 
 Sir JVillam Jobnfon thinks very favourable of my go- 
 ing. It may be the means of fecuring them, before 
 the French renew and ftrengthen their Interefts among 
 them. The Indians think a Minifter has nothing to 
 do or fay, but fucb Things as relate to the Welfare 
 
 C anol 
 
34 ExtraBs o/'Letters. 
 
 and Salvation of Souls. The Minifterial Office with 
 
 them is rather more facred than with the Englijh 
 
 As they have little Knowledge of the Gofpel, what 
 the Minifter declares, they fuppofe to be the Mind of 
 God. The French Jefuits could do more with the 
 Indians in the laft War, than the Governors and all 
 Canada befides. Buc if the Minifter's Life does not 
 correfpond with his Dodlrines, they think "he is a De- 
 ceiver and a Spy. I have got a little of their Good- 
 will and Efleem. Some are quite free with me, be- 
 gin to think I am a true Friend and an honell Fel- 
 low. When this good Beginning is perfedled, half 
 the Battle is gained ; I can then be free with them, 
 and get all their Hearts. They have reported among 
 t\\t Kauknawagas in Canada^Onoidas, znd fome others, 
 that lam come up a Miflionary for the Senecas j 
 which appears to the Six Nations a great Thing. 
 
 January i. 1765. 
 T Hope you have received the Letter I wrote you 
 by Captain Putnam and Mr Jones ; when I in- 
 formed you that I expected an Opportunity, in a 
 fliort Time, of fome Indians to accompany me to the 
 Senecas. There were fome who were going near their 
 CaftJe, but his Honour did not choofe I fhould go, 
 until he had fpoken with thole Indians among whom 
 I am to live, and know what Acceptance 1 fhould 
 meet with. He expeds them down in about five 
 Weeks. He thinks favourably of my going ; that 
 fuch a Thing may be the means of fecuring them, 
 before the French have Opportunity to renew and 
 Itrengthen theirlntereft. Through his Goodnefs and 
 Condefcenfion I have got that Knowledge and Under- 
 flanding of Indians '^\{\z\i long Experience muft other- 
 wife have acquired. I defire to have thofe grateful 
 Sentiments which fuch paternal Care, and other un- 
 common KindnefTes demand. I have been learning 
 
 the 
 
ExfraBs 5/^ L e t t e r s. 35 
 
 the M'hawk and 5f;zf^^ Languages ever fince my Re- 
 turn from Onoboquage, 
 
 yamiary 22. 1765. 
 
 "Y^ESTERDAY returned from Kanajoohare^ 
 where I have been for foine Time. Delivered to 
 them feveral Difcourfes. Kept a Singing-School every 
 Night in the Week, except 6\^/«rr:/^;'-night. Lad Sab- 
 bath-Evening, by my Defire, the three Head Men of 
 the Place n>et 2Xjofepb's Houfe. After difcourfing with 
 them upon feveraiPoints inDivinity, which I thought 
 not prudent to fpeak in Public, 1 acquainted them 
 with your Defign ; upon which they gave me the 
 following Anfwer. " We are glad to hear fuch 
 " Things. We have a great while defired a Minif» 
 ** ter. We are fenfible, if we do not get a Minifter, 
 " and keep clofe to Religion, we fhall be a forfaken 
 '' People: God will caft us away. If we could get 
 *' a Minifter, we would be religious and live fober- 
 " ly, Chriftian-like ; that our Children might follow 
 " our Tracks, and thereby bring a Bleffing upon 
 " them. We have fometimes been almoft difcou- 
 *' raged, becaufe fome fay we have not a fufficienc 
 ** Number for a Minifter-, but you fay this Minifter 
 <' {m^zx\mgyiv IVheelock) fays, we are not to beneg- 
 '' leded or caft away becaufe we are few : Souls are 
 *' very precious, and more worth than afl this Earth: 
 «« You fay, he hath had Thoughts of us for fome 
 *« Time, and remembers us in his Prayers ; and if we 
 ** apply to him now directly, he would fend usaMi- 
 <* nifter in the Spring, 2l goody true^ faithful Minifter^ 
 " who wouldiettle down and tarry with us, and who 
 " would likewife afiift us in building us a Church, 
 " We are glad to hear this: As foon as our old Wo- 
 *' men and Men return from Hunting we will call a 
 " Meeting and fend a Petition. Pleafe to write what 
 ** we intend to do: firft acquaint General y^'-^^^T^'^? i^ 
 C 2 ^ " we 
 
36 Extracts c/'Letters. 
 
 *' we had a good Minifter a great many would come 
 '* and Jive with us, fome from the lowerCaftle, fome 
 " from Onoida^ fome from Canada \ we fhould be 
 ** prefently numerous if we have a good true Minif- 
 " ter : we want one who is faithful, and will (land 
 " by us." 
 
 I Ihall fpare no Labour nor Coft, efpecially the for- 
 mer, where, I think, God calls for them. If your 
 School does not fucceed, I Ihall defpair of any other 
 Attempt to evangelize the Heathen. 
 
 As foon as I (hall get the Seneca's Language per- 
 fedlly, 1 can make way for fcven or eight Miflionaries 
 among the more remote Nations, not belonging to 
 the Confederacy •, among which is Pondiack^s Tribe, 
 which is vafily large, imagined capable to raife 20 or 
 25,000 fighting Men. 
 
 A fhort Speech, with a String of Wampum, is to 
 be made to every Tribe through which I pafs, ac- 
 quainting them with my Defign, the Defign of the 
 Minifter that lent me, ^c, l£c, A longer and more 
 full Speech to the Sachem oi\\\tSenecas\ befidesa 
 String of Wampum and a fmall Prefent, which I am 
 to deliver with my own Hands to the aforefaid Per- 
 fon, for my Benefit, Protection, i£c, upon the hearing 
 of which the two Indians that accompany meexprefs- 
 ed great Joy and Thankfulnefs. Then a ftridl Charge 
 was given to fecure me from all Harm while paffing 
 through the Nations, and deliver me fafetothe above 
 mentioned Sachem. They promifed the utmoft of 
 their Ability ; upon which 1 arofe, taking them by 
 the Hand, and thanked them for their Good-will, ^c. 
 after fpeaking a few Words, they arofe and did the 
 fame, adding, " that it was the great Spirit above that 
 " had thus difpofed my Heart." One of my Com- 
 panions will live at the fame Place to which I am 
 bound : the other belongs to a Town oi Senecas upon 
 the Obio^ near YoxiPitt\ who fays, he fhall publifh this 
 
 good 
 
ExtraBs of Lett EVis. 37 
 
 good News wherever he goes, not doubting it will be 
 very acceptable to a great many. 
 
 It is faid to be a very great and dangerous Under- 
 taking to venture into thofe Parts, though the moft 
 promifing, fhould my Life be fpared, and Succefs 
 granted, of any whatfoever. 
 
 I apprehend you will be able to form fome Judg- 
 ment of Affairs from Hints I have given. His Ex- 
 cellency advifes me, by all means, to carry a few 
 Neceffaries to give them, toopen the Way for a kind 
 Reception and good Treatment •, and in the Spring 
 renew the fame. The giving them fuch Things as 
 they (land in need of, at their own Homes, will be 
 efteemed ten times as great as the fame Value given 
 here. His Excellency, for this Purpofe, has given 
 me to the Value of Twenty or Twenty five Shillings, 
 in fuch Things as will be agreeable to them. His 
 Stores are jufl exhaufted, or he would give me more. 
 I hope you will not think me imprudent, if I pur- 
 chafe a few Things for this Purpofe. I fhall neither 
 aik nor defire any thing for this Year's Service ; only 
 beg fuch Things to give the poor naked Wretches, 
 as will be neceflary to open the Way for the Caufe 
 of God; which I pray God I may make my only 
 Attention and Employment. The Fr^^ri? Jefu its ne- 
 ver fpared in this Practice. This fecms, under God, 
 to be a hopeful Profpedl. Pray for God's infinite 
 Condefcenfion to improve a Creature, fo vile and un- 
 fit for his Service. Perhaps I may be killed in my 
 firft Attempt. I know not what God defigns for 
 me, whether Life or Death ; but this I know, if his 
 holy Willis my conftantCare, my Meat and Drink, 
 I fhall live in Peace, and at Death reap eternal Life. 
 I hope you will pray for me, that God may give me 
 Wifdom, Prudence and Skill ; and above all, keep 
 me very humble : and alfo that I may be fupported 
 in my Journey. It is well I have been accuftomed 
 Cs to 
 
T 
 
 38 ExtraBs ^/'Letters. 
 
 to feme Hardfhips, or this Journey would be too hard 
 for me : The Weather is excefllve cold ; the Snow 
 above four Feet deep. I add no more -, in hafte. 
 
 Tour ever obedient and mqfi humble Servant^ 
 
 Samuel Kirtland. 
 
 Abfl:ra6ls of two Letters from David Fowler^ an 
 Indian of xSx^Montauk Tribe, now Schoolmafter 
 at Onciday to the Reverend Mr Wheelock. 
 
 Kanavarohare in Onoida^ June 15. 1765. 
 
 Honoured and Rev. Sir, 
 HIS is the twelfth Day fince I began to keep 
 thisSehool, and 1 have put eight of my Scholars 
 into the third Page of their Spelling-book ; fome have 
 got almoft down to the bottom of faid Page. I ne- 
 ver faw Children exceed thefe in Learning. The 
 Number of my Scholars are Twenty fix> when they 
 are all prefent-, but it is difficult to keep them toge- 
 ther : They are often roving about from Place to Place 
 to get fomething to live upon j Provifion is very fcarce 
 with them. 
 
 I am alfo teaching a Singing-School. They take 
 great Pleafure in learning to Sing. We can already 
 €arry three Parts of feveral Tunes. 
 
 My Friends are always looking for the Miniflers. 
 There is fcarce a Day palTes over, but fomebody will 
 aik me, *' When will the Minifter come ?" All I 
 can tell them is, that I exped they will come the 
 middle of this Month. 1 have been treated very 
 kindly fince I came to this Place. I iliould want for 
 nothing, if they had wherevvith to beftow. 
 
 1 find it very hard to live here without the other 
 Rih\ for I am obliged to eat with Dogs ; I fay, with 
 Dogs -, becaufe they are continually licking Water 
 
 our 
 
ExtraBs ^Letters. 39 
 
 out of their Pails and Kettles : yea, I have often feen 
 Dogs eating their Viduals, when they fet down their 
 Diffies : They will only make a little Noife to fhew 
 their Difpleafure, and take up the Difh, and finilh off 
 what the Dog left. My Cooks are as nafty as Hogs ; 
 their Clothes are black and greafy as my Shoes ; theiif 
 Hands are as dirty as my Feet ^ but they cleanfe them 
 by kneading Bread. Their Hands will be very clean 
 after kneading three or four Loaves of Bread. I am 
 obliged to eat whatfoever they give me, for fear they 
 will be difpleafed with me. After this Month I fliall 
 try to clean fome of them 5 for 1 muft move along by 
 Degrees. If they once get out with me, it is all over 
 with me. I fhall have a Houfe built me next Week ; 
 then I (hall have my Vidluals cleaner. 
 
 I now and then drink a little Tea, which I brought 
 with me, and eat fome dry Bread which I bought, 
 and fome little Filh, which I catch out of a fmall 
 River, and their Pottage, which is made of pounded 
 Corn. 
 
 1 afl< the Continuance of your Prayers, that God 
 would give me Grace, and fill my Heart with the 
 Love of God, and Compafiion to perilhing Souls v 
 and that God v/ould make me an Inftrument of win- 
 nmg many Souls to Christ before I leave this World, 
 rieafe to accept much Love and Refpedl from 
 
 I'our affe5l'ionate^ though unworthy Pupil^ 
 
 David Fowler. 
 
 Ft'om the fame. 
 
 Onoiday June 24, 1765, 
 T Now write you a few Lines, juft to inform you 
 that 1 am well at prefent, and have been fo ever 
 fince 1 left your Houfe-, bkiTed be God for his Good- 
 nefs to me. I am well contented to live here, as long 
 as I am in fuch great Bufmefs. My Scholars learn 
 
 C 4 very 
 
40 ExtraBi o/* L e t t e r s. 
 
 very well; 1 have put Eleven of them into a, h^ ah. 
 I have Three more that will advance to that Place this 
 "Week, and fome have got to the fixth Page. It is a 
 thoufand Pities they cannot keep together : they are 
 often going about to get their Provifion. One of the 
 Chiefs, in whofe Houle I live, told me, he believed 
 fome of the Indians v.ouid ftarve to Death this Sum- 
 mer. Some of them have almoft confumed all their 
 Corn already. 
 
 I came too late this Spring : I could not put any 
 thing into the Ground : 1 hope 1 fnail next Year. I 
 believe I fhall perfuade all the Men in this Caftle, at 
 leafl the moil of them, to labour next Year. They 
 begin to fee now, that they would live better if they 
 cultivated their Lands, than they do now by Hunt- 
 ing and Fiiliing. 
 
 1 have been miferably on't for an Interpreter. I 
 can fay very little to them. I hope by next Spring I 
 ihall be my own Interpreter. 
 
 It is very hard to live here without the other Bene, 
 I muft be obliged to wa(h and mend my Clotlics, and 
 cook all my Viduals, and wafh all the Things I ufe ; 
 which is exceeding hard. I fha'n't be able to employ 
 my vacant Hours in improving their Land, as I fhould 
 if I had a Cook here. I am 
 
 Tour affectionate, though unworthy Pupily 
 
 David Fowler, 
 
 Abftraft of a Letter from Jofeph Wooley, an 
 Indian of the Delaware Nation, Schooimafter 
 in the Mokawk Country, to the Reverend 
 Mr iVheekcL 
 
 Jdh-rifon Halh July 1765. 
 Reverend and Honoured Sir, 
 np HK Language of my Heart is, to contribute the 
 ^ lilt )e Mkc \ have to the living God, and be in 
 
 his 
 
ExtraBi of Lett eks. 41 
 
 his Service. My Soul fcems to be more and more 
 upon the perifhing Pagans in thefe Woods : I long 
 for the Converfion of their Souls, and that they may 
 come to the Knowledge of our Lord Jesus, and be 
 faved. 
 
 But O, what Reafon have I to be afliamed before 
 God, and confefs my corrupt Nature, and Luke- 
 warm nefs in the Things of Religion, that I live no 
 nearer to him. It is worth while to go Mourning all 
 
 my Day O, it is impofTible to exprefs the Things 
 
 I mean. My Heart feels forry for the poor Indians^ 
 that they know no more about our crucified Saviour; 
 and I wifh I was made able to teach and inftrudt 
 them ; — and I ihali do whatever lies in my Power to 
 tell them of Christ as long as I tarry : I feel afhamed 
 that I have done no more towards it. 
 
 I hope you enjoy your Health, which I wifh may 
 long continue. I have no more to add, but that I 
 beg Leave to fubicribe myfelf, and be cfteemed. 
 
 Tour dutiful and mqft humble Servant^ 
 
 Joseph Woolev. 
 
 Abftrafts of Letters from the Rev. MvTheophilus 
 Chamberlain^ Miflionary among the Six Na- 
 tions of Indians in North America^ to the Rev. 
 
 Mr Eleazar Wheelock. 
 
 Upper Mohawk Caftle^ July 14. 17%. 
 Rev. and much refpedled S i r, 
 
 C\^ laft Tburfday the Indians met between 
 
 Eleven and Twelve, to hear what I had to 
 fay to them. The Meeting was opened with the 
 Sound of a Horn. I delivered a fliort Speech to 
 them, in which I told them, That Mr IVheelock ear- 
 ned ly defjres to have the Indians taught to Read and 
 
 Write, 
 
42 Extradis 5/^ L e t t e r s. 
 
 Write, hut above all ro underfland the Chriflian Re- 
 ligion. I told them fomething of the Pains he had 
 taken to acconnplifh that End, and that I believed his 
 whole Defign is to make them a happy People. 1 
 farther told them, that he, this Spring, has fent out 
 two Minifters amongft the Six Nations, vvith eight 
 Indian Lads to afllft in teaching the Indians ^ and to 
 keep Schools. In the Conclufion of my Speech, I de- 
 fired them now to tell me whether they defined Preach- 
 ing, and choofeto have their Children taught to Read 
 and Write ; — and if they do, how many School- 
 tnafters will be neceffany at their Caflle, and to tell 
 me where they would have their School kept, that I 
 may know how to difpofe of the Boys, for I now have 
 the Care of them. 
 
 I then retired, leaving them to confult am.ong them- 
 felves. After about half an Hour they fent for me to 
 come in *, as foon as I entered the Room, an elderly 
 Man rofe up, and made a confiderable Speech to me, 
 in which he faid, '* A confiderable Part of our Indians 
 ♦* livedov^n the River about two Miles, and are many 
 «' of them not pre fent, hut I believe they wil] fully 
 *' agree with us. As for myfelf and my Brethren here 
 *< prefent, we would be glad if you would tarry here, 
 <^ and preach all the Time. We want a Minifter al- 
 *' ways here. We want to have our Children learn 
 ^* to Read and Write. We think two Schoolmailers 
 '' will not be too much,— one at thefe Houfes, and 
 *' another at tlie Houfes below. There are about 
 " Thirty-five Children here and at the other Place, 
 f* big enough to go to School. We will make our 
 •^^ Children go to School every Day." 
 
 I then told tl]cm ] vv'as heartily glad to find them f(& 
 much inclined to be inftrucfted in theChriilian Reli- 
 gion, and to have their Children taught to Read 
 
 i farther told them, that they might be \\^xtM^lFhee- 
 leck would rejoice to hear fuch Things of them j and 
 
 to 
 
ExtraBs gf L e t t e r s. 
 
 te him I would give an Account of all that happened. 
 After this, finding them difpofed, I prayed with them: 
 to which they attended; and fung a Pfalm afterwards, 
 with leeming Devotion. They then all came round, 
 Ihook Hands with me, and returned me Thanks for 
 the Good- will which I lliewed them, and then de- 
 parted, u 
 
 Kamjohare^ July 17. 1765. 
 
 XT'Eilerday we came here about Eleven. In the 
 Afternoon I vifited the Schools, as I have done 
 again this Afternoon, and intend to do fo every Day 
 while I am here. And to fpeak the Truth, it is the 
 mod fuisfying Diverfion my eternal Mailer ever al- 
 lowed me ; to take my Horfe about Two, (diredlly 
 after Dinner) ride about two Miles in a good Waggon 
 Road, go to a good Houfe pleafantly fituate on the 
 Top of an Hill, furrounded on all Sides with a fine 
 defcending Green Turft with Englijh Grafs ; to enter; 
 find our little Abraham fitting ; have him rife and fa- 
 lute me ; Eleven or Twelve Boys and Girls (for fo 
 many he conftandy has ) all rife, bow and curtefy 
 handfomely -, to enquireof y^^r^/^^^i the Manners and 
 Cuftoms of his School ; the Proficiency his Children 
 make in Learning, Csfr. ^c, ^c. (This is real Plea- 
 fure ! ) Then to give fome Inflru6lions ; to leav^ 
 them •, take my Horfe ; ride, through a fmall Grov^ 
 over a gliding Stream, on to a fecond Hill; find the 
 other Abraham bufily engaged in his School, confifl- 
 ing of fixteen or feventeen, chiefly Boys ; have over 
 all the 'forementicned Ceremonies •, then return to my 
 Lodgings. This is my Afternoon's Diverfion. And 
 I can't exprefs the Satisfadlipn I take in feeing near 
 thirty 7/?^f^« Children, but fix Days ago unacquainted 
 with a Letter vcxcept two or three/now engaged in 
 learning their Letters, and feveral of them beginning 
 to pronounce Syllables. 
 
 I have 
 
44 ExtraBs ofLiETTERS, 
 
 I have like wife the Pleafure to inform you, that 
 Abraham primus is as lively, a6live, and indullrious a 
 Schoolmafter as I ever faw. The School began lad 
 Friday, The Children at both (if I have not mif- 
 countcd) are, at prefent, Twenty-eight, all I judge 
 between Sixteen and Six Years old ; and if I can find 
 out that they have Children enough among the Indians 
 here, I fhall infift on their fending them to make up 
 the five and thirty they mentioned, as a Condition of 
 my fetting up Two Schools. The Onoidas^ I under- 
 ftand, are at the German Flats. 1 fhall vifit them next 
 Week, if I am well enough. I am now at Jofeph 
 Brant's Houfe very poorly with a Dyfentery, which 
 hath followed me near a Week. Riding in the Rain 
 fevera"! Times, wading through Brooks to get along, 
 and lodging on the cold Ground the other Night, 
 have made me almoft down Sick : but my Bufinefs 
 keeps me alive. Jofeph Brant is exceeding kind. I 
 feel contented in the Bufinefs, and with the Method 
 of living I am in. I want for nothing but Wifdom, 
 Prudence, and a good Heart, I remain. 
 
 Reverend Sir, 
 
 In all Refpe^ and Obedience^ yours to ferve^ 
 
 Theophilu3 Chamberlain. 
 
 The Rev. Mr Titus Smith, another Miflionary 
 to the Six Nations, writes thus : 
 
 Lake Utfage, at the Head of Sufquehanna 
 River, Auguft 3. 1765. 
 
 T Am every Day diverted with a View of Mofes and 
 his School ; as I can fit in my Study and fee him 
 and all his Scholars at any time, the Schoolhoufe be- 
 ing nothing but an open Barrack. And I am much 
 
 pleafed 
 
ExtraBs ^f L e t T e R s. 45 
 
 pleafed to fee eight, ten, or twelve, and fometimes 
 more Scholars fitting round their Bark Table, fome 
 Reading, fome Writing, and others Studying ; and 
 all engaged, to Appearance, with as much Scrioufnefs 
 and Attention as you will fee in almofl any worfhip- 
 ping AiTembly -, and Mofes at the Head of them, 
 with the Gravity of a Divine of fifty or threefcore. 
 How agreeable fuch a Sight would be to you, is not 
 hard to guefs ! I exped: this School will be much 
 larger when it comes to Onohoquage^ as there are but 
 few here, and many of thefe, upon the Account of 
 the prefent Scarcity, are obliged to employ their 
 Children. The School at Onohoquage will doubtlefs 
 be large enough for Jofepb and Mofes both. 
 
 The Reverend Mr Wheehck writes thus : 
 
 Let anon in Conne£ficut^ Od. 11. 1765. 
 
 T^ H E Reverend Mr Cha>mherlain returned from his 
 MifTion among the Six Nations lad Friday^ 
 (accompanied by two Onoida Boys for this School) 
 to procure another MilTionary for one of the Places 
 where he has been preaching among the Mohawks 
 and Onoidas ; and to get Recruits and Supplies of 
 Neceflaries for himfelf, and thofe Schoolmalters who 
 defign to winter with the Indians, 
 
 He informs me, that the Indian Schoolmafters have 
 in general conduded very well : are received chear- 
 fuHy, and treated kindly •, and that there are now in 
 their feveral Schools One hundred and Twenty-feven 
 Children ; and that he had provided another School 
 of upwards of Twenty Children more for Peters but 
 he being taken Sick could not enter into it; which is 
 ready for him or another next Spring, 
 
 Mr 
 
46 ExtraBs ^Letters. 
 
 Mr Chamberlain alfo informs me, that he has lately 
 made a Tour among the Onondagas (accompanied by 
 Delegates from t\\t Mohawks and Oneidas) and preach- 
 ed to them, where never any Miffionary had been be- 
 fore. That the Reprefentative of that whole Nation 
 told him, after a Confultation of Two Days among 
 themfelves, that they were all agreed to receive Chrif- 
 tianity, and would have him be eafy in his Mind, 
 and know, that from that Day they fhould be glad 
 to be inftruftcd ; and defired him to tarry and preach 
 to them. And when he came away, he told them 
 he would do his Endeavour that a Minifter Ihould 
 be fent to them next Spring. 
 
 The following is a Letter from the Indians of 
 Onohoquage^ who were, on Account of Scar- 
 city, removed for a while to another Place. 
 
 Brethren, Lake Utf age, ]u\y ^u 1765. 
 
 "VXT'E were informed by our MefTenger that we 
 fent to you laft Spring, {Gwedelbes, or Peter 
 jigwtrondongwas) that you would not only afilft us 
 by fending us Minifters to teach us Chriflianity, but 
 alfo that you would afTift us in fetting upHufbandry, 
 by fending a Number of white People to live with us ; 
 who, when come, fhould build us Mills, teach us 
 Hufbandry, and furnifh us with Tools for Hulbaa- 
 dry, i£c. 
 
 We greatly rejoiced at hearing of it, and expedled 
 them this Spring, but are difappointed •, at which we 
 are very forry : But we hope that we may yet receive 
 them, and fhould much rejoice in it, ihould you fend 
 them to us. 
 
 We would have you underftand. Brethren, that 
 we have no Thoughts of felling our Land to any that 
 
 come 
 
Extm^s g/' L E T T E R S. 4^. 
 
 come to live among us. For if we lliould fell a little 
 Land to any, by and by they would want to buy a 
 little more, and fo our Land would go by IncJbe^,, 
 till we fhould have none to live upon. — Yet as thofe 
 that come to inflrud: us muft live, we have noOb- 
 jedlions againfl their improving as much Land as they 
 pleafe ♦, yet the Land fliall remain ours. 
 
 We have, Brethren, never petitioned to you yet 
 for any to affifl us, but only thofe that come with 
 God's News ^ {i.e. the Gofpel;) yet, as you have 
 offered to afTift uslikewife in teaching usHufbandry; 
 we greatly rejoice in it, and think that they (hould 
 go together, the one as well as the other, and that 
 we want Inftrudlion in both. Brethren, we fend our 
 kindeil Love to you, and remain your Brethren, 
 
 Ifaac Dakayenenfere. 
 Adam Waoonwanoron. 
 
 - The Indians being returned home, Ifaac writes the 
 follov/ing Letter to the Reverend Mr IVheelock, 
 
 Brother, Onohoquags, Sept. 29. 1765. 
 
 T Am exceeding glad that you received our Letter, 
 and am glad to hear that you received it gladly. 
 We likewife received yours with Joy. 
 
 I have often wrote Letters to my Brethren, the 
 Englijhy to which I never received any Anfwer ; 
 Whether they were loft by the Way, or what the 
 Occafion was that I received no Anfwer, 1 know not: 
 But now I rejoice that I have received an Anfwer, 
 and hear that our Letter was received fafely. I am 
 likewife dad to hear, that vou have fent an Account 
 of our Defire to England. 
 
 Thus 
 
48 Exiralts gTLETTERS. 
 
 The great Men have now been together, and I 
 have told them the whole of the Letter that you fent 
 to us. 
 
 Brother, I fend my hearty Love to you, and to 
 file MinifterS) and to our other Brethren that affifl 
 them. 
 
 Give my Service to the King. 
 
 ^ I remain your Brother, 
 
 Ifaae Dakayenettferc. 
 
 
 APPENDIX 
 
 I 
 
APPENDIX 
 
 TO THE 
 
 Former Narrative 
 
 OF THE 
 
 INDIAN Charity - School 
 
 In Lebanon in ConmBicnty New England: 
 Founded and Carried on by 
 
 That Faithful Servant of G O D 
 
 The Rev. yitEleazar WheelocL 
 
 ??l^l?^ I N C E the FIrft Edition of the foregoing 
 w. Q !^' ^^^^^^^'^^•> Recommendations J Atteftations^ 
 ^j '^ and Extra^h of Leilers, it is judged pro- 
 
 Skl^S:^ per not only to publifh a Second Edition, 
 but alfo, by way of Appendix, to make 
 mention of fome other frefh important Teftimonials as 
 well as fome other further Accounts of the Progrefs 
 of this laudable Undertaking, which have lately 
 come to hand. The following favourable Vote of 
 The General JJfemhly of the Governor and Company of 
 the Colony of Conne6licut, holden at Hartford^ not 
 above twenty Miles from MvfVheelock's Indian School, 
 on the Eighth of M^y, A,D. 1766. both in refped 
 to its Date and Importance, demands the firft and 
 moft immediate Attention \ namely, " Upon the 
 
 D " Memorial 
 
50 A P P E N D I X ^^ 
 
 «' Memorial of the Rev. Mr Eleazar Wheelock of 
 «' Lebanon^ reprefenting to this Affembly, at their 
 *' Sedionsin May^ A.D. 1763. granted faid Memo- 
 " rialill the Benefit of a Brief throughout this Co- 
 " lony for the Support and Encouragement of the 
 Indian Charity-School under his Care." 
 
 (( 
 
 *' That before the faid Brief was generally read in 
 *' the feveral Congregations to which it was diredted, 
 *' it was thought prudent to fufpend the further 
 " Reading of the fame, on account of fome Hoftilities 
 " committed by the Indians^ until a more favourable 
 *' Opportunity. That the fame School is yet conti- 
 " nued, and the Numbers and Expences gready in- 
 " creafed, in fupporting a Number of Mifllonaries 
 " and Schoolmafters among the Indians^ ^c. And 
 " praying that faid Brief may be again revived and 
 " properly encouraged as per Memorial on File. 
 " This Affembly do thereupon grant and order a 
 *' Brief throughout this Colony, recommending k 
 *' to all Perfons charitably and liberally to contribute 
 " to fuch a pious and important Defign ; and that the 
 •' Monies fo colleded be by the Perfons therewith 
 *' intruded in the feveral Congregations, delivered as 
 " foon as may be to the faid Mr l^Vheelock^ taking his 
 " Receipt therefor, to be by him applied for the Ufe 
 *' and Benefit of the fiid School, as prayed for. And it 
 *' is further refolved, that printed Copies of this Ad be 
 " feafonably delivered to the feveral Minifters of the 
 *' Gofpel in this Colony, who are hereby alfo directed 
 *' to read the fame in their feveral Congregations, and 
 *' thereon appoint a Time for making fuch Con- 
 *' tributions.'* 
 
 A true Copy of Record, Examined by 
 
 George Wyllys, 
 Secretary, 
 
the former NARRATIVE, 51 
 
 The Reverend Mr Eelh^ of Stonington in 
 New England^ writes thus : 
 
 Stonington, July 29, 1766. 
 
 AyTR Wbeeiock'% Plan has been publifhed, hisMea- 
 fures are open and manifeft \ and the Succefs of 
 them beyond Expe^Station. This School is in high 
 Reputation in all our Colonies, and among the /«^/^?//^ 
 ^o far as it is known ; and daily gains Credit : And 
 if a Support can be obtained, 1 doubt not will fend 
 forth more MifTionaries and Schoolmafters' into the 
 Wildernefs than all the Continent befides ; and undeC 
 the beft Advantages, as they will be able to fpeak to 
 the Indians in their own Tongue. 
 
 I 
 
 The Reverend Mr Wheelock writes thus : 
 
 Lebanon^ July 28, 1766. 
 
 Never was fo full of and crouded with Bufinefs for 
 fo long a Time together as I have been of late. 
 I have Hill and intirely as much the Care of my 
 School as ever ; and the Burden of every thing that 
 concerns the Miffionaries, and the Planning all their 
 Miflions, and procuring all Provifions of every kindj 
 lies upon me. But God helps me. I enjoy Peace 
 and Contentment, which is a continual Feaft. I am 
 much fatisfied with the Courfe Providence has taken 
 in the Difpofal of the Miffionaries and Schoolmafters 
 this Year ; and I hope, when I can hear that their 
 Schools are fettled, I fhall be able to inform you that 
 I have near Two Hundred of the poor wretched 
 Children at School under the Inftrudlion of my Boys 
 in the'Wildernefs. How wonderful is the Progrefs of 
 
 D 2 this 
 
52 APPENDIX f(? 
 
 this Defign already ! Five Years ago nobody thought 
 of a Probability of introducing a Schoolmafter into 
 thefe Parts, if any Attempt fhould be made, ex- 
 cepting at Onohoquage^ and there to take but Ten or 
 Twelve Children. And you well know that my 
 Propofal to obtain a Number of their Children to 
 be educated here, was thought and fpoken of as 
 wild and extravagant, and by fome hardly to be ac- 
 counted for but by a diftempered Brain : Yet amidft, 
 and againlt all Oppofition and Dilcouragements, 1 
 have evidently got the Friendlbip of the Body of the 
 Six Nations ; and, was I prepared to receive them, I 
 miaht have Hundreds of their Children to be in- 
 tirely under my Diredion and Care. Indeed this is 
 the Lo R d's Doing ; and to Him alone belongs the 
 Glory. 
 
 David Fowler^ fet out the Day before Yefterday with 
 Hannah Garret -f- to vifit her Parents at Narraganfet^ 
 where he propofes to marry her ; and from thence to 
 make a Vifit to his Parents on the liland ; and, as 
 foon as he can, return to his School at Onoida, I 
 have clothed them well, and furnifhed her in part 
 for Houfe-keeping, have alfo fupplied them with 
 two Horfes and Furniture, and muft likewife let him 
 have fome Hufbandry Tools, befides one or two 
 Cows and a Swine : and hereby I hope they will foon 
 be able to live with little Expence to the Public. I 
 wilh you could furnifh him, and Mr Kirtland too, 
 with Books; they have neither of them an Expofitor 
 on the Scriptures. Clark's Bible is a good thing ; it 
 would be more convenient for Tranfportation by 
 Land if it was in Two Volumes. 
 
 * An Indian Schoolmafter brought up in the School. 
 ■f An Indian young Wo^ian educated there alfo. 
 
 From 
 
the former N A R R A T I V E. 53 
 From the fame. 
 
 Lebanon^ July 8th, 1766. 
 
 X> LefTed be God, Accounts from your fide of the 
 Water are hitherto encouraging, and I hope in 
 God yet to fee the Profperity of thefe feeble Begin- 
 ings, and that by means of this infant Inftitution the 
 Redeemer's Name will be manifefted to Thoufands 
 of the moil ignorant, fordid, and miferable of the 
 human Race. My dear Mr Kirtland returned from his 
 nineteen Months Journey to the Seneca Country the 
 .24th of Ma)\ accompanied by Tehanande^ the Chief 
 Warrior of that Tribe, who hath been a fteady Friend 
 and Patron to him in all his Troubles and Dangers, 
 and feveral times refcued his Life when it was threat- 
 ened by and expofed to the mercllefs Rage of blood- 
 thirity Monfters, which that Tribe hath abounded 
 with. 
 
 After a March of feventeen Days through the Wil- 
 dernefs, about 250 Miles, as they went through the 
 Nations, the Snow four Feet deep, with no Provifions 
 but what they carried upon their Backs and catched 
 in the Woods, accompanied by two Indians of that 
 Tribe, he arrived February the third, at a Seneca 
 Town called Canafadaga, where he met with a kind 
 Reception, but foon found new and unexpedled Difn- 
 culties to encounter ; for, ten Days after his Arrival, 
 the Man of the Houfe or Hut where he lived, died 
 fuddenly. He laid down well, but was found dead 
 before the Morning. He was the Chief Man of the 
 Place. On this, a general Jealoufy prevailed (agree- 
 able to the Genius of the Nation, and efpecially of 
 that Tribe) either that Mr J"v'/r//^;?J had killed him by 
 Magic, or that he had brought Death and Deftrudlion 
 10 the Nation with him. After this, they gave him 
 nothing to eat for two Days, and held a Confultation 
 D 3 among 
 
54 APPENDIX ^^ 
 
 among themfelves whether it was not beft to kill him. 
 But at laft concluded immediately to feta Watch over 
 him, with orders to kill him if he fhould attempt to 
 runaway. ThisGuard continued a Fortnight. Soon 
 after a Famine enfued, and fpread through that Part 
 of the Country, occafioned by the early Froft that cut 
 off their Corn, and their Men being diverted from 
 their ufual Hunt by their War with the Engiijb, Two 
 Months Mr Kirtland lived without Bread, Flefh, or 
 Salt, excepting once, when he eat part of a Bear which 
 was killed by one of that Caftle. His general Food 
 was fmall Fifh, Roots, Acorns, and a Handful of 
 pounded Corn boiled in a large Quantity of Water. 
 But a particular Hiftory of his Trials would exceed 
 the Limits of a Letter. They faw his Refolution to 
 continue, and his Zeal to profecute the great Defign 
 of his coming among them. From thence many of 
 them began to conceive a good Opinion of him. This 
 was furthered by MefTages fent them in his Favour 
 by the Onoidas and Onondagas\ fo that at length 
 many were periuaded that a Higher Power had in- 
 clined and difpofed his Heart to this Vifit. Some 
 hereupon feemed earneft for him to get their Language, 
 that he might be in a Capacity of telling them the 
 great Things which he had in view, but of which 
 they had no Idea. But notwithftanding all this, his 
 Life was often threatned by a Number, and to the 
 very laft by one in particular, aWarrior, who fteadily 
 profeflfed that he would kill him let the Confequence 
 be what it would. 
 
 When he left them this Spring, a Number of them 
 feemed much affected with the Reprefentation he had 
 made of the Wretched nefs of their State, defired 
 his Continuance with them, and appeared really con- 
 cerned for his Safety among them. But it is difficult 
 
 to 
 
the former NARRATIVE. 55 
 
 to defcribe the low. and wretched Condition the poor 
 Creatures are in. 
 
 Mr Kirtland was feparated to the facred Work by 
 Fading and Prayer, and Laying on of Hands, oa 
 the 19th ultimo. The Reverend Mv Cbami?erlaWy 
 Mr Kenne^ and Samuel /IJhpo^ an Indian of the Mohe- 
 gan Tribe, were appointed to accompany him into 
 the Indian Country, and to preach the Gofpel to the 
 feveral Parties, where Doors appeared to be open foi* 
 that Purpofe. Three Englijh Youths, Members of 
 Yale College, as well as of this School, are to go with 
 them, to rpend the enfuing Seafon in learning the Lan- 
 guages of Kich Tribes as they are likely to ferve, when 
 they have finifLed their School-learning. 
 
 David Fowler and Hezekiah Calvin are to continue 
 in their old Schools. The Reverend Mr Pomeroy 
 was appointed to accompany them into the Indian 
 Country, and fpend fome Months in fettling their 
 Schools and direding their Affairs. Their Clothing, 
 Furniture, ^c, were almoft ready when David Fow- 
 ler returned from Ottoida^ the 27th ultimo. He 
 came accompanied by my Mofes^ a Mohawk^ and 
 William an Onoida, one of his Scholars ; and brought 
 the melancholy Account of the Death of Gawehe, 
 the Chief Warrior of that Tribe, a faft Friend to the 
 Englijh^ and zealous to have the Gofpel introduced 
 among them : When he was dying, he gave a folemn 
 Charge to get a Minifter fettled there : he charged alfo 
 his Wife not to mourn for him after their heathen 
 Cuilom, but to pray to God, and follow after Reli- 
 gion i to govern the Children well ; and as foon as 
 they Ihould be big enough, to fend them to this 
 School. 
 
 D 4 Yellerday 
 
56 A P P E N D I X f^ 
 
 Yefterday Tehanande^ the Black General of the ^e- 
 necasy who came down with Mr Kirtland^ and who will 
 fay as much to his Nation in favour of the Englifl?^ 
 and of this Defign, as he can, fet out for his own 
 Country, clad in his Regimentals, which were given 
 him by our General AfTembly. He v,^as mounted on 
 a fprightly Horfe which I procured for him, accom- 
 panied by the following Mifilonaries, deftined to their 
 refpedlive Services and Places, as followeth : Mr 
 Kirtland for Canawarohare in Onoida ; Mr Kenne for 
 Old Onoida^ about fix Miles diftant ; Mr M' Cluer 
 to abide with Mr Kirtland to learn the Language, 
 and afilft Jofepb Jobnfon in the School, until David 
 returns ; Jofeph Jobnfon to take the faid School under 
 Mr Ktriland's Dire6lion, until David comes ^ and then 
 to ferve as Ufher under David^ as the School will be 
 large enough for two. Mr Chamberlain to preach at 
 Canajobare and Fort Hunter^ at which Places, as my 
 Boys inform me, are 140 Families. Hezekiahto keep 
 his old School at Fort Hunter, Samuel Jobnfon^ the 
 Englijh Youth, with Jacob Foivler^ to keep the two 
 Schools which my two Abrahams kept lad Year. 
 Little Abraham is invited to take a School at IVillhefke^ 
 a new Settlement of Indians^ about eight or ten Miles 
 below Fort Stanwix. May God go with them, in- 
 fpire them with Wifdom and Zeal, pull down the 
 ftrongholds of Satan^ and make the Powers of Dark- 
 nefs tremble before them ! My hope is in God alone • 
 and for that Reafon my Mind is always calm. 
 
 It appears to me, God defjgns much Glory to his 
 own great Name by this infant Inftitution. I expedl 
 Friend AJhpo here foon, in his Way en his MifTion to 
 JeningOy where he propofes to winter if Profpedls are 
 encouraging. 
 
 How 
 
the former NARRATIVE. 57 
 
 How Ihall I furnifh dear Mr Kirtland and Bavid 
 with Libraries ? They are like to flarve far want of 
 Expofitors, Concordances, l^c. ^c. and Bavid will 
 want fome plain fpiritual Treatifes, &c. My dear Sir, 
 when you are near and warm at the Throne of Grace 
 remember yours, ^c. 
 
 From the fame. 
 
 Lehanon^ July 29, 1766. 
 
 T Wrote to you, viaBcjlon^ a few Days ago, and have 
 nothing now to write but to the fame Purpofe. 
 Mr Kirtland returned from his long Tour to the 
 Senecas^ May 24th, accompanied by Tehanande^ the 
 Chief Warrior of that Nation, and one whofe Influ- 
 ence among them is great. He appears to be a preg- 
 nantGenius, of an affable Temper, benevolent, (leady, 
 judicious, manly ; and hath always been a Friend to 
 the EngUJhy a Proteftor and fteady Friend to dear Mr 
 Kirtland, amidft Perils and Dangers too many and 
 great to relate and defcribe in this Letter. They 
 came to Hartford while the General Aflembly were 
 fitting : the Governors and Company fhewed him 
 great Refpe6l, and made a handfome Entertainment 
 for him. The Governor delivered him a Speech, 
 and received his Anfwer, Mr Kinlajid being Interpre- 
 ter, much to the Satisfaction and Admiration of the 
 whole AfTembly. After this they madehimapre- 
 , fent of Twenty Pounds. The Black General was 
 much affeded with their Kindnefs and Refped:, and 
 marvelled to find the Country fo well peopled. He 
 was lame with the Gout or Rheumatifm, or he would 
 have gone to Bofton, He feemed much affefed with 
 my Reprefentation of the wretched and miferable 
 Condition of his Nation, ^c, and gave into it, I be- 
 Jieve heartily, that we are the People that God loves, 
 
 and 
 
58 APPENDIX /^ 
 
 and that they have been cafloffby Him a long time. 
 Hefaici he would go and ttU his Relations what I had 
 iaid, and what he beHeved ; but, fa id he, they will 
 all rife up againft: me when I do lb. He was greatly 
 pleafed with my School, and vvas often fo aftedted 
 with a Senfe of the Ignorance and Brutality of his own 
 People, that he would fometimes talk with Mr Kirt- 
 land^ and weep a great Part of the Night, till at 
 fome Times he was almoll overwhehned with Sorrow. 
 ^^ Now, faid he, I find all the Things Mr Kir t land 
 " told me, and a great deal more, are true." 
 
 My dear Sir, pray that I may live upon God 
 every Day, who is my Rock, my Strength, and 
 my Salvation j blefled be his Name. My Situation 
 hath been fuch as hath conllrained me to live upon 
 Him, nor can I live any other Way : but I have fuf- 
 iicient, and more than fufficient Reafon to be jealous 
 of my own Heart, which I find too unruly to be 
 kept by any but God alone. 
 
 From the fame. 
 
 Lebanon, Sept. 9th, 1766. 
 
 Y^ 
 
 Efterday David Foziokr fet out with his Wife, 
 who was Hannah Garret^ with a good Pair of 
 Horfes, a Horfe-Cart, Clothing for two Years, a 
 Set of Carpenters and Joiners Tools, and fome Ne- 
 cefiaries for Houfe-keeping, and a new Supply of 
 Money for MefTieurs Kirtland^ Chamberlain, and the 
 Schoolmafters, and to pay an Interpreter which Mr 
 Chamberlain has hired, on their Journey of more than 
 c?oo Miles into the Wildernefs. 
 
 Things 
 
the former NARRATIVE. 59 
 
 Things now look with a very encouraging Afpeft 
 on the Onoidas : I believe God intends to make 
 them his People. They receive Mr Kir (land with 
 the greateft Joy. You have likely been informed 
 of the Death of dear Mr Huntington oi Salem % foon 
 after died Mr Kiuhen of the fame Place, who, as I 
 was told laft Night, hath left Fifty Pounds for this 
 School. 
 
 I want Spelling-Books, Teftaments, and Bibles, 
 for the Schools in the Wildernefs. 
 
 ^5g^^^^^^$$$^*$$l^m§l^lMMMMSH 
 
 Thus far thefe more recent Accounts from 
 Abroad. 
 
 In the mean while the ftrifteft Scrutiny from 
 the moft difmterefted, reputable, pious, and 
 judicious Perfons, hath been made here at 
 Home : The refuit of whofe Inquiries will 
 beft appear by the following RECOM- 
 MENDATIONS. 
 
 London, July i^ 1766. 
 
 VX/' E whofe Names are underwritten, being well 
 
 fatisfied as to the worthy Chara6lers of the 
 
 Reverend Mr Nathaniel Whitaker and the Reverend 
 
 Mr Samfon Occoniy and being well perfuadcd that the 
 
 MifTion 
 
6o 
 
 APPENDIX to 
 
 Mifilon they have undertaken of foHciting Benefac- 
 tions for the Support of Mr Whetlock\ School in 
 ]>!ew England^ for the Educatioa oi Indian Youth, 
 in order to civilize and evangelize the native Savages 
 of North /Imerica^ is mod defer ving of Encourage- 
 ment, and may be produdivc, under the Divine 
 Bleffing, of the mod happy Confequences both of 
 a civil and religious Nature, do moft cordially recom- 
 mend them to the Regards of well-difpofed Chriflians, 
 and wifh them the greatefl Succefs in their Appli- 
 cations. 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 M. Madan. 
 
 John Conder, DD. 
 
 William Langford, D. D. 
 
 Samuel Stennett, D. D. 
 
 N. Lardner, D. D. 
 
 John Gill, D. D. 
 
 Thomas Gibbons, Z>. D. 
 
 W. CrookOiank, D. D. 
 
 John Walker, LL.D. 
 
 James Fordyce, D,D, 
 
 James Webb. 
 
 J. Gawfell. 
 
 F. Spelfbury. 
 
 John Olding. 
 
 Edward Hitchin, B,D. 
 
 Jofeph Pitts. 
 
 Richard Winter, B. D. 
 
 Jofeph Barber. 
 
 Samuel Brewer, B.D. 
 
 William Ford. 
 
 George Stephens, J. M, 
 
 John Rogers. 
 
 John Stafford. 
 
 J. Watfon, j4. M, 
 
 William Porter. 
 
 Robert Lawfon. 
 
 Samuel Palmer, 
 
 W. Hunt. 
 
 Andrew Keppis, 
 W. Clark. 
 Samuel Burford. 
 
 C. Bulkley. 
 
 BRISTOL. 
 Edward Harwood. 
 William Foot. 
 John Needham. 
 Peter Jillard. 
 Hugh Evans. 
 Caleb Evans. 
 John Tomrtias. 
 James Newton, 
 
 F R O O M E. 
 Alexander Houfdon, M.t>. 
 John Sedgfield. 
 John Clark. 
 John Kingdon. 
 
 YEOVIL. 
 
 D. Dumarifq, ReSior. 
 SOUTH PETHERTON. 
 John Thomas, Curate, 
 James Kirkup. 
 
 TROWBRIDGE. 
 Griffith Griffiths, Curate, 
 William Waldron. 
 Nicholas Crofs. 
 
 BRADFORD. 
 James Foot. 
 
 WaltM 
 
the former NARRATIVE. 6i 
 
 Walter Chapman, Re^or, 
 Edward Spencer, Curate. 
 Clement Glynn, Redor, 
 Richard Haynes. 
 John Skirvin. 
 
 WARMINSTER. 
 Daniel Fiflier. 
 Lebeus Driver. 
 
 SHEPTON MALLET. 
 P. Jillard. 
 
 TAUNTON. 
 Jofliaa Tolmin. 
 William Johnfon. 
 Frank Hafkeli. 
 John Windfor, ReSIoroWfculm. 
 
 WI LLI N GTON. 
 William Jefse, ReBor. 
 
 CULM TON. 
 i Morgan. 
 
 CULM STOCK. 
 John Nott, Reaor, 
 
 TOTNESS. 
 John Reynell, 
 Thomas Chapman. 
 
 PLYMOUTH. 
 John Reynell. 
 
 EXETER. 
 MIcajah Towgood. 
 Abraham Tozer. 
 
 Stephen Towgood. 
 N. Quick, Chancellor, 
 George More, Cum?. 
 Robert Tarrant. 
 S. Mufgrave, M.D. 
 W.Muigrave,D.D. Reaor 
 Richard Stole. 
 
 TIVERTON. 
 T- Whitter, ReBor. 
 John Kiddle. 
 John Follet. 
 
 SOUTH MOLTON- 
 J. Elworthy, ReBor^ 
 Thomas Bifhop. 
 
 BARNSTAPLE. 
 William Marfhal. Reaor. 
 G. Thomfon, Vicar, 
 John Walrond. 
 
 B I DD I FORD. 
 J. Whitefield, Reaor, 
 Richard Evans. 
 Samuel Lavington. 
 
 CREDITO.N. 
 Samuel Hart, Vicar. 
 John Berry. 
 
 NEWTON. 
 Thomas Hugo, Reaor, 
 Peter Tabian. 
 Samuel Payne. 
 
 To this may properly be annexed the later Recom- 
 mendation of His Excellency J. Wentworth, Efq; 
 Governor of His Majefty's Province of New Hamj)' 
 Jhire in New England. 
 
 Bristol, iGihDec, iy66. 
 
 'T^ H E Reverend Mr Wbitaker having requefted 
 my Teftimor^y of an Inftitution forming in 
 America^ under the Name of An Indian School ; 
 for which Purpofe many Perfons on that Continent 
 and in Europe have liberally contributed ; and he is 
 now foliciting the furcher Aid of all Denominations 
 
 of 
 
62 APPENDIX ^^ 
 
 of People in this Kingdom to connplete the propofed 
 Plan. I do therefore certify whomfoever it may 
 concern, That the faid Indian School appears 
 to me to be formed upon Principles of extenfive 
 Benevolence and unfeigned Piety ; that the Monies 
 already colledted have been jui'lly appHed to this, 
 and no other Ufe. From repeated Information of 
 many principal Gentlemen in America^ and from my 
 own particular Knowledge of local Circumftances, I 
 am well convinced, that the charitable Contributions 
 afforded to this Defign will be honeftly and fuccefsfully 
 applied to civilize and recover the Savages of America 
 from their prefent barbarous Paganifm. 
 
 J. W E N T W O R T H, 
 Governor of New Hampjhire, 
 
 And to clofe all, that the Public may not retain 
 the lead Shadow of a Scruple concerning the Difpofal 
 of their charitable Contributions, it hath pleafed God 
 to put it into the Hearts of the undermentioned 
 Noble, Honourable, Worthy and Generous Friends 
 and Benefadlors, to be Guarantees to the Public, as 
 far as in them lies, for the Security and due Appli- 
 cation of what Monies have been or (hall be colleded 
 in this Kingdom for the Eftablilhing and further 
 Promoting this important, promifmg, and rifing 
 Inftitution. 
 
 London, Jan, 2^^ '^7^7* 
 
 WE whofe Names are underwritten being ap- 
 pointed Truftees, and to receive the Monies that 
 have been or (hall be colleded by the Reverend 
 Mr Nathaniel Whitaker for the Ufe of the Reverend 
 yiiWheelockW'^XiiPLii Charity School, &c. 
 do warmly recommend this pious and ufeful Infti- 
 tution to the Benevolent and Charitable of all De- 
 nominations in this Kingdom, to whom the aforefaid 
 Mr Whitaker and his Companion Mr Sarafon Occom 
 
 may 
 
the former NARRATIVE. 6^ 
 
 may apply for their charitable AfTiftance in this great 
 
 and c^ood Work. ^^ n rj . 
 
 ^ Dartmouth, Preftdent. 
 
 C. HOTHAM. 
 
 John Thornton, Treafurer, 
 Samuel Roffey. 
 Charles Hardy. 
 Daniel West. 
 Samuel Savage. 
 JosiAH Robarts. 
 Robert Keen, Secretary, 
 To add any thing by way of Confirmation, after 
 fuch Teftimonies and Recommendations, would be 
 only an Affront to common Senfe ; and therefore we 
 need only repeat, that if any Perfons are pleafed to 
 affift in this Work by contributing Books for the 
 Schools, or for the Libraries of iht India?7 Miffionaries, 
 they are hereby defired to fend their Books to 
 Mr Samuel Savage in Gun-ftreet^ Spitalfields\ 
 Daniel West, Efq; mChurch-Jireet^ Spitalfelds -^ 
 Mr Robert Keen in the Minones, London j 
 and their charitable Benefadlions may be fent to the 
 following Bankers -, 
 
 Meflieurs Roffey and Co. Lomhard-ftreet. 
 Mefficurs Pewtress & Robarts, Lombard ft reet. 
 Meffieurs Hoare and Co. Fleet- ftreet. 
 MefTieurs Ckilds and Co. Temple-bar, 
 MefTieurs Drummonds, Ckaring-crofs, 
 MelTieurs Sir Jos.Hankey ^ Co. Fenchurch-ftreeU 
 MefTieurs Welch and Rogers, CornhilL 
 MefBeurs Fuller and Son, Lombard* ft reet, 
 MefTieurs Gines, Lomhard-ftreet, 
 Mr Samuel Savage, Gun- ftreet^ Spit al fields, 
 Dennis De Berdt, Efq; Chifwell- ftreet, 
 Mr Robert Keen in the Minories, 
 
 iV. B. The Books at all the Bankers to be opened in the 
 Name of John Thornton, Efq; Treafurer to the 
 Truflees for Mr fVbeelock\ Indian Charity-Schools. 
 
A . 1 
 
 Continuation 
 
 OF THE 
 
 NARRATIVE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Indian Charitt-School, 
 
 IN 
 
 L E B A N O iV, 
 
 cojsfMEcricur', 
 
 From the Year 1 768, to the Incorporation of it witt 
 And Removal and Settlement of it in 
 
 HANOVER^ 
 
 In the Province of 
 
 NEW-HAMPSHIRE, 1771. 
 By Eleazer Wheehck^ !)• D. 
 
 Prcfidcnt otlDARTMOVTtt-COLLEGJJ. 
 
 Printed in thcYcur 17711 
 

 A CONTINUATION 
 
 Of the NARRATIVE of the Indian Charity- 
 
 School in Lekanon^ in Conne^icutf from the 
 
 Year 1768, 'till it's Incorporation, 
 
 Removal & Settlement in f/^^^-y^r, 
 
 in the Province ot New- 
 
 Hampfhirey 1771. 
 
 ^*-*4!-*'$»Y friendly reader, I trud, will find 
 ||*'^|| Tuecicntexcufeformy negleding a 
 ♦§.^ ^ ^^ continuation of this narrative fo much 
 ^^^jh^-l-^^^ longer than the public may have juftly 
 ^^^^■^^ expelled, when he has read the fol- 
 lov/ing account of the affair, and finds what I muft 
 have conftanily had to fill up my time, a|id tho'ts, 
 befidei the ordinary work of my miniftry, and the 
 neceflfary cares and avocations for the fupport of a 
 numerous family,without my faying any thing more 
 in a way of apology for myfelf ; efpeeially if healfo, 
 confiders, that the whole has lain upon me, and 
 that it has not been in my power to admit a part- 
 ner that could at all eafe me of the principal weight 
 and burthen of it. 
 
 I have fcen much of the loving kindnefs and 
 faithfulnefs of God in fupportmg me under 
 various trials, and direding my way hitherto, till 
 the plan appears fo nearly accomplifhed, and the 
 profpcds, thereby exhibited, of more excenfive ufe- 
 A 2 fulncfip 
 
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 fulnefsj thaa was at firft thought of, jppear to be 
 very encouraging. ' 
 
 I aril greatly mift?.ken if I have not been enabled 
 to commit my way unto the Lord, and truft in him 
 to bring to pafs that whereby he (hould be glorified, 
 and his o<vn caufe and kingdom advanced in the 
 ^arch : I truft alfo, 1 have found, according to 
 1^1^ word, that he has direded my paths, (Icp by 
 ftepj in the profecution of it hitherto. And 1 
 thiiik I have partly learntj that there is nothing rriore 
 remaining for me to do, than in the "capacity of a 
 fervant, to follow him, v/ithout fear, v/hc'-ever he 
 does, by word, or providence, point out rsy way 
 forme; and that all devices, and endeavours, dr- 
 verfe from his counfels, are, and will be vain and 
 fruitlefs t and if the event fhall prove that I have 
 done right, and the fuccefs fliall be according 
 tto my hapes, 1 know. for certain, that none of the 
 glory of it will belong to me, 'but to God alone, 
 •who has chofen an inftrument, for this purpofe^ 
 from among thoufands better qualified by nature^ 
 and grace, and he has done it that he might have 
 ©ccafion to foewthe excelljency of his owe glorious 
 perfedions, in accomplifhing the defigns of hil 
 grace hereby, and thus fecyre all the glory to him-i 
 fclf alone. - ' 
 
 ' The fmiles of heaven upon this fchool were fuch, 
 in the rolle<Sions made for it, and the general apr 
 probation of my plan, the progrefs of the defign 
 thereupon, the increafe of my number, and the 
 iprofpe^l that further refource;? would be found for 
 the fupport^of a yet greater number, that it ap» 
 jpear'd quite neceflary to build to accommodate 
 the fame ; and the plan which I laid for this pur* 
 pofe, was to fecure a fufficient trad of good land^ 
 fer the only ufc and ben^eflc of the fchool ; an^ 
 ^ ' tkac 
 
[ 5 } 
 
 that the Erigliih charity fcholars (hould be led 
 to turn their exercifes, for the relaxation of 
 their minds from their ftudies, and for the preier- 
 vation of health, from fuch exercifes as have been 
 frequently ufed by ftudents, for thefe purpofes^ but; 
 are otherwife wholly trfelefs and unprofitable, to 
 Rich manual labour as might be fubfervFcnt to tha 
 fupport of the fchool, a;nd alfo fervc, in an eafy 
 and natural v/ay, to inyite and draw the Indianchil- 
 (iren of the fchool, to the love, cfteem, and undei-- 
 (landing of that which Will be neceffary for tkem 
 in civilized life •, and fo, by the pradice and exam- 
 ple of Englifh fcholars, effedgaliy remove the 
 deep prejudices, founiverfally in the minds of the 
 fcidians, againft their men's cultivating lands, or go- 
 'ing into the bufinefs of hufbandry. And I appre- 
 hend, that by this means, Englifh youth would 
 ^vc a further advantage, fubfervient to the bufi- 
 hcfs of a mifli on, by being'inured to, and perfed- 
 cd in, the underftanding 6t that which w*ll be ne- 
 ceffary for their own comfort, as well as their pro- 
 jnoting civiliz'ition among the favages, which will 
 te one branch of their bufinefs among them, and 
 ithat without which they 'muii unavoidably perifh 
 from this continent, and that very fwiftly too, if 
 population by the Englilh on their borders purfues 
 them as it has done of late years ; by which means 
 ithcir wild game isdeftrbyed, or driven from them, 
 which has been, and is, their principal dependanc* 
 Ifor fiibfilT-ance, and therefore they are forced t6 
 jremove, from time to time^ further back into the 
 iWilderncfs for the benefit of hunting. 
 
 I was, and am ftill, as much as ever, perfwaded 
 that, as fuch exercifes are agreab'e to the original 
 Qonftitution plaVdby God himfelf, and muft be 
 Jpprovcd by reafon, as well as fcripture, and has 
 
 ha4 
 
[ « 3 
 
 had the teftimony of fo many gentlemen of cfea- 
 radcr, who have made the trial for their own healthy 
 and found the benegt of it, fo it may be niade re- 
 putable for the youth of thfs feminary, and cfpecl- 
 ally as it is in itfelf an inftitution of charity. 
 
 The necefTity of building, and alfo that 1 pro- 
 pofed to fix it at any diftance where the dcfign 
 might be bed fervtd by itjoecame publiekly known, 
 whereupon gr^at numbers in Connefticut, and in 
 neighbouring provinces, made generous offers to 
 invite the fettlemeat of it in their refpedive places. 
 In which affair I employed proper agents, to view the 
 Icveral fituations propofed, and hear the feveral ar- 
 guments, and reafons that might be offered by the 
 follici tors for it, and make a faithful report of the 
 fame. 
 
 The magiftracy of the .city ot Albany ofTer'd pn 
 intereft eftimared at £. 2300 (lerling, befides pri- 
 vate donations, which, it was fuppofed, would be 
 large, to fix it in that city. 
 
 Several other generous offers were made to fix 
 it in that vicinity. Hjs Excellency, Sir Francis 
 Bernard, Baronet, governor of the Province of the 
 MalTachufetts-Bay, in company with two others, 
 offered two thoufand acres of good land in a cencrajy 
 cown in the county of Berkfliire in faid provinc^i 
 To which were added feveral other donations a! 
 mounting in the whole to 2800 acres of land, and 
 jfubfcription faid to be about ^. Soofberling. AlfOj 
 generous offers were made to invite it to S cock- 
 bridge, and other towns in that p.-ovince. 
 
 Several generous offers were made by particuW 
 towns and parifhes in the colony of Connedicut^ 
 and particularly to continue it where it had its rSM'! 
 -But the country being fo filled up with inhabitants, 
 it was not pracliicable to get fo large a tradlof landi 
 
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 as was thought to be mod convenient and ufeful 
 for it in thofe old lettlemcnts. 
 
 But it IS not neceflary I Ihoiild be fo particular 
 in my account of thefe, as, for weighty reafons, I 
 (hall be in thtt account of thofe donations, made 
 by fubfcription, to invite the fettlementof it in Ha- 
 mver in T^ew-Hampffjire, in which the quantity of 
 lands mentioned, are no certain rule by which we 
 may i«dge of the true value of the fame; the qua- 
 lity and fituation of fome being fo much prefera- 
 ble to others. And the fums here entered in fter* 
 ling money, are in general promifed to be paid ih 
 labour, lands, materials for building, and other 
 provifions fo-r the fchod, and at fuch feveral times 
 as beft fuitedthe circumftances of the fubfcribcrs. 
 And they are asfollov/, vi2. 
 
 The Kings mod gracious Majefty, by advice of 
 his Excellency John Wentworth, Efq^ h:s Ma- 
 jefty's governor of the province of New-Hamp- 
 fhire, and of his council, a Charter of the 
 townfhip.ofLandaff, about 24,Goo acres. 
 j Honorable Bennlng Wentworth, Efq; late gover»- 
 j nor of New-Hamp{hire, 500 acres, on which 
 the College is fixed in Hanover. , 
 
 Hon. Theodore Aikinfon, Efq*, 500 acres. 
 
 Theodore Atkinfon, jun. Efq; one right. 
 
 Hon. Mark H. Wentworth, Efq-, one do. inPIaior 
 field. 
 
 Hon. J Nevin, Efq; half a right. 
 
 William Parker, Efq; half a do. in Pierniont. 
 
 Hon. Peter Levius, Efq; one right in Piermont. 
 ^Hon. Daniel Warner, Efq; one do. in Leichefter. 
 
 Hon. John Wentworth, Efq; one do, inThetford, 
 
 Hon. Daniel Feirce Efq; 500 acres. 
 
 Samuel Livcrmorc, Efq; 300 acres, in Chatham, 
 
 Walter 
 
I 8 } 
 
 VV'altcr Bryent, Efq; one right In , Burtoft; 
 John Moffar, Efq; one right in Mafons-Claim, 
 Macchew Thornton, Efq; one right in Caftleton, 
 Mr. EbenezerSniith iQO acres. 
 Phillips White, Efq*, 250 acre* in Wentworthj 
 and 250 in Warren. 
 
 Gol. Jonathan GruHey, 12 § acres ia Wentworth, 
 and 12^ in Warren. 
 
 John Phillips, Efq; feven rights in Sandwich. 
 
 Col. Nathaniel Folfom, one right in do. 
 
 Col. Nicholas Oilman, 100 acres in do. 
 
 Samusl Folfom, ^fq; ^o acres in do, 
 
 Mr. Enoch Poor, 100 acres in do. 
 
 Col. Clement March one right m Addinfon; 
 
 and one do. in Leichefter, 
 
 Robert Fletcher, Efq; loo acres. , 
 
 John Wendal, Efq; one right in Barnard. 
 
 WalterBr>ent,jun. Efq; one right in Burton, 
 Hunking Wentworth, Efq; half aright, in Barnard. 
 Reuben Kidder, Efq^, half a right in Campton. 
 Col. Jonathan Moulton, 250 acres in OrforcT. 
 
 250 in Picrmont. 
 
 256 in Relham. 
 
 and 250 in Moultenboro 
 Mr. John Moulton 100 acres in Moultenboro' 
 Mr. Mofes Little, two rights in Savillc. 
 
 Mr. Samuel Emerfon, loo acres in do. 
 
 Mr. William Moulton, 300 do. in Stonington. 
 Mr. James Jcwet, 100 do. in do. 
 
 Mr. Adam Cogfwel, 100 do. in do. 
 
 Col. Jacob Bayley. 240 acres. 
 
 Timothy Bedel^ Efq; 80 do. 
 Capt. John Hazen, 240 do. 
 
 Benjamin Whiting, Efq; 240 do. 
 
 Topfham. 
 Ifrael Morcy, Efq; 400 do. 
 
 other towns, handy for the ufe of ihefchool. 
 
 Mr, Npah 
 
 in Newbury & 
 in Orford, and 
 
i 9 ) 
 
 Mr. Noah Pevvey 
 Capt. Noah Dewcy^ jun 
 Mr. Thomas Sawyer 
 Mr. Daniel Tillotfon 
 Mr. Benjamin Baldwin 
 Mr. Ebenczer Baldwin 
 Mr. DanielCrofs 
 Mr. John Chamberlain 
 Mr. Samuel Gillec 
 Mr. Ebenezer Green 
 
 and 
 Mr. Fredrick Smith 
 Mr. AbnerChamberlain 
 Mr. John Sloan 
 Mr. William Sloan 
 Mr. AlcxafKler Murray 
 Mr. David Sloan 
 Mr. Thomas Sumner 
 Oliver Willard, Efq^ " 
 
 Capt. Zadock Wright 
 Lieut. Joel MattheVs 
 Mr, Paul Spooncr — 
 Mr. John Laiton — 
 
 Mr. Chriftopher Billings 
 Mr. Charles Killam — 
 
 Mr. Timothy Lull 
 
 Mr. A fa Tsiylor — ' 
 M. Zebulon Lee ■ 
 Mr. John Johnfon — 
 Mr. Matthias Ruft ' - 
 Capt. Francis Smith' 
 ^r. JohR Stevens, Jun. 
 ^r. Robert Miller 
 Vlr. Abel Stevens 
 Mf, Reuben Jerold 
 
 80 
 . 80 
 
 80 
 
 80 
 104 
 1 04 
 
 4Q 
 120 
 
 40 
 80 
 80 
 
 176 
 
 40 
 
 80 
 
 40 
 
 Z4 
 
 130 
 
 Acres 
 
 do. 
 
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 do. 
 
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 do. 
 
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 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 do. 
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 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 in Orford, 
 in do. 
 in do. 
 in Thetford, 
 in do. 
 in do. 
 in Farley, 
 in Canaan, 
 in Thetford. 
 in do, 
 
 in Lyme. 
 in Strafford, 
 in Thetford. 
 Lyme. 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 Gilfom. 
 
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 in 
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 750 acres land and £, 2q, 
 
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 9 
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 13 
 
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 16 
 
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 10 
 
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 Mr; 
 
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 Mr. Willard Smith 
 
 600 
 
 Mr. Adam Clark 
 
 250 
 
 Mr. Charles Spalding 
 
 600 
 
 Mr. Daniel Shore 
 
 600 
 
 Mr. Jofiah Ruffel 
 
 250 
 
 Mr. Jofiah Ruffel, jun. 
 
 3 15 
 
 Mr. Daniel Woodward 
 
 3 15 
 
 Mr. William Cutler 
 
 S 15 
 
 Mr. Jofiah Colton 
 
 3 15 
 
 Mr- Jofeph Smith 
 
 600 
 
 Mr. John Stevens 
 
 7 10 
 
 Mr. William Bramble 
 
 3 '5 
 
 Mr. Jofhua Dewie 
 
 3 ^5 
 
 Mr. Elifha Marfli 
 
 60 
 
 Mr. Chriflopher Peafe 
 
 600 
 
 Mr. John Strong 
 
 4 10 
 
 Mr. David Biifs 
 
 15 
 
 Mr. Elijah Strong 
 
 I 10 
 
 Mr. Ebenezer Blifs 
 
 3 ^5 
 
 Mr. Daniel Pinneo 
 
 600 
 
 Mr* Thomas Miner 
 
 300 
 
 Mr. Nathaniel Holbrook 
 
 3 15 
 
 Mr. Henry Woodward 
 
 300 
 
 Mr. Abel Marfh 
 
 4 10 
 
 Mr. Lionel Udal 
 
 4 10 
 
 Lebanon Proprietors 
 
 1440 Acres 
 
 Mr; Thomas Storrs 
 
 20 do. 
 
 Capt. Nathaniel Hall 
 
 50 dp. ■ 
 
 John Salter, Efq; 
 
 50 do. 
 
 Mr. Nathaniel Storrs 
 
 50 do. 
 
 Mr. Conftant Southworjth 
 
 1 00 do. 
 
 Mr. Huckens Storrs 
 
 100 do. 
 
 Mr. Amariah Storrs 
 
 20 do. 
 
 Mr. Nehemiah Eafterbrook 
 
 50 do. 
 
 Capt. Samuel Storrs 
 
 50 do. 
 
 Mr, Aaron Storrs 
 
 200 do. 
 
 Mr. Huckens Storrs, jun, - 
 
 100 do. 
 
 
 Mr. 
 
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 Mr. Jcdediah Hebard 
 
 * 
 
 100 do. 
 
 Mr. Oliver Grifwould 
 
 *. 
 
 100 do. 
 
 Mr. Levi Hyde 
 
 - 
 
 1 00 do. 
 
 Mr. irrael Glllet 
 
 . 
 
 100 do. 
 
 Mr. Rutus Baldwin £. i lo o and 
 
 100 do. 
 
 Mr. John Giilet 
 
 I 10 o and 
 
 100 do. 
 
 Mr. Eliezer Robinfon 
 
 250 and 
 
 SO do. 
 
 Mr. Charles Hill 
 
 7 lO 
 
 
 Major John Slapp 
 
 1 10 
 
 
 Mr. Jofeph Wood 
 
 3 15 
 
 
 Mr. Silas Waterman 
 
 126 
 
 
 Mr. John Grifwold 
 
 15 
 
 
 Mr. David Blifs 
 
 15 
 
 
 Mr. Jofeph Martin 
 Mr. Benjamin Fuller 
 
 I 26 
 
 
 7 6 
 
 
 Mr, Azariah Blifs 
 
 3 ^5 
 
 
 Mr. William Dana 
 
 7 10 
 
 
 Mr. William Downer 
 
 S 7 ^ 
 
 
 Mr. Jofeph Tildca 
 
 4 14. 6 
 
 
 Mr. Samuel Mecham 
 
 J 7 
 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Wright 
 
 2 14 
 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Parkhurft 
 
 50 Acres Land 
 
 Mr. David Rowland ; 
 
 ^00 do. 
 
 
 Mr. Jofiah Wheeler 
 
 50 do. 
 
 
 Mr. Jacob Burton 
 
 67 do. and £, 
 
 IOC 
 
 Mr. Ebenezer Ball 
 
 3.3 ^0- 
 
 
 Mr. Thomas Murdock 
 
 33 do. and 
 
 10 
 
 Mr, EliihaGrane 
 
 33 do. and 
 
 10 
 
 Mr. Philip Smith 
 
 2^ do. and 
 
 100 
 
 Mr. Jofeph Hatch 
 
 ^^ do. and 
 
 100 
 
 Mr. Jofiah Burtoa 
 
 20 do. 
 
 
 Mr, Ifrael Brown 
 
 ^7 do. and 
 
 lO 
 
 Mr. Daniel Baldwin 
 
 13 do. and 
 
 I 10 
 
 Mr. Francis Fcnton 
 
 33 ^0. 
 
 
 Capt. Hezekiah Johnfon 
 
 1 80 do. and 
 
 I d 
 
 Mr. John Scrjcanc 
 
 40 do. and 
 
 2 10 
 
 B 2 
 
 
 Mr, 
 
I 12 ] 
 
 Mr. Timothy Bufh 40 do. and 2 
 
 Mr. Peter Thatcher 40 do. and i§ a 
 
 Mr., Daniel Waterman 24 do. and 15 o 
 
 Mr. John Slafter, .. • 40 do. and i 
 Mr. Samuel Hdrchinfon 2 10 
 
 Mr. Medad Bentioa 2 
 
 Mr, John Hi»tGh 2 10 
 
 Mr. barauel Partrido-e 2 ^ 
 
 Mr. Eiilha Partridge 10 
 
 Mr. Jonas Richards 10 
 
 Mr. John Hutchfnfon i 
 
 Mr. Elifha Burton I 10 
 
 Mr. Nathan Mefieng.er 5 
 
 Mr. John Wright v s 
 
 Mr. Aaron Wright I jp 
 
 Mr. Francis Smalley ' ^ i 
 
 Mr. J^feph Ball ' i 
 
 Mr. Jonathan Ball 5 
 
 Mr. Samuel BroWn 2 5 
 
 Mr. Samuel Waterman 7 ^ 
 
 Mr. Samuel Partridge, jun. 10 
 
 Mr. Ebenezer Jaques " 7 ^ 
 
 Mr. T'mothy Smith 90 Acres Land 
 Mr. Jonathan Curtifs i2o-do. and 3 15 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Davis 40 do. 
 Mr. John Oidway - 90 do„ 
 Maj. Jofeph Stoors iioda 
 Mr. John Houfe 100 do. 
 
 Mr. Jonathafi Freeman 40 do. 
 Mr. Nathanfei Wright 40 do. 
 Mr. Otis Freeman 40 do, 
 Mr. Gideon Smith 21 Dollnrs 
 Mr. Nath. Woodward 16 Acres Land 
 Mr. Kaac Bridgman 40 do, 
 Mr. Knight Sextgn 80 do. and £. 15 
 Mr. James Murch 30 
 
 , . Mr. 
 
I ^3 ] 
 
 Mr. Simeon Dewey 50 acres land and 7 I'o 
 
 Mr, Benjamin Rice 7 lo 
 
 Mr. Afa Parker 50 do 
 
 Mr.Edm. Freeman, ju. 40 do. 
 
 Mr. Ifaae Wallbridge40 do. and iS 
 
 Mr. David Mafon £ 
 
 Mr. Jeremiah Trefcot ^ 18 
 
 Mr. Habakkuk Turner 7 10 
 
 Mr. Samuel Rufl: 15 
 
 Mr. Edmond Freenaan 51 Acres 
 
 Mr. William Johnfon, jun. "" 126 
 
 Rev. Gideon Ncjtble 40 Acres 
 
 Mr. Abner Barker 30 do. 
 
 Mr. Prmce Freeman 50 do, 
 
 Mr. Abel Johnfon , i ^ 6 
 
 Mr. William Johnfon 3 15 
 
 Mr. RulTcl Freeman j8 
 
 i\r. 5. The landi fubfcribcd (ioclufivc of the townfhip grsntcd 
 by Charrct) amotiDt to absut 44 000 acre*. And ihc furas to 
 be paid io lands, prof fiaos, maieriais for buildiog, &c. to about 
 £ 340 Sterling. And at ihcre are ferae of the fubfcribcrs who 
 have not as yet gifcn deeds of lands by them fubfcribcd, it if 
 defired they would take the ear'ieft opportanity for that purpofc, 
 as the conditions vhcrcof are eow faithfully performed on the 
 )art of the co!l.*ge aod fchool.' And it is alfo hoped that ihofc 
 who have fuhfcriicd labour. &c. for rhe bcacfit of the iofliitnioD, 
 will be paodlual in p^rffjrming the fame, as there will likely De- 
 ter be ao opportunity when the fame will be more necef^^ry, 
 and the true dc(ig.n of the fubfcribcrs better anrwcrcd than DO«f, 
 )|ih[lc it it fituggliog in its iofaccy. 
 
 
.[ '4 J 
 
 The determination of the fite af this (chool now 
 appeared to be an affair fo public, and fo important, 
 and that in which fo many gentlemen of charader 
 were now interefted, and therefore fo delicate, that 
 I could not think it prudent to attempt it myfelf, 
 but to refer it wholly to the decifion and determina- 
 tion of the honourable truft in England, who had 
 condefcended to patronize the inftitution by be- 
 con>ing furety to the generous donors for the du^e 
 application of the monies collected in South-Britain 
 for the only ufe and benefit of it ; and according- 
 ly I faithfully reprefented to them the cafe, and 
 ^11 the reafons which were affercd in favour of the 
 refpedlive places to which it was invited, in order 
 fully to enable them underftandingiy to give th^ 
 preference, and determined to be governed myfelf 
 wholly by their determination thereon. In eonfe- 
 quence of which for .many weighty reafons they 
 gave the preference to the weftern part of the pro^ 
 vince of New-Hamp(hire, on Gonnedieut river, 
 and determined that to be the place for it. 
 
 My next bufincfs was tofccure the generous do- 
 nations made to it infaid province. And in order 
 thereto, having confulted the principal gentlemen 
 of the law, in this and the neighbouring pro- 
 vinces, who unanimou^y advifed that an incorpo- 
 ration, if it could be obtaiRed, was the only cowrfc 
 I could take that would be fafe tor the inftitution,^ 
 pfpccially in Uad time*;, the only thing t1iat could 
 infpire fufficient confidence in the donors, or fatisfy 
 the public, and fecure myfelt and the in8:itution 
 from reproach, and fuch (landers as it niuft other- 
 wife be unavoidably expofed to from its enemies 
 in future times, I therefore fixed upon this as- 
 rny next and immediate object. 
 
 But fuch had been the vigilance, plots, and de: 
 
 yicen 
 
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 vkcs of feme potent enemies at a diftance agalrift: 
 it, and fuch they had given r€afon to fear would 
 again be their endeavour, as foon as the dcfign of 
 an incorporation fhould be known^ and fuch tke 
 prcfent diftempered ftate of the nation, and of 
 tiiefe colonies in particular, that it was therefore 
 thought prudent to purfue it with all convenient 
 fpeed, and in X way that would as little expofe the 
 defign to the plcafure of its enemies, as might be. 
 
 And divine providence took a courfe to prepare 
 the way for the accomplifbing this, without the 
 danger that was feared, which at firft was quite 
 out of my fight ; for in February, 1769, when 
 there was a fpccial feafon of the outpouring of the 
 fpirit of God upon my people, and alfo upon the 
 fchool; great numbers in the parifh and fchool ap» 
 peared to be under great religious imprefllons. 
 The Indian children appeared to have a growing 
 concern for their eternal falvation, and my hopes 
 were n^ore than ever raifed, that I fhould foon fee 
 the good effcds of it, in a number of inftances. 
 At this time two men of note in the Onoida tribe 
 were fent down for fix of the principal children of 
 that nation. They told me they came by the ad- 
 vice and approbation of the tribe, wianifefted and 
 given in a public meeting of that party, who were 
 called togither for that purpofe •, and for this only 
 reafon, to make a vifit to their parents. Their 
 coming at fuch a feafon of the year, without the 
 lead previous notice given of it, to take their 
 children home, on foot, at fuch a diftance, when 
 travelling was fo difHcult, and efpecially at fuch a 
 feafon of fpecial manifeftation of divine graccV on 
 account of which their continuance feemcd to be 
 of the greateft importance to their eternal falva- 
 tion, appeared to be the work pf the great enemy 
 
 indeed ! 
 
I i6 1 
 
 Lideed ! and God's perniitting it to be To, fecmed 
 to have a mod dark and threatning afpcd upon the 
 great defign. And notwithftanding they endea- 
 voured to make their reafons as credible and for^ 
 dible as they could, by rcprefeiiting the apprehen- 
 fsons that one of the parents had, that by reafon 
 of his great age, his life was near its end, the ne- 
 cefTity of another on account of JanveriCfs, andthe 
 ficknefs of anpther, czc. and the queen, who is a 
 widow, defired it as a . fa v cur that her httlc fon 
 might be allowed to make her a vifit wich the red, 
 and with all, profeffed a full purpofe to fend their 
 children back again ta fchoolasfoon as they had 
 poadethevifu propoiVd •, yet I was not fatisfied 
 that they had difclofed to me the true and govern- 
 iog motives to their coming on fuch an errand j 
 nor am I yet fully facisfted what they were, but 
 the moft charitable eonclufion I could make was 
 from fomething I afterwards heard, viz. that the 
 nations weve alt under apprebennons that they 
 were jufl- on the eve of a general war with the Eng- 
 lilh, and therefore~not willing their children (hould 
 be with the Englilli at (uch a time. They foutided 
 this perfwafion upon, breams of Tome great men, 
 noifes in the air^ &c. which they have received by 
 tradition to be certain prognoftics of fuch event. 
 There had moreover, as I was informed, a little 
 before been a war belt fent through the Six Na- 
 tions, on the fame prevailing apprehenfions a- 
 mong fome diftanc tribes. But whatever were 
 thdir motives, or from what quarter foever infpired, 
 after fome time this providence which had appear- 
 ed fa exceeding dark and threatning upon my 
 fchool began to wear quite another afped, acid 
 feemed to be analogous to other inflances of God's 
 faithfulnefs and fatherly loving kindnefs towards it. 
 
 A 
 
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 And that efpecially in thefe refpcc^ts, 
 
 Firft, when I received the determination or my 
 honor'd patrons of the place for the fchool, I thea 
 faw it would have been neceflary tp have difmlTed 
 the molt ot" my Indian children from the fchool, and 
 ihofe in particular, they being fmall, i^they had riot 
 been already gone, \vhile I was purfuing thedefigm 
 before me, as I (hould be obliged to be a great pare 
 of niy time abroad, and unable toxakccare of thcrn, 
 till I had made provifion for, and fettled my fami- 
 |ly and Ichool in the wildtrnefs; but it would have 
 jbcen d fHcuIt, if not impoiTiblc for mc to have 
 ifcnt them k'umc myfe^f, without dffcloting the rea- 
 fons of it ^ but that was now done to my hand, 
 and done in the bell manner td infpirc c^relcfnefs 
 'ind fecurity in the enemies of this Ichool. And 
 not only lo, but I began to be fully convinced, by 
 riiany weighty reafons, that a greater proportioa 
 of Englifli youth, muft be prepared for miHiona- 
 ries to take entirely the lead of the affairs in the 
 wildernefs, and hereby providence had made way 
 for tiic admiiTion ©f fuch in the room of thofe which 
 Wtrc gone, and that without any danger, or in-» 
 :onvcniency at all on account of my abfence, which 
 iccordingly I effedted. 
 
 Moreover, on thefe children's leaving thefchooV 
 which was before the determination of the fitc f&r 
 t by the Hon. Trud, was known, a report fpread 
 ar and wide, and gained credit with many, thaC 
 ny fchool was coming to nothing : Which report 
 ippearcd to be favourable indeed, and as tho* provi- 
 icncc had plan'd the whole, for the fofety and fuc- 
 kers of the defign. I alfo found it expedient to 
 "end home the reft of the children of the Six Nati- 
 )ns, which did not at all IcfTen fuch appchenfions 
 is had been conceived of it, as the fending of thefe 
 C awa/ 
 
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 away was generally fuppofed to be on account of 
 my difcouragements in the affair. But how much 
 influence this had, or whether any at all to prevent 
 Xuch efforts againlt m;, as were leared and expect- 
 ed in the accomplifliment of the dcfign of a 
 charter, I cant fay, but fo it was, the whole was 
 done without any oppofuion at all. 
 
 But however thefe things were, I have view'd 
 thefe Sr a chain of other providences of God in fuch 
 a connection, and they have appeared in 'fuch a 
 light, as has given me fenfible pieafureand fatisfac- 
 tion : and I think they exhibit no matter or ground 
 of difcouragement at all, but the contrary. I have 
 fpoken the larger and more particularly upon this 
 head, and (hall yet have occafion to fay fomeihing 
 further upon ir,t0 remove the mifapprehenfions 
 which fome have conceived, that on accoun-t of 
 the aforementioned unintelligible events, and U me 
 other difcouragements which I have met with in 
 my endeavours to chriftianize the Indians, I have 
 in whole, or in part changed my object fronvihe 
 Indians to the Englifh, and am, at leaft in pair, 
 perverting the coiledions which were facred to the 
 only purpofe of chriftianizing the pagans. And I 
 truiti (hall be able to fatisfy all, who a»-e willing 
 to be fatisfied, that I have invariably kept thc^ 
 fameobjedt in view, and have followed the pleinefl: , 
 di,(5lates of reafon, fcripture and providence, in^| 
 every fte-p I have taken in the profecution of it. 
 And I trufl:, if I may be fo happy as to fet this af- 
 fair in its true light, though fome things have been 
 uncomfortable, yet the friends of Zion will find 
 occafion for renewed praifes, and thankfgivings to 
 God, that he has not left off, nor abated his for- 
 mer loving kindnefs towards this inftitution. 
 
 The moil melancholly part of the account which 
 
 I have 
 
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 I have here to relate, and which has occafioned mc 
 the greatcfl: weight of forrow, has been the ba4 
 condu(5l, and behaviour of fucb as have been edu- 
 cated here, after they have left the fchool, and been 
 put into bufincfs abroad : and it is that from which, 
 I think, I had the fulled evidence that a greater 
 proportion of Englifh youths muik be fitted for 
 mifTionarics; and enough of them to take the lead 
 incircly,and condudlthc whole affair of chnftian- 
 izing and civilizing the favages, without any de- 
 pendancc upon their own fons, as leaders, in this 
 >[ matter, or any further, than they are employed un- 
 ! der the immediate infpe(5lion and dircdion of 
 Englifhmen. 
 
 It is with regret I give the aecount, I fliould 
 ,1 gladly fupprefs th<s part of ir, did not judice to the 
 , pubhc, and the vindication of my own conduft in 
 i| the affair require it. 
 
 Among thofc whom I have educated, there have 
 been near forty who were good readers and wri- 
 ters, and were inflru(5led in the principles of the 
 chr.tlian religion, as their age, and time would 
 admit, and were fufficicntly mafters of Enghfh 
 grammar, arithmetic, and a number of them con* 
 fiderably advanced in the knowledge of Greek and 
 Latin, and one of them carried through college, 
 ^lid was a good fcholar, and others carried through 
 a courfe of learning with not lefsexpence for each 
 of them, than would have been neceiTary to 
 have fupported an Englifh youth through a 
 courle of collegiate ftudies, and they have gene- 
 rally behaved well while they were with me, and 
 left my fchool with fair and unblemifhed charac- 
 ters, and under the influence of every motive I 
 could fet before them, and enforce upon them to 
 induce them, to a good improvement of thediftin- 
 C 2 gyifhing 
 
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 gui^jng talents which God had committecj to ther»^ 
 and many of them have gone immediately from my 
 fchool into good," and reputable bufinefs, anrd fuch 
 bufincrs as they were equal to, and generally to 
 ferve as fchool mafters, but forne as interpreters, 
 &:c. and nothing has prevented their being im- 
 ployed ufefuliy, and reputably in vartous ca- 
 pacities till this day, but their want of fortitude 
 to refift the power of thofc falTiionable vices which 
 were rampant among all their tribes. The cur- 
 rent is too rtrong, and is tenfold more fo by reafon 
 of the united force of fuch wicked dealers as are 
 making great gain to themfeives by the fwift de- 
 flrudtion of the poor favages •, and by this means 
 the progrcfs of this defign has been retarded, and 
 the raifed hopes of many, which were founded on 
 thofe encouraging profpects have been difappointed, 
 for of all the number beforementioned, I dont hear 
 of more than half who have preferved their cha- 
 raders unftain'd, either by a courfe of intempe- 
 rance or uncleannefs^ or both j and fomc who on 
 account of their parts, and learning, bid the faireft 
 for ufefulntifs, are funk down into as low, favage, 
 ^nd brutifh a manner of living as they were in be- 
 fore any endeavours were-uftd with them to raifc 
 them up ; and there are fome of whom I did,- and 
 do (till entertain hope that they were reallv thcfub- 
 jefts of God's grace, who have not wholly kept their 
 garments unfpotted amongft the pots. And fix of. 
 thofc who did preferye a good churader, are now 
 dead. 
 
 And when I confider the complaints of the moft 
 able milTionaries of inluperable difnculties of this 
 Kind, and from the fame quarter — the difcourage- 
 ments of dear Mr. Brainard on this acceunt^, who 
 Ji^j almoft worn out kis life ia that fervice — and 
 -^ •• ^ ' that 
 
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 ihat the efforts vvhich Vir. Kirtland made to 4top 
 ^he cuTCdC of th-efe evils among his party were ac 
 the peril of his I'ifc;, and the great difficulty he 
 finds to maintain ihe reforniation which he gained 
 by rhe bledina ot God there, and this notwith- 
 (landing the coFicurring help and afliftance which 
 he had,' and ftill has, by a number ot his fpiritual 
 children, and that he was hirnfclf upon the fpor^ 
 and in h gh elleem among thern, as a friend, and 
 father, I think it not Jo much to be wondered at 
 
 ' that their own children who gtre yet necefTarily un- 
 der the influence of parents and fuperiors, &c, 
 fliopld not be able to rpfift fuch oppofition, and 
 withftand fuch great temptations, as they mufl un- 
 avoidably have to encounter in reforming, or only 
 refufing their compliance, with fuch evils as are 
 
 ^ faOiionable and reputable among them, and which 
 the general pradice of all about them had made 
 familiar to tnem from their mother's womb. 
 
 Thefe y5\)th have generally done well in their 
 fchools for one feafon, or till their fchools have bcea 
 broken up by a hunting tour, or by fome public 
 congrefs ; but I have feldom known an inllance of 
 their colledling their children, and reviving their 
 
 fchgols after they have been fo broken up th^ 
 
 youth themfelyes feem to be fo confcious of their 
 own unworthy behaviour, orthi^ir not having an- 
 
 'Avered rpy ejfpeftations, that they appear fliy of 
 me, and of fuch as I have fent among them j in- 
 foniuch that tjie kindeft invitations will fcarcely 
 prevail upon them to return td my houfe. 
 
 Thefe are fome of the fadts which have fully 
 c©nvinced me of an abfolute neccfTity of fending 
 well-chofen Englifh youths on this errand. But a 
 
 • fupply of fuch have not appeared, nor are they 
 
 -to be had upon this continent, at any cheaper rate 
 
 thas 
 
[ 22 ] 
 
 than by cbnfing the perfons, and educating them for 
 the very purpofe. 
 
 It may be proper here to add, what I take to be 
 well known in this couRtry, that feveral funds ap- 
 propriated to this ufe, have been either wholly, or 
 in a great part, unimproved for many years for 
 want of youth properly qualified for the fervipe, 
 and willing to enter upon it. And nothing ap- 
 pears to infpire a hope that this difficulty will be 
 removed, unlefs in the way here propofed : and I 
 may add, -ihat the time fordoing any thing effce-- 
 tual for the help of the favages, and efpecially for 
 the Six Nations, is probably, and in the opinion of 
 the bell judges, very fhort ; they evidently appear 
 to be in, and very far gone already by, a qu'ck con- 
 fumptioh, they arc walling like a morning dew. 
 They, and efpecially ihe Moback nation, arc rcdu: 
 red to a fmall number, compared to what ^hey 
 were a few years ago. And very fim/lar to rhem 
 is the cafe of all their tribes, fo far as the means 
 of this confumption extend, excepting thofe who 
 have been prevented, and reflrained^, by the refo- 
 lution, and vigilance of their mifiionaries. 
 
 Thefa poor ftupid creatures, while they live a- 
 lone, that is, without thole among them who are 
 capable to fee, and faithful to prevent the evils and 
 mifchiefs that thre^i^en them, are fadly expofed, 
 (notwithftanding any wholfome laws that may be 
 provided in the cafe) to be preyed upon, and eon- 
 fumed, by fuch dealers, as are purchafing, or ra- 
 ther ftcaling their lives from them with fpiritous 
 liquors. By this means many murders arc corp- 
 initted, itiany perilh, or gee their death in their 
 drunkenncfs, children negieded, pregnant women 
 mifcarry, and all they have got by hunting for 
 the fupport of their families, fold and facrifieed to 
 
 their 
 
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 their ungovernable appetites, which will prefcribc 
 no bounds, nor adn:iic any rcftraints, till a total in- 
 ability to purchafe more liquor, does it 'for them. 
 
 Thi?, with their idlcnefs, and univerfaldveifion 
 to cultivate their lands, which I luggeiled before, 
 mufb unavoidably haRen their dellrudion, and 
 efpecially as the Engliili fettlcmenis will likely be 
 following clofe after them, as fail as the Indians 
 remove back into the wildcrnefs, arid I tear I iliail 
 not be fufpefled to be too uncharitable, if I men- 
 tion one thing more which much increafes the prof- 
 ped of their ruin, un'efs there be a remedy fpeedily 
 provided, and that is that many of the white peo- 
 ple, who are fettling en feme pare of their borders, 
 need chriftianizing nearly as mucii as the Indi- 
 ans themfelves. And at prefcnt nothing appears 
 but the country will be Hll'd with fuch inhabitants, 
 and it fo, there is no need of a fpirit of prophecy to 
 foretel nearly what their influence upon the favages 
 will be, anlefs there be thofe among them who 
 {hall have ability, equal to the difficulties of fuch a 
 cafe, and will adt the friendly, and faithful part for 
 them. 
 
 And what expedient can be devifed more likely, 
 and more becoming chriftians, to remove and pre- 
 vent thefe evils, and fave the poor favages from 
 that temporal and eternal deftrudion which is fo 
 evidently juft at their door, than to fill their coun- 
 try as faft as pofTible with learned, zealous, godly 
 milfionaries, who may unite their endeavours ia 
 the common caufe, and fpiritually ftrengthen and 
 encourage one another. 
 
 Nothing fliort of this appears to have a human 
 probability of effedling the great end propofed, and 
 it appears to me that nothing lliort of this is the 
 duty of God*s people to attempt at fuch n crifis, 
 
 and 
 
i ^4 1 
 
 and in fuch an extrcam, and alrnon;.dcr;.erate czCc^ 
 unlefs wc may wait for the return of miraculous 
 operations of the fpint to effed it. 
 
 Thefe hints may fuffice to reprefent the views 1 
 had and ftill have of the cafe^ and fugged feme of 
 the confiderations vvhich have had a governing in- 
 Euence upon my con<£iu6l. And I am for inany- 
 rcafons nearly perfvvaded that God, who !>as gra- 
 crioufly pointed out and fucceeded my way hitherto, 
 will carry this plan into execution, snd that he will 
 yet try the favages, who are our objecft with Wron- 
 ger means than_they have ever yel in general had -, 
 4nd that he will open the hearts and hands of His 
 people to prov de fupplics for the fame. 
 
 I trufl that all whoar^ wel! acquainted with this 
 whole affair, and competent judges of the fame, 
 will efteem the reafons I have offered abundantly 
 fufficicnt to juflify my determination, that the 
 number of Englidi miffionaries muft be enFarged. 
 
 So there were alfo many things which, upon the 
 mod dchberate viev/ and confideration pf the cafe, 
 I could not but underftand to be openings, and a 
 call in providence, to make this inditution, ftill 
 more extenfively ufeful, than was at fir ft thought 
 of; and perpetuate the ufefulnefs of it when there 
 fhall be no Indians left upon the continent to par- 
 take of the benefit, if that ftiould ever be the cafe^ 
 and this without the leaft impedirKcnt or difadvan- 
 tage, any manner of way, to the firfl: obje£l of it. 
 i fuppofe it to be well fenov^n in this country^ 
 
 I. That there is at this -day, and has for fon>e 
 years been, a great want of youth properly fitted 
 for, and inclined to enter upon, the work of the mi- 
 niftry among the Englifb, as well as Indians ; per- 
 haps there is not now, in out feveral colonies, fo 
 much as one candidate to five vacant congregati- 
 ons 
 
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 tions : and I am told, by thofc whofe account 1 
 , rely upon, that there are in this vicinity, that is, 
 in this part of the country which is now fettling, 
 more than two hundred towns already chartered, 
 fectlcd, and fettling, which do, or foon will, want 
 minifters. And it appears to me that the very na- 
 ture, conftitution, and defign of this feminary is 
 peculiarly favourable, and well calculated for the 
 education of fuch, as it is an inftitution more en- 
 tirely of a religious nature, than other fcminaries iii 
 the land, as by the very conftitution of it, real 
 religion, or at lead, a folemn, and credible profef- 
 fion of a full purpofe of heart, fo far as they know 
 themfelves, wholly, and without referve to devote 
 ihemfelves to the fervice and glory of the Redeem- 
 er in the world, and among the Indians, if he in 
 his providence fhall open a door for it, is a condi- 
 tion of admittance into this fchool, required of all 
 Englifh charity fcholars ; nor is any one to expedt 
 to continue in ir, whole life does not correfpond 
 with fuch a profeflio-n. 
 
 2. There have been, and I hope are, and will be,' 
 inftances of early piety in youth of pregnant parts, 
 in this country, and efpccially in places where God 
 has mercifully poured out a fpirit of grace upon his 
 people, who are prevented an education only for 
 want of ability to bear the cxpence of it. Such I 
 apprehend may fooji be affifted in this feminary 
 without the lead difadvantage to their ftudies, or 
 the leaft diminwtion of the fund defigned for th« 
 Indians, or the leaft perverfion of thedefian of the 
 pious donors, and that only (after the example of 
 charity fcholars) by turning their necelTary diverli- 
 ons fof their health, from fuch exerciies as arc o- 
 chcrwife ufelefs, and unprofitable, to thecultivatioa 
 3f thefe lands, or other manual labour. 
 
 D The 
 
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 3- Tf^® Importance of fending godly and faithfui, 
 as well as learned minifters into ibcfe parts of our 
 country, which are, and likely will be, (till, the 
 whole continent be filled) fettling on the Indian 
 borders, as faft as the Indians remove back into 
 the wildernefs. The importance of this I conceive 
 to be very great to the comfort, fuccefs, asd well- 
 being of the Indian mifTions, as well as to the 
 people to whom they may befent. And this Ifup- 
 pofe to be fo evident at firft view, tfeat the bare' 
 mentioning of it is fufficient, without faying more 
 upon the head. 
 
 With thefe views, and under the influence of 
 fuch confiderations as have been fuggefted, my 
 next objed was now to obtain fuch an incorpora- 
 tion as would effedlually fecure the generous do< 
 nations made to this fchool, to the only, ufe and . 
 defign of them, and as would alfo be reputable 
 for youth who may receive an education here, with 
 a view to their public fervice in the churches of 
 Chrid, and accordingly I imployed a proper agent' 
 to folicit his Excellency Governor fVentwortb^ whom 
 God has raifed up to ferve theinterefts of the great 
 Redeemer in his province ; and who appears to bc"^ 
 unwearied in dorng good, and by him have ob- 
 tained a generous charter, by the name of DART- 
 MOUTH COLLEGE, endowed with all the pow- 
 ers, and privileges of a univerfity, with which this 
 fchool is conne(5ted, and to which it is defigned to 
 be fubfervient, and is by faid charter inveftcd with ; 
 the donations made to it in faid province ; though 
 the fchool itfelf remains under the fame jurifdidi- 
 on and patronage as before. 
 
 But as neither the honorable truft inEngland, nor 
 the charter had fixed upon the particular town or 
 fgpton which the buildings fliould be ere6ted. 
 -^^ Wherefore 
 
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 Wherefore to con^pleat ifee matter, as foon as 
 the ways, andftreams would allow, I took the Rev, 
 (Vlr. Pomery, and Efq; Gilbert, (a gentleman of 
 kraown ability forfuch a purpofej wich me to exa- 
 mine thoroughly, and compare the feveral places 
 propofed withm the limits prefcribcd, for fifty or 
 iixty miles on, or near faid river -, and to hear all 
 the reafons, and arguments that could be offered 
 in favour ©f each of them, in which fervice we 
 faithfully fpent eight weeks. And in confequence 
 of our report, and reprefentation of fads, the 
 truftces unanimouily agreed that the fouthwefterly 
 corner of Hanover, adjoining upon Lebancp was 
 the place above any other to fix it in •, andi that 
 for many reafons, viz. 'Tis moil central on the ri- 
 ver — and mod convenient for tranfportation up and 
 down upon the river— as near as any to the Indi- 
 ans— ^convenient communication with Crown-Point 
 on Lake Champlain — -r-and with Canada, being 
 kfs than fixty miles to the former, and one hun- 
 dred and forty to the latter, and water carriage to 
 each, excepting about thirty miles, (as they fay) 
 and will be on the road which muft foon be open- 
 ed from Portfmouth to Crown-Point-— and within 
 a mile of the only convenient place for a bridge 
 acrofs faid river. The fituation is mn a beautiful 
 plain, the foil fertile and eafy of cultivation. The 
 traft on which the college is fixed, lying moftly 
 in one body, and convenient for improvenient, In 
 the towns-of Hanover and Lebanon, contains up* 
 wards of three thouland ^cres. 
 
 After I had finifhed this tour, and made a (hort 
 ftay at home to fettle fome aflfairs *, I returned a- 
 gain into the wildernefs to make provifion for the 
 removal and fettlemenc of my family and fchool 
 there before winter. I arrived in Auguft, and found 
 D 2 matcerf 
 
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 matters in fuch a fituation as at once convinced mc 
 of the necefTicy of being myfeU upon the fpor. 
 And as there was no houie conveniently near, I 
 fir>ade a hutc of loggs about eighteen feet fquare, 
 without Rone, brick, giafs or nail, and with 30, 
 40, andfocnetimes ^o labourers, appointed to their 
 refpcdtive departments, I betook myfelf to a cam^ 
 paign. 
 
 I fet fome to digging a well, and others to build 
 a houfe for myfelf and family, of 40 by 32 het^ 
 and one ftory high, and others to build a houfe 
 for my fbudents of 80 by 32, and two ftories high. 
 They iiad fo near finifhed my houfe, that by ad^ 
 vice of principal workmen, I fent for my family 
 and ftudents, but when they had dug one well of 
 €3 feet, and another of 40, and found no profpe(fl 
 ©f water, and I had found it therefore neceflary to 
 remove the buildings, I fent to (lop my family, 
 and try'd for water in fix feveral places, between 
 40 and 7© rods, and found fupplyfor both bulld-^ 
 ings — I t-ook my houfe down and rernoved it 
 about 70 rods. The oieflage I fent to my family 
 proved not feafanable to prevent their fettingout — - 
 they arrived with near thirty ftudents. I houfed 
 my ftuff, with my wife, and the feiaales of my 
 family in mv hutt — my fons and ftudents mad« 
 booths & beds of hemlock boughs, and in this fitu- 
 ation we continued about a month, till the 29th day 
 of Odober, when I removed with my family into my 
 Jioufe. And though the feafon had been cold, 
 with^orms of rain and fnow— — -.-^two faw-mills 
 failed, on which I had chief dcpcndanee for boards, 
 &c. and a ferics of other trying difappointments, 
 yet by the pure mercy of God, the fcene changed 
 tor the better in every refpefl — the weather uncom- 
 inonly favourablC"--ncv rcfourccs for the fapply 
 
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 ^®f boards, &c. till my hoiife was made warm, atid 
 comfortable— a fcliool-hoU'fe builr, and fo many 
 looms in the college made qiiit-e comfortable, as 
 were fufficieht for the i^udents which were with 
 me ; in which they find the pleafure, and pro^t "of 
 fuch a folitude ; and fince the fettlemcnc ot the' af- 
 fair all, without exception, are fuffiiciently ingaged 
 in their iludies. 
 
 But that which crowns all, is, the manifeft to- 
 kens of the gracious prefence ot God by a fpirit 
 of convi6lion and confoiation. For nofooner were 
 thefe outward troubles removed, but there were 
 evident impreSions upon the minds of a number 
 of my family and fchool, which foon became uni- 
 verfal, inffjnsuch that fcarcely one remained who 
 did not feel a greater or lefs degree of it, till the 
 whole lump feemed to be leavened by it, and love, 
 peace, joy, fatisfadlion and contentment reigned 
 through the whole. 
 
 The 23d day of January was kept as 1 day of 
 folemn farting and prayer, on which I gathered a 
 church in this college, and fchool, which confided 
 of twenty-feven members, and three added fince ; 
 on which occafion they folemniy renewed their 
 oath of allegiance to Chrirt, and intire devotednefs 
 of body and foul, and all endowments of both, 
 without '■cferve to God, for thne and eternity.— 
 And a folemn and joyful day it was, for they re- 
 joyced, (many of them at leaftj at the oath, as 
 having fworn with the whole heart. The Lord 
 make us fteadfaft in his covenant, and enable us 
 by his grace, on which aloRC we depend, to pe»^ 
 form unto him our vows, and never more fuflPer 
 among us an evil heart of unbelief in departing 
 from God, nor any root ot bittcrncfs, rcfulting 
 from itj to fpring up la this fcminary tothcdifho- 
 
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 ^or of God, or to obflrufl the growth and progrefs 
 of true religion in this fchool of the prophets, tg 
 the lateft poftcrity. ' ^ ' 
 
 The charter of this fchool requiring a meeting 
 of the corporation within a year from the dale of it, 
 I did therefore, as was requifite, to fave the forfei- 
 ture of it, call a meeting of the truftees, on ih^ 
 22d day ot October. —At v/hich meeting it was pro- 
 poled to the trurtees v,^hether fomething could not 
 be done by them to perpetuate the name, and deed 
 of Mr. Jofhua Moor, lateof ^4an-fic)d inConnedi- 
 cut deceas'd i who was the firft confiderable bene-^ 
 fatftor to the fchool when it y/as obfcure, and by 
 many cfteem'd contemptible, and after taking the 
 matter into confideration, it was refolved that they 
 had no right by the charter to do any thing in that 
 matter, and that the charter gives the truftecs no 
 right of jurifdidion but over the college •, and that 
 the fchool remains ftill under the fame patronage, 
 authority and jurifdi^ion, as it was under before 
 the charter was given. 
 
 And it was alfo refolv^ed, at the fame time, that 
 the college as well as the fchool, fhould continue 
 under perental government as the fchool has hither^ 
 to been, till they fhould find occafion to aher it. 
 But if God fliall pleafe graciouQy to continue the 
 fame influence upon' the minds of the ftudents, as 
 there has hitherto been, there will nev^r be need of 
 ?tny other form of government to the end of time, 
 jiorany other or greater trouble in that matter, 
 than only to point out to the ftudents what is right 
 and wcll-pleafing ro God, and what is not fo. 
 The Lord grant this may be our happy cafe. • 
 
 Befides a folemn profeffion before mentioned, as 
 required of all Englifli youth who are admitted as 
 charity fcholars into this fctiool, there are alfo re- 
 quired 
 
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 quired fufficicnt bonds, that in cafe providence fiiall 
 open a door for their ferving the Redeemer io that 
 capacity, and they are not prevented by Unavoida- 
 ble providence, fuch as ficknefs, or death, and they 
 withdraw from that pur^ofe, for the. fake of other 
 more agreeable, or profirable fervice, or by their 
 own conduct render themfelves unmeet for the fa- 
 cred work, they fliall refund to the fchool whac 
 has been expended for their educationj till full 
 compenfation be made therefor. 
 
 The number of charity fchoiars now belonging 
 to this fchool is twenty-four, of which eighteen, are 
 Englilli who are fitting for miflionaries — and five 
 of them are Indians, one of which I am alfo fit- 
 ting for a milTionary— -and another of mix'd bloody 
 whofe profeiTion of love to Chrift, and earneft de- 
 fire to bcinftrumental of good to fouls, has recom- 
 mended him to fuch a tryal. One of the Eng- 
 iifh youth before-mentioned is a great mafter of 
 the languages of the Six Nations, having lived 
 with them for eight or ten years till he was natu- 
 ralized : about three of which years he ferved as 
 interpreter to the Rev. Mr. Mofeley, a miflionary, 
 employed by the Hon. Bodon Board. I took this 
 youth with a view to his inftrucfting my ftudents in 
 thofe languages, while I am fitting him for a mif- 
 fion. 
 
 There are alfo, befides thcfe, two who have gone 
 through with their learning, and were graduated 
 at Yale College above a year ago, viz. Mr. Avery, 
 who was appointed toamifiion with Mr. Kirtland 
 laft fprtng, but was prevented by fieknefs, and is 
 now preaching to the Indians on Long-Ifland, and 
 defigns if his health will allow, to enter upon the 
 propofed mifiion as foon as the feafon favours it. 
 The other who was graduated with him, is Mr. 
 
 Macclure 
 
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 Maccluer, who is at prefent the-t-eacher of this 
 fchooL 
 
 I have at prefent a profpefl, if God (hall graci- 
 oudy continue his favours, that there will be four 
 befides Mr. Avery well Stt^d and quahfied to en- 
 ter upon the bufinefs of rnliTjcnaries in the wilder- 
 nels next fpring. 'And notwithftanding the pro- 
 grefs of my dcfign of fending milTionaries among 
 the Onondagas, &c. mentioned in the laR aarra* 
 tive printed in England, has been unhappily ob- 
 ftfu6led, I hope God is now preparing thofe who 
 will foon go among them in the fpirit and power 
 of 'Elias. And whereas fomething has been al- 
 ready la d refpc.^^ng thetnatter, and manner of di- 
 veiTion recommended to the ftudcnts of this col- 
 lege, and Ichool, and it may be expedient, for 
 feveial reafons, ro make the public more fully ac- 
 quainted with it, I fhall therefore here infcrt fome- 
 thing relative thereto from 'the orders and rules 
 concluded upon^ and recommended to be obfervcd 
 by them. Which is as follows. 
 
 '' And virhereas the firfl objedlof this inflitutiofl 
 ** is the civilizing and chriflianizing the Indians, 
 
 "- Therefore, m order to naturalize them, and ^ 
 ** lead them into an underftanding of proper culti- 
 ** vation of lands, and fuch manual arts as arc ufe- 
 •* ful, and neceOary in civilized life,. and remove 
 *' their obflinatc prejudices againCt the pradife of 
 *' the fame, and bring them into an eftecm of it, as ■ 
 ** vy-orthy and becoming men, and chri-ftians ; and 
 ** alfo as a means to preferve the health of all 
 *^ both Indians and Engllfh — leficn the cxpei^e of 
 ** an education, and make way that a greater num- 
 •' ber m.ay partake of the benefit. And alfo, 
 *' whereas by the generous donations made to this 
 •* fchool of a fertile ioil, convenient for improvc- 
 
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 ** ment, whereby the channel of their diyerfiona 
 '*^ may be turned from that which is puerile, fuch 
 *' as playing with b-alls, bowl*;, and other ways of 
 " diverfion, as have been ncceflarily gone intp by 
 '* ftudents in other places for want of an opportu- 
 V nity to exercifc themfclves in that which is more 
 '^* ufcful, and better calculated to anfwer all the 
 ** great and good ends propofed, and many others 
 U which cane be propofed in the aforefaid methods 
 *' of diverfion, it is therefore earneftly rccom- 
 •* mended to the ftudents, both in college and 
 " fchopl, 
 
 , " ift. That ail the Englifh ftudents, in the coN 
 *' lege, and fchool, treat the Indian children with 
 •' care, tcndernefs, arvd kindncfs, as younger bre- 
 *' thren, and as may be moft: conducive to the 
 *' great ends propofed. 
 
 " 2. That they turn the courfe of their diverfions,^ 
 ^' and e^tercifes for their health, r.o the pradlicc of 
 " feme manual arts, or cultivation of gardens, and 
 " othe** lands, at the proper hours of leifure, and 
 " intermitoon from ftudy, and vacancies in the 
 ** college and fchool. 
 
 " 3. That no Englifli fcholar, whether fupport* 
 *' ed by charity, or otherwife, ftiall, at any time 
 *' fpeak diminutively of the pradice of labour, or 
 ** by any means caft contempt upon it, or by word 
 ** or adlion, endeavour to difcrcdit, or difcourage 
 " the fame, on penalty of his being obliged, af 
 " the diicretion of the prefident, or tutor, to per- 
 ^' form the fame, or the equivalent to that whicli. 
 " he attempted thus todifcredit; or elfei:(if ^ 
 " be not a charity fcholar) to hire the fame done 
 ^' by others ; or, in cafe of refufal, and obfliAacy 
 " in this offence, that he be dlfmiffed from CpHege, 
 !' and denied all the privileges and honors oiF it. 
 
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 " 4. That no fcholar fhall be employed in la« 
 " bour in the hours of ftudy, or fo as to interupt 
 *' him in his fludies, tinlefs upon fpecial emergen- 
 " cu^S ^f^d with liberty obtained from the prefi- 
 " dent or a tutor, 
 
 " 5, That accounts be faithfully kept of alf 
 " the labour fo done by them, cither for the pro- 
 ** coring provifions for the fupport of the college 
 ^' and fchool, or that which (hall be for real and 
 " lafling advantage to this ihftitution , and fuch 
 *^ accounts fhall be properly audited, and a record 
 " kept of the fame, for the benefit of fuch fcho- 
 •' lars, if they fhould be called by the providence 
 " of God to withdraw from their purpofe of fer. 
 " ving as mifllonaries in the wildernefs, or to leave 
 ** th6 fervice before they have reaionably compen- 
 *' fated the expence of their education. 
 
 *' 6. That fuch as are rot charity fcholsrs, but 
 *' pay for their education^ may have liberty to la* 
 " bour tor the benefit of the inflitution, at fuch 
 " times as are affigncd to charity fcholars, and the 
 ^' juft value of their labour be accounted tovvards 
 *' the expence of their fupport. 
 
 ** 7. That no frefhman fhall be taken off, or 
 *' prevented labour, by any errand for an under» 
 *' graduate, without hberty obtained from the 
 ** prefideht or a tutor. 
 
 ** N. B. Occafional errands and fervices for the 
 "** college aad fchool, are notdefigned to be ac- 
 *' counted, nor their procuring fuel for their fires, 
 ** and things equivalent for their'n or their cham- 
 *' ber's ufe in particular, nor any thing which fliall 
 *^ not be of real, or lading benefit for the whole, 
 *' unlefs in cafes where they are incapacitated for 
 ;;i '^ Mfoour, and yet are able to perform fuch er- 
 ^ ' ' *' rands 
 
 
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 /* rands in tkc room of thofe who can, and do la- 
 ** bour in their (lead. 
 
 •*' l^ftly, That this Indian charity fchool, con- 
 , " nedcd with Dartmouth-College, be conftantly 
 " hereafter, and forever, called and known by the 
 " name of Moor*s ScbooU^ 
 
 Moreover, poor youth, who (hall fcek an edu- 
 cation here, at their own expence, may not only 
 ^iave the advantage of paying any part of that, by 
 turning their npceflary diverfions to manual labour, 
 but alfo, as all that will be paid by fuch as fupporc 
 themfelves, will be difpofed of for the fupp®rt of 
 the Indian children, or other charity fcholars, and 
 ^therefore, whatever cloathing, or provifions Ihall 
 ^benecefTdry for tbe fchool, will be good pay at « 
 realbnable price. 
 
 But as this inftitution is primarily defigned to 
 chriftianizc the heathen, that is, tofqrm the minds, 
 and manners of their children, to the rules of reli-^ 
 gion, and virtue ; and to educate pious youth of the 
 ^nglilh to bear the Rcedeemer's name among them 
 in the wi.ldernefs •, and fejo-ndanly to educate meet 
 perfons for the facred work of the mlmftry in the 
 churches of Chrift among the Englilh ; fo it is of 
 the lad, and very fpecial importance, that all who 
 (hall be admitted here in any capacity, and efpeci- 
 ally for an education, be of fober, blamelels, and 
 religious behaviour, that neither Indian children^ 
 nor others," may be in danger of infedion by exam* 
 pies which arc not fuitable for their imitation. 
 And accordingly I think it proper, to let the world 
 know, there is no encouragement given that fuch 
 as are vain, idle, trifling, flelh-pleafing; or fuch 
 as are, on any account, vitious, or immoral, will 
 be admitted here -, or if fuchlhould, by difguifing 
 E 2 themfelves- 
 
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 themfelves, obtain admittance, that they will be 
 allowed to continue members of this feminary, 
 after they are known to be fuch ; nor will it be 
 well taken, if, on any pretence whatfoever, any 
 (hall attempt to introduce, or impofe any youth 
 upan this feoii nary, whofe charadler fhall be in« 
 congruous to, and militates agamft the higheft^ 
 chiefcrt, and deareftinterefts of the firft objects of 
 it.- 
 
 And it is my purpofe, by the grace of God, to 
 leave nothing undone within rny power, which is 
 fiiitable to be done, that this fchool ot the prophets 
 may be, and long continue to be, a pure fountain. 
 And I do with my whole heart, w/V/ this my pur« 
 pofc to all my Juccejfors \n the prefidency of this fe- 
 Uiinary, to the lateft pofterity ; and it is my laft 
 iJbill^ never to be revoked, and to God I Commit 
 it, and my only hope and confidence tor the exe- 
 cution of it, is in him alone, who has already don^ 
 great things for it, and does flillown it as hiscaufe^ 
 and blefled be his name, that every prefent mem* 
 ber of it, as well as great numbers abroad, I trufts 
 do jom their hearty amen \vith me. 
 
 I know my honor*d patrons in Europe will do fo, 
 and fupport and encourage this purpofe, with all 
 their great, united, and cxtenfive influence ; and I 
 have alio the fulleft afiTurancc that the honourable 
 board of truftees here, are united with one heart 
 therein, and will to the utmofl: of their power^ 
 guard againll all temptations, and occafions of cor- 
 ruption, which have been fo fatal to the pious de- 
 figns of fome other feminaries. 
 
 His excellency governor Wentworth, among 
 many other cxprefTions of his care, and zeal to pre- 
 ferve the purity and fccurc the well being of this 
 
 fcminary^ 
 
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 feminary, agalnfl fuch evils as have been the njin 
 of, or at lead, have a very threatning afpcd upon, 
 others which have "come within his knowledge, 
 has infifted upon ir, as a condition of location, to 
 which alio all the trudees have cheerfully fub- 
 fcribed, that where^^trf it ftiould be fixed, there 
 ihould be a fociety o' at lead three miles fquare, 
 which fli.)uld be u »rler the jurifdi^ion of the col- 
 lege, that thereby" unwholfome inhabitants may be 
 prevented fettling, and all hurtful, or dangerous 
 conne(Rions with them, or practices among them, 
 may be fcafonably difcoyer*d, and efifedivilly pre- 
 vented in a legal way ; which thing is Immediately 
 to be effedled ; and thereby the faid parilh will be 
 fo under thecontroul of the college, as that it will 
 be difficult for any to rnak^ a fettlement near to ir, 
 or any tradesman be accomodated fo as to com- 
 mence any connexions with it, who {hall not be 
 well recommended thereto, by a life and converfa- 
 tion ftri(5tly virtuous and religious. Accordingly 
 every poflible precaution is ufed to introduce fuch 
 fettlers, and cfpecially fuch tradefmen, as the 
 fchool mud necefianly have dependance upon, as 
 Ihoemakers, taylors, &c. and only fuch, whofe 
 moral and religious charaflers are well known and 
 eftablifhed ; not that any think that this benefit can 
 be effedlually fecured, or that the evils, we are 
 guarding, and providing agaiiift, can be effe6lually 
 avoided, by the mere wifdom, or prudence of any 
 man, but that nothing may be wanting on our part, 
 while we depend upon God alone to build up this 
 caufe for the honor of his own great name. 
 
 And as the youth who are fitting for miffionaries 
 have generally no conneftions,or obligations to call 
 ihttn abroad, they will likely continue here tilJ they 
 
 arc 
 
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 ar€ fitted to enter immediately upon the bufinefa 
 they are defigned for, by which means, it is hoped, 
 they may efcape many fnarcs, temptations and dif- 
 advantages, which young graduates from other 
 colleges have been often expofed to before they 
 could be qaalified for', or find a door opened lo 
 providence, to enter upon the particular bufmefsj 
 and calling of their lives. 
 
 And as thefe have a bufinefs for life already pro- 
 vided for them, and a calling which is fo honorable 
 in itfelf, and fo delightful in its nature to all who 
 are filled with love to Chrift, and compafBon to the 
 perlfhing fouls of men, and fuch a manududion 
 into it, without burdenfome cares and expence to 
 themfclves, and fuch a friendly and fatherly patro- 
 nage to depend upon, under God, for their out- 
 ward fupport, and fubfiftance in life, and alfo fuch 
 fatherly afiiftance, as they may expcdv in all emer- 
 gencies of any kind, as occafion (hall require. I 
 think they arc furnilhed with confiderations, abun- 
 dantly fufRcient to overbaliance many, and even 
 all thofe which fledi and carnal fcnfe may fugged^ 
 againft their chufisig fuch a fervice. And if God 
 /hould gracioufiy pour out his fpirit upon all parr 
 ties of chriftians, and take away that party fpirit, 
 and biggotry which has been (o ftupidly conncdled 
 with their names, whereby the fpoufe of Chrift has 
 been fo (hamefuHy disjointed and deform'd, and 
 caufe all with one heart zealoufly to improve the 
 feveral funds facred to this purpofe, and with a 
 Faullike, or rather Chriftlike fpirit, rejoyce in each 
 others fucceffes as their own, how encouraging 
 would the proi{^c6t be ? For this I truft numbers 
 are earneftly and daily fupplicating the throne of 
 diving grace, 
 
 J hope 
 
C Z9 1 
 
 I hope the profpcds, which the imperfect hintif 
 I have here given, of a door opening, by the grac^ 
 tnd favour of God towards this inftitution, for th* 
 educarion of pious youth for the fervice of the 
 churches of Chrifl, and that at an eafier rate, and^ 
 more our of the way of temptation, than an educa- 
 tion has been ufually obtained heretofore, will en- 
 tourage the faints Itiil more and more to help for* 
 ward the defign, by redoubling their ardour at 
 the throne of God's grace for his guidance and 
 dircdion, and blc/Ting thereon. And we are not 
 to think it ftrangc \^ we fee, and feel the effects of 
 envy, and cntniiy towards it; as the caufe of real 
 vital religion. Satan has not been wanting already 
 to fbew himfelf much djfquieted upon this occafi- 
 on i but, bitffed be God, he has hitherto found 
 nothing but lies to reproach it with, and I hope in 
 God he never will. 
 
 And as the well-wifliers to this undertaking, and 
 efpecially fuch as have generoufly contributed to 
 advance it hitherto, and fuch as have ability and 
 difpofiiion how to put a helping hand, at a jundurc 
 when expences for building, and putting thefe 
 lands under proper improvement, are necefTarily 
 great, would likely be glad to know my prefent 
 obje(fl, and the plan which I am nextly, and immc- 
 diately purfuing. I therefore think proper to in- 
 form them, that as fbon as the feafon favours, I 
 purpofe, by divine leave, to finifli the buildings 
 which I have begun, in the plaineft asid cheapeft 
 manner, and put as much of the lands, belonging 
 10 the fchool, as I can, under the moO- profitable 
 Cultivation \ and aifo to fet up a faw-mill, and a 
 grifl-mill, on a ftream running through faid lands ; 
 and alfg ce build a large barn, all for the ufe and 
 
 advantage 
 
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 advantage of the fchool ; all which appear to be of 
 prefcnt necefilty for the fanie. And I hope by the 
 blcfllng cf God upon endeavours, foon to b& able 
 to give the public ^n account of (bme fcorcs of In- 
 dian youth and others fupported by the produce 
 of thefe lands, with but little expcnce to the fund. 
 
 And 1 would alfo take this opportunity to advife 
 the generous fubfcribers, in the colony of Connec- 
 ticut, gnd province of the Maflachufetts Bay, &c. 
 who have not yet paid their fublcriptWns, made in 
 the years 1755, and following, for the only ufe, 
 benefit, and lupport of this fchool, (the yearly in- 
 tereft whereof was payable on condition, and fo long 
 as the fchool fhould be continued, and the principal 
 to become payable as foon as the fchool fhould be- 
 come a body corporate, and thereby capable of the 
 tenure and difpofal of land, &cj that I fuppofe the 
 faid fubfcriptions are now become payable by this 
 incorporation, according to the true defign, and in- 
 tention of the pious fubfcribers; and that there will 
 likely never be an opportunity for applying the 
 fame, when they will be more needed, or when it 
 may be done more agreeable to their true intention, 
 than the prefent is, by putting the lands under 
 improvement, for the ufe, and fupport of the 
 fchool ; which, I apprehend, will be of greater ad- 
 vantage to it than tenfold the lawful inicreft of the 
 money. 
 
 And, as it has not been praiSlicable for me to 
 write the benefactors to this inftitution particularly, 
 cither in Europe, or America, I mud pray them to 
 accept of this public expreflisn of my gratitude for 
 their refpeclive liberalities, and pray them to be- 
 lieve that only through my continual croud of bu- 
 fincfs, and not in the lead through want of grateful 
 
 fcnti meats 
 
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 Sentiments of their generdfity, have I been prc« 
 vented wriung rhcm in particu-Ur. The Lord 
 rewardthcm a chouTand fold, in. that which is nat 
 corruptible ; and grant they may never find occa- 
 lion to regret their having opened their hands for 
 fuch a benevolent purpofc. 
 
 And as thisinftitution is become the joy of fuck 
 as hav^ been praying for Zion's profperity, fo it is 
 not ftrange if the rifing of it to its prefent height, 
 fliould rhove the envy of men. of another Ipirit, 
 who have been trying in varn to trufh it. And 
 though I riiay: give offence to fach (and nothing 
 will off^^nd thccn fooner than the truth) yet I will 
 Venture to appeal to all gentienlen, and chriftians. 
 of every denornmation, v/ho have che fpirir^ and 
 genius of fuch, whether it be not mean, and be- 
 neath gentlemen, and bafe and vile for chriftians^ 
 when they, or any party of them^ cant injure,difcredtc 
 or overfet a defign by faying all that is true of it, 
 yet, rather than not accomplifb To bafe an end, will 
 plot to do it by flandcrs, falfhoods, and mifrepre- 
 
 ,**fentations ; and this not only by private v/hifper- 
 ings, and falfe indnuations to all ab^ut them, a$; 
 they hive opportunity, but by letters fen t abroad' 
 to be concealed from the injured party, which are 
 replete with fuch (landers, as may bed enable thofe 
 to whom thev are fent, to adl the part of whifper- 
 ers, and aiTaiTins like themfelvcs, only with this 
 difference, that the latter doit, with the advantage 
 of the credit, and authority of the former, added 
 
 ^ to their own ; and the more rcfpc(51:able the parties 
 
 from whom, and to whom fuch falfe infmuations 
 
 are fent ; and the more out of the reach of bein^ 
 
 detected they are, the greater is the evil. 
 
 r have had opportunity for fome experience ^f 
 
 F this; 
 
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 this, and efpecially in aninftance that has come td 
 my certaifi knowledge ; and there being rumours 
 among my friends, of fuch clandeftinc machina- 
 tions, and undermining devices, now, or of late, 
 on toot, againft this inftitution ; I would therefore 
 humbly requefl all who are willing to know the 
 truth, and form their doings according to the laws 
 of Ghrifl, that they would let me know^ fuch 
 (landers as may be propagated on cither fide the 
 water, and give me opportunity to fpeak for 
 rrtyfelf, bcforcthey are received as true, and im- 
 proved againd me, or this inftitution, as fuch. 
 
 Since I entered upon the execution of the plan, 
 of which I have been giving an account, I have 
 neither heard, or known of any man, who either 
 has known the affair, or was in a capacity to know 
 it, and exprefTed any defire to be informed^ who 
 has in any refpedl difapproved the plan^ or any 
 ilep I have taken in the execution of Jt, but on the 
 contrary, it has, fo far as I know, been univerfal- 
 ly approved excepting that a dear brother, when 
 I was under thofe trying circumftances^ on the ar- 
 rival of my family into this wildernefs, before I was 
 prepared to receive them, queried whether I had 
 not puihed too hard to accomplifh fo great an af- 
 fair as removing fo far, (near two hundred miles) 
 and fettling m,y family, and fchool, in this wilder- 
 nefsj in fo ihort a time. But I think the event 
 has fully decided the queftion in my favour. 
 
 What I have been, and ftill am doing, has not 
 bfen in a fecret corner, but in the light ot the 
 aoon-day fun, and under the obfervation^ and liable 
 to the cenfures of thoufands of ail denominations ; 
 and I kave, and ftill do, always, lie open to be re- 
 proved, and convided of miftake, or inftruded, 
 snd advifed, by any, and all, who have proper oc- 
 
 cafion 
 
' [ 43 ] 
 
 fion for it; and the leaft hint of a fufpic'^on that T 
 am wrong, is enough to difpofe mc, at any time, to 
 review, and confider whether lam right, or not. 
 I efteem it to be my intereft to know if I am n©t 
 doing the will of Qod -, and I do account him my 
 trueft friend who will, at any time, advife me of 
 my errors. The caufe, wkich is my objeft, I veri- 
 ly believe to be God*s own, and therefore have 
 confidence that the devices of its enemies againft 
 it, willp fooner or later, be confounded. And I 
 hope in God, who has the hearts of all in his hands, 
 that he will yet raife up benefadlors to make pro- 
 vision for the fupply of its necefllties ; and particu- 
 larly for thelafting fupport of the prcfident, aitd 
 necelTary inftrudors ; & that the wildernefs will be 
 rnade glad, and thoufands be made to fee and par-* 
 take of the great falvation, by this meaof, to the 
 glory of fovereiga grace. 
 
 MEN, 
 
 4. 
 
C. 44 3 
 
 Let 
 
 May 6th, 1768, 
 
 ,The Indian Chariry-School ^^Lebanon, 7 t>^i^.qj. 
 To EljeazaR' WheelocH* 3 
 
 176S. / J ^ 
 May 6th, To BalJanceof Account? 
 
 adjUlleduhisDay, ^ ^^ ^^ ^"^ 
 
 ;Nqv. 6ih, To the Support ot M ffi- 7 ^ ^ ^ g 
 
 ToCloathing^^Farniture, 7 o /: ^ 
 
 &c. toT the Schocb^ i ^^ 7 
 
 To the Support of the") 
 
 Male School, School- i 171 19 6^ 
 
 Mafl€fs,&c. - - J 
 To the Support of the] 
 
 FemaileScha3},Miftjd- > 32 o 1 17 
 
 fes, &a - - - J 
 
 To occafional Journies, 6c 7 
 other incidental charges, ^ 
 5 M.flionarie?, 
 S^Englifh Youth preparing 
 
 for MifTions, 
 14 Indian Males, 
 8 — Females. 
 
 2S Have been fupported by 
 this Charrty, 
 
 fj. B- Making and mettSing deaths^ &c, 
 ^c. Jor the Male School^ has been 
 done by the temale School^ 'which 
 will near counter- balkncc the Ex- 
 fence for Suf^^rt of it. 
 
 II o 5t 
 
 Sterling. £, 531 j8 5 
 
 The 
 
t 45 ] 
 
 khool 
 Whe 
 
 to November. 6xh, 1768. 
 
 Ihe Indian. Gkanty-bchoolmLcbatJon, 7^, ,. 
 To Eleazar V\ heelock, y 
 
 100 a o 
 
 1768 
 June20th, By my Bill on John -^ / s d 
 Thornton, Ef-V' '• Favoi 
 of Meff. Dani 1 & Jo 
 (liua Larhrop, - - ^ 
 By my Bill on ditto, in 1 
 
 Favour of Mr. John* > 100 ^ 
 B^ker Brimmer, J 
 
 25th, By my Bill on ditto in fa- 1 
 
 your of Mr. George > 39 5 
 Green, - - » J 
 Aug.i2th5By my Billon ditto in fa-1 
 
 vour of MeifT. Daniel > too o 
 
 and Jofhua Lathrop, J 
 
 Nov. 6ch, By Iniereft of Subfciip- 7 
 
 tions received, ^ 3 
 
 S«p.26ith, By Contributions madc^ 
 
 by Virtue of a Bnet ( 
 
 granted by theGen.Af- f 
 
 fembly of Conneclicuc, -? 
 
 By Donations from vari-7 
 
 ous Parts, - - 3 
 
 Nov, 6tb, By Intereft of £. 100 in') 
 
 the Hands of theRcv.Mr. ' 
 
 Eells, from Dec. 23d, y 18 o 
 
 1765, toDee.2-3d, 1 768, \ 
 
 at 6 per Cent. j 
 
 ByBallancc referr'd toDr. 7 
 
 a new Account, 3 ' -^ 
 
 4 24- 
 
 J3 I 5t 
 
 10 o 
 
 Sterling. i^- 53i iS 5 
 Errors Excepted, 
 
 Vcr EfcSAzAn Wheilocss. 
 
I 46 ] 
 
 Tke IndlanGharity-Schoal inLcbanon, 1 r\ \^. 
 *^ ^' f- Axr r Debtor. 
 
 To Eleazar Wheelock, i . 
 
 November 6ch, 176^, 
 
 NoV.6ch, To Ballance of Account? 
 
 .1769, adjuftedthis Day, j-^" ^^ 9 
 
 May 6th^ To chc Support of IVIiffio-? 
 
 nanes, 
 
 To cloathing, Furniture, 7 ^ 
 
 ■ &c. for the Schools, \ ^9 ^^ 2 
 TotheSupport ofthc Male-7 
 
 Schoo],School-Mafters,&c.i^^^ ^9 ^ 
 To the Support of the Fee- 7 
 
 maleSchool,Miftrefres,&c.i '^^ ^ °^ 
 To occafional Journies, and 7 ^ 
 other incidental Charges, \ 4 ^i 
 
 g Miirionarics, 
 7 Englifh Youth preparing for 
 
 Miflions, 
 9 Indian Males, 
 2 Females, 
 
 21 Have been fupported by 
 this Charity, 
 
 N.B. Making andmendingCloaths^^c, 
 &a. for the Male School has peen done by 
 the Female School^ which will near coun- 
 ierballcmce the Expence for the Support 
 
 Sterling. £, ^64. 14 gl^ 
 
 The 
 
f 47 I 
 
 The Indian Charlty-School in Lebanon 7 -^ ,« ♦ 
 to Eleazar Whielock. , j'^^^^*^^^- 
 to May 6th, 1769. 
 
 Nov. 8. By my Bill ofExchtngc 00 John Thoro- J / 
 
 top,, EPq; in FiTour Mcif. Datiel acd C ico o a 
 
 I7'^9 Jofhua Raihrop, ^ 
 
 jaiJ. 6th. By my Bill on ditto in F^atroar of Mr. 7 
 
 "^ ' 120 o o 
 
 John Baker Brimmer. 
 
 ] 
 
 By my Bill on ditto io FaToar of Mr. 7 
 
 Ifaiah TifTany. j^ 21 o o 
 
 April 5th, By His Excel Incy John WcniWorih'*) 
 
 SttSfcripfionrcccif'd, j ^^ ® ^ 
 
 By Ctfh received which Mr Krco paid 7 
 
 Capt. RobinfoD. ^ 15 o o 
 
 By Mr. Wybard of Portfmourh'f Lc y 
 
 gacy ef/.6o Sterling to thisSchool, ! 
 
 received ; ^f. 10 of wfeich has been . 
 
 iffiprovcd, the other £ 56 remaining V. 
 
 (well fecurcd en 6 pcrCcni loicrcft) • 
 
 for fotiarc Innpro«ement, J 
 
 By loicrcft of Subfcrip tions recfired o 13 6 
 
 May fS, BjrBallaDCc rcfcrr'd to Dr. a new Acc't. 77 I 3t 
 
 StcVling. /. 464 14 Pi 
 
 Errors Extrept^dj 
 
 Per Eleazar Wheelock. 
 
 The above and foregoing Accounts for the Tear paji^ 
 ^j:ere audited by the Hon, Shubael Conanr, and Eli- 
 phalcc DyQTy^ Ef quires, and properly authenticated and 
 tranfmitted to the Truflees in England, 
 
 The 
 
'[ 4^ J 
 
 TheJRdianCharity -School in Lebanon,? -n u, 
 
 To EhtAtA^R Whe-lock, 5 i^eotcs 
 
 May 6eb, '1 769, 
 
 May 6ch, To Ballance of Accouml ^ ^ ^ 
 adjufted this Day, j '' ^"-^ 
 
 . Tj> Books, &c. received! .. _^ ^ j^^, 
 from theTruftinEngland > 61^ i 5 ^ 
 atfundry Times, J 
 
 To an Allowance to the J 
 Rev. Mr. Kirtland, perjioo o^ o 
 Order of the Truft, J 
 
 Nov. 6th. ToSupport of Miflionaries, 165 ir 9 
 To Cloathing, Furniture, 7 ^ 
 
 &c. for the School, ^ S5 7 o^ 
 
 To Support of ihe School, ^ ^ 
 
 School Mafters, &c. | ^^"^ ^ ^ 
 
 Tooccp-fional Journies,and 7 j^^ 
 
 other incidental Charges,-^ ^ "^ 
 4 Mifilonaries, 
 SEnglifb Ti Yoaths preparing 
 
 5 Indian 3 for MifTions, 
 
 17 Have been fupported by 
 this Charity. 
 
 Sterling £-612 7 
 
 The 
 
t 49 ] 
 
 The In4ianrCharify-SGhooUn LebanoB j >, j^^^k. 
 To Eleazer Wheelock, | ^realtor* 
 ;:;to November 6ch, 1769. 
 
 2 2. o 
 
 IPO o 6 
 
 ^ /I769- ^ I s i 
 
 May 6th By SabCcriptioM Kcci^rcd of tho Rsy'dl ' j 
 
 Dtoft. GifTord, io Bockf, ^ , | '9 4 » 
 
 By Mr. B^rna^d , of Leedsi tii Sab- 5 
 - , (crjptioo id Teflanients, j 4 4 <» 
 
 ' ^y Fart of T. S. ^r«wotog, EfqVSab 7 
 fcriptioo #ecei?'^ ioBooki for theS£bo(iN jT ^ 3 ^ 
 Byithc Kc¥. Mr. Fawcct's SubfcriptioD 7 . 
 ^ received io Books for the School, . J ^® ® 
 
 ByCaifti p*id inEogUnd by the Traftce* I 
 for 1313 Spclliog t3ook$ for theScboel, J^ M ^5 9 
 By Ca(h paid by ditto for a 0<ock, .. H 3 O 
 Bjr do. |)aid by do. for Greek T«fta«eW«^ I i o 
 loth, By ditto paid by ditto to JohoSbattuck 
 rf«?jcifod thii Day, 
 By a Set^f Bills ioFtvoor MeC Daoid 
 aod Joftiua Lothrop, 
 : 37'b, By ditto io Fafoar of ditto ^ XOO O Q 
 
 Jo'y . I oth, By ditto in Favour Mr. Gerlhim, Breed,; ,30 o o 
 24th, By ditto in i>'a«oar Mr j. Haniicgtoo, '6o O O 
 5«P^ 6th, By ditto ig FafeurMeff.DanicI iJofliatV 
 
 Lath fop, for /. 50 ©^ 6 i 4^ 1 5 O 
 
 Deduct Lofs ^percent i 5 a j 
 By. ditto io Faroar Mr. lOiab Tiffany, 50 O a 
 O^. 4»h, By (j^tioia.Favour th«Ref.Mr»Kirtland, 100 o o 
 5th, By^itto iVPaTOor of ditto, 50 O O 
 
 By folete^'ot Subfcripiioni rcceifcd, i 14 2 
 
 By CoDoefticut Contributiooi received . o 13 6£ 
 ^<if. 6th, By Bailadce rctered to Dr. t dcw Accoaot, 509 
 
 Sterling, £- 612 7 lOf 
 
 ~ 
 
 Errors Excet>tcd, 
 
 P^er Eleazar Wheeloci:^ 
 
[ so ] 
 
 The Indian CharityrSchool inLebanon^ ^^ , ^ 
 To Eleazar Wheelock, i ^ °'' 
 November 6th, l^fio-V 
 
 i ^ i n ii T i « ■■■■■II T ■■■ ! - ,!> ii Mmn 
 
 i^pv. 6i,h, To Billft-ri§^ of Account I - 
 
 1770'' .adjuft^d this. Day, ; ^ J 5^9 
 
 May:7tb, To Support of the S<5:hool,7 l \.. ? 
 
 School-Maam, &c. . . J.^^ii'5 3^ 
 
 To Cioathing, Furniture, f '-'-'^ ^ 
 
 y &c. for the School, J "f"^^ 3 9t 
 
 To Support of Mifllona-V-U ' 
 
 - ries, :*,,;;;:: ■ • 1:*?:?° ° 
 
 :To occafional Jouf nies, &o 
 - other incidental Charges,! ^'* 9^ 5 
 
 To Ballance rtfer^d to Cr. 
 
 a new Aecouijt^ 
 2f Mifiionaries, 
 - f6 EnglifhlYbUths prepar- 
 '[''^ Itidiitx yitigiorMiiTions^ 
 
 a^l rtarc b^n fupportcd by 
 
 ihis Charity. -- ■>_ 
 
 I 91 12 II 
 
 Sterling; ^^ ^(^ 4:63 2 if 
 
 ^stU^v The 
 
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 The Indian Charity-SchooUn Lebanon i ^ ,, 
 
 To ElE AZAAR WKLEtOCK, I ^''C^l^O''' 
 
 to M^y 7ch, 1770. 
 
 1769. / s d 
 
 ^OT. xo'.h,Bf aSet of Bills iaFafOBr Mr.Jedidiab J 
 
 HuotinglOD for if- 50 o 0> 47 o O 
 
 D«(ia(5l Lofs at 6 pcrCcnt. 3 o oj 
 litk, By do. in Favour of Mr. Ifaiah Tiffsi^^l 
 
 for ;f 7 iS 7/ 7 10 4 
 
 Dcdua Loff 833 
 
 15th, By do.inFayorMr.A.Ghrk for /.30 o oK ^ 
 
 jfi.h. By do. in Favor do. f«r / 30 o o7 „ 
 
 Dedna Lof. 'l lo oi ^^ '° "» 
 
 Dec. 15th, By do. io Favor Mr. J B. Brimmer, ' 50 o o 
 
 20th, By do. in Faror do^ 150 o O 
 28th, By do. ioFaror the flcr. Mr. JCirtlaod.O 
 
 for / 30 o o > 28 xo o 
 1770 Dcdoft Lofs at ^ per Cent i 10 o J 
 Jan 24'.h,B7 do. in Favor Mr. Gcrfliom Breed. 7 
 
 for /*• 50 o Of 47 10 
 Dcdafl Lofs, 2 10 o j 
 
 Apr.i9'h,By do. in Fafor Mr. Ifaiah TifTacy, 70 O Q 
 
 ll^ay 7th, By Taitioo Money rccciv'd, ^ -2 loj- 
 
 By Inicrcft of Sabfcriptiooi received, 090 
 
 Sterling ^.463 a 2^ 
 Errors Excepted, 
 
 Per E^EAZER Wheslock. 
 
 !rt^ fl^tf'y^ j«i fere^oing Accounts for the Tear 
 fafl:^ were audited by Samuel Gray, and Jedidiah 
 Elderkm, Efquires^ and "properly authenticated^ and 
 tranfmitted to ^bc Truflees in England * 
 
[ 52 I 
 
 The Indian Ghanty-Schiool in Lebanon 7 p. , 
 
 To pLEAZAR Wheelock, j;:L;eDtor. 
 
 May 7th, 1770, 
 
 1770. / s d 
 
 Oft. I ft. To Books bought for the^ 
 : v: ' Ufe of the Schocfl, J "^ ^ 
 
 ToCloathing,'Fariiiture, T 
 
 &c. for the School, 3 95 2? 9 
 
 To Support of Mifliona 
 
 42 11 ...0 
 
 To Support of the School, ? . 
 
 School-Mafters, &c. i^^/^^ Bt 
 
 To occafional Journies, &^ 
 
 other incidental^Charges, I 
 
 prmcipally reiative to )- 55 1 1 S^; 
 
 theRemeval and Settle- | 
 
 merit of the School, J 
 To Ballance carried to Cr. 7 r r 
 
 a new Account, j^^^ '^ ^t 
 
 2 Miflioriaries, ' ' 
 17 Englifii ? Youths prqpar- 
 
 3 Indian 3 ing forMifllons 
 
 2i Have been fupportfd 
 by this Charity/ ^ 
 
 Sterling £. 471 19 9^^ 
 
 The 
 
• i 53 -1 
 
 The Indian Charity-School in Lebanon 7 p ,- 
 
 To'Eleazar Wkeslock, j^^^^iton 
 toDdlober ifl, 1770. 
 
 1770 I s d 
 
 May 7tti, By Ballancc of Accounts adjuftcd ihii Day 91 12 ri 
 ? By TaiiioD Moocy rccs nd, x lO 4'- 
 
 By Intcrcft o\ Subfcrip^ioss received 37 7 O 
 
 By Cafh rccci'-ci of Mr De Bcrdt per 1 , 
 
 'JohnSmirh, 3 ycar^p rt (omiucd) J 9 I9 ^ 
 24'h, ByaSetofBUn i& VaTcr Mr. Gcr 7 
 - ■ Lmerecd. ■ jioo 6 o 
 
 ^ag. iith, By dtto'in Favour ©f ditto 50 o o 
 
 lyh. By ^itto in Favour of ditto 50 o O 
 
 tch, By ditto in Fa»or MsfT. Lathrop and ) ' _ 
 
 Smith of Hanfordr j 25 o 
 
 joih, By d lit.') in FWoor Mr Jon. Mafool 
 
 for £60 o P >• 5^1 o o 
 
 Dedoft Lofj at 10 pcrCcDi. 6 o bj 
 By ditto io Favor the Kev. Mr Kirt* 
 land, for ^* 6& O o 
 
 pfidpft l^ofs »t i^ perCcac. 6 P O, 
 Dedod Lofi tt 5 pcrCeot. 1 
 Qo tbcBili be had Dec I 
 «7« I769» ns'^fc than f « 'P *^ 
 •.xilfij then dcdoGcd, J — — — |2 xo 6 
 
 Uct]tn$ £ 471 19 Vf 
 
 ^rrors Excepted, 
 
 Per Eleazar WnEEtocK. 
 
 fhe above Account for the laft five Months^ will 
 ie exbihited to be exnmined and authenticated as ufual^ 
 '4ttbe Clofe of the Tear. 
 
 A PC. 
 
r 54 ] 
 A F O E M, 
 
 On the Rife and Prngrefs of Moor's Indian 
 CH/lRI-JT'SCHpOL, /now incorporated with 
 I)arimGuth C^//<?^^) it's Removal and Settlement 
 in jF/dK^mT,' and the founding a .Church m the 
 liame. • 
 
 By One6fDoa. WHEELOCK's PdpiK educated 
 in laid School, and now a Member of fa id Col- 
 kgc, preparing fer a Miflion arjiong the Indians. 
 
 ^Ome heavenly p^ower fofc v/hifpcring to my heaEt^ 
 
 Infpire my foci and light diviRc impart ; 
 l>3ch me to fmg how Hartmoutb Crft arofe^ 
 In fpite of mortal and immortal f6e«> 
 
 Say firiV, m)' feuf; hp-vv the -;?] mighty mind.. 
 Who at one view fufv^ys all human ktnd, 
 Bejrieli the mai4sri.agfavage mad withfpitc^ 
 Reel: tQ th^ regiens of eternal night ; 
 And feeling god-like pity in his bread, 
 His glorious grace h/ thus with fmiies addrefs'd, 
 *''' Go grace triumphant, fpread thy gifts abroa(^. 
 On favage mortals v;ho defpife their God ; 
 rrooi heaven; s bright world dcTcend to humbk earth 
 T.h€fe give an Indian feminary birth. 
 Where heathen youth from many a diftant tribe, 
 
 The feeds of truth and fcicnce ihall imbibe. 
 
 And 
 
i '55 "I' 
 And learn t6 bow before our avyful throne. 
 And hail me king of heaven and e^^^« alone^ 
 Learn to adore the* facred threfj: in one. 
 Love and admire my own eternal fon 
 (Who ranfom'd hcli-doom'd. rebels wi^ his blood^^ 
 And all the boundlefs mercy of aGodv 
 Nor thefe alone ; lee virtuous Engiifh youth, i 
 Whofebofoms glow with piety and trufh. 
 Devote their lives apdjoyn the glorious caufe^ 
 Of fnatching captive fouls from fataa's paws, . 
 Y/ho like a lion bound fliail bitchis, chain, _ -r^ 
 
 And roarinr; looTe <he yafjals^of hk refcn* r • j t.^^vi 
 Ifet neither pride .of earth nor powers of hcl^jr ||y^ 
 Tho' like a raging fea they foam aqd fwell,^^.|^ j,^^^ 
 Shall e'er deftroy this offspring, ofr my love^ 
 But by perminion from my throne above." 
 Thus God ordaio'd in heaven and what he willed* ' 
 Almighty grace oa eatth below fulfil'da 
 tip rofe the infant fchool, fmall at her feitth,- " 
 Juft as a grain of; muftard from the earth ' 
 Shoots up a te^der,ftalk, and by digfecsj 
 Spreads and extends, and emulates the trees. 
 As Sol's prolific beamg^and kindly {howers.> 
 Call forth the Ycmal bl^om, atid fragrant flowers?; 
 
t .46 ] ,. 
 
 Sa grace divine difplaj^'d her heavenly {{brt. 
 
 And chear'd the infant School fhe rear*d before t 
 
 Cloath'd v^'ith her garmentsVnourifh'd with her tooS^ 
 
 And pour*d it's bofo^ full of feyery good. 
 
 Yet then, left man fhoiiid fay (ind claiiti the pmk) 
 
 Behold the inftitutien which I raife 1 
 
 To fliow the world the Plao waa all herown> 
 
 And keep afTiiming rtibrtals from h^r throne^ 
 
 She hid iUt chearful glories of her cycsji 
 
 Sid envy rage, and malice vent their lies i 
 
 then rofe Contempt and Pride, \^uH Sneers affailM^ 
 
 Help hid her head, and weak A&ftance failed, 
 
 All light of human Rof}C fbrborc to Ihine, 
 
 And clouds and dirknefs veil'd the wKblc dcfign. 
 
 Then faith and Hbpc, by h^aV^n's own breath 
 
 finfpir'd, 
 
 Rai'^'d their petitidrtS; Sftd God*s Kelp rcq'uir'd j 
 
 Grace withafitoile, ej:perd th' impending harm^ 
 
 Difpcrs'd the clouds, and drove away the ftorm 5 
 
 Pour'd dowft hcrblenjngs, bid n<^w friends arifc. 
 
 And cheat the finking fchool with frcfli fupplies 5 
 
 Who, like a trembling child, which f^ars a fall. 
 
 For Help, on Albion's ifle, prefume^ to call. 
 
 Albion, the boaft of Fame, Europa's pride, 
 
 iWhich more eutihines all other lands bcfide, 
 
 Thsni 
 
I 57 J 
 
 Than noon-day. Phcebus, in his blazing car> 
 
 Exceeds the twinkling luOre of a ilar. 
 
 An ifle renown'd for riches, arms and arts. 
 
 For heroes^ noble fouls, and lib'ral hearts. 
 
 Illuftrious George^ enthron'd in fovereign rule^ 
 
 CommcnGes donor to an Indian fchool -^ 
 
 His bright example, fires each gencous breads 
 
 And Charity, in faired fplendor dreiVd, 
 
 Stands forth riever'd, while noble Britons join. 
 
 To bring their off 'rings, and adof n her fhrine. 
 
 But fee, above the reft, exalted (land. 
 
 The worthy fewjwho ftretcVd their friendly handj 
 
 To lead youcigDartmouth^ihro* her infant ftate, 
 
 Support, build up, and make her truly great ! 
 
 O! could my foul, in ftrains fublimely bold. 
 
 Sing, as the Bards immortal fang of old. 
 
 Their deeds fHould live eternal in my lays. 
 
 And heaven and earth re-echo to their praife. 
 
 Should great Meonides rife from the dead, 
 
 Or Maro rear his venerable head, 
 
 A theme like this, might kindle all their fire^ 
 
 And with new glories, every page infpire. 
 The praife of charity, in every line, 
 
 Mdft fpread her blooming beauties all divine. 
 
 Ye favage tribes, behold wkh vaft furprizc, 
 
 Devour the profpedi: with your wondering eyes ! 
 
 Fair Charity to yoii her wealth difplays. 
 
 Be y cur's the profit, and be hcr's the praife : 
 
 H Be 
 
Be chang'd your hearts, your bloody deeds difproV^. 
 And Ice your rugged paffions Ibften into love. 
 
 Say next, my tuneful povver, how grace ordain*d 
 
 To move young Dartmouth to a diftant land \ 
 
 To pull this plant (he rais'd with careful toil. 
 
 And fix it, blooming, in a northern foil. 
 
 Thus we behold, in pathlefs forefts fprung, 
 
 A fruitful tree, with golden apples hung, 
 
 Inclos'd around with fhadcs and gloomy waftcs> 
 
 Expos'd to beating rains, and ftormy blafts ; 
 
 So Dartmouth feated on her defart plain> 
 
 Try'd, difappointed, and opprefs'd v/ith pain, 
 
 Look'd back, and long'd for her old feat again. 
 
 Deep in her bofom hcav'd the fwelling figh, 
 
 And the big tear roll'd trickling from her eye •, 
 
 Earthward, in penfivc woe, her look flie bent> 
 
 And veird her face with gloomy difcontent : 
 
 Tho* wrong her conduft, yet, be cenfurc flill, 
 
 Affliftions fall by heaven's all-fovereign will ; 
 
 And in this ftorm, how could (he chufe but weep ^ 
 
 When her almighty guardian feem'd to fleep ? 
 
 When frightful profpe6ls rofe to fight around, 
 
 When languifh'd hope, and threatening nature 
 
 (frown'd* 
 
 For now the king of day, at diftance far. 
 In fouthern figns, drove his refulgent car; 
 
 On 
 
I 59 ] 
 jS>n northern climates beam'd a Ihorter day, 
 Aad (hot obliquely his diminilh'd ray. 
 Grim winter frowning from the gliftening beaf, 
 pnbar*d his magazines of r/itrous air, 
 And clad in icy mail, of rigid form, 
 Menac'd, dark difmal days, and dreadful ftorm. 
 Forlorn, thus youthful D^r/»3^«/^ trembling (lood. 
 Surrounded with Inhofpitable wood y 
 No filkcn furrs, on her fofc limbs to fpread. 
 No dome to fcreen her fair defencelefs head, 
 On ev'ry fide, (he cad her wiftiful eyes. 
 Then humbly rais'd them to the pitying fiCies. 
 Thence grace divine beheld her tender care. 
 And bow'd her ear, propitious to her prayer. 
 
 Soon chang'd the fcene ; the profpect (hone more 
 
 (fair i 
 
 Joy lights all faces with a chearful air ; 
 
 The buildings rife, the work appears alive, 
 
 Pale fear expires, and languid hopes revive i 
 
 Grim winter's furly blafls forbear to blow. 
 
 And heaven lock'd up her magazines of fnow ; 
 
 Autumn protracted it's indulgent days. 
 
 And Sol diffus'd a larger tide of rays. 
 
 And was,, orfeem'd reluflant to decline, 
 
 While Darimoutb needed his propitious fliine ; 
 
 Hz Yet 
 
C 6o } 
 
 Yet he, at length, obtains his utmoft goal. 
 And leaves, in darknefs fahk,the frozen' pole^ 
 From' whofe eternal fnows, the ftormy blafl: " 
 Howls thro* the pines, and fweeps the barren wafle. 
 
 Bat what cho' Phcebus glanc'd a feebler ray ? 
 God's fpiritbeam'd a more ccleftial day j 
 On fin-fick fouls, he ll^one divinely bright. 
 And bid them fpring from darknefs into light 
 The gloom difpcird, the miad defires new joys,^ 
 And blifs fupernal cv'ry thought employs : 
 Eternal truths the vy^arm affedlions gain, 
 And vitious pleafures meet a juftdifdain. • 
 With love divine, the raptur'd bofom glows. 
 And confcicnce, heal'd, indulges fweet'repcfc ; 
 No more rclu6tant, now to dwell at home. 
 Acquits the foul, and longs for joys to come. 
 Earth, with her Toys, no more infpires delights 
 But finks away, ^nd vanifhes from fight. ' ' 
 With full corifent, in holy cov'nant join'd, 
 To God both foul and body are refign'd j 
 Time, talents, life and breath, and all are given, 
 To ferve the Lord, arid climb the road to heaven, 
 Jelus\ the glial God, in mercy drefs*d. 
 Joins his young bride fall to his bleeding breafl ; 
 
 Calms 
 
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 Calm's all her pains, and eafcs every fmart^ 
 And fets her as a feal upon his heart. 
 Infpires, ^ith refolution to fulBl, 
 The facred di£li!::;s of his holy vrill. 
 S veet peace and love, each happy foul infpires^ 
 And balmy friendfhip lights her gentle fires, 
 in ev\y breaft ; joy crowns each fmiling day. 
 And chearful minutes fmoothly glide away. 
 Calm (olitude, to liberal fcience kind, 
 Sheds her foft influence on the ftudiousmind i 
 Afflictions (land aloof ; the heavenly powers. 
 Drop needful blefllngs in abundant (hc)wers. 
 
 Thus Dartmouth^ happy in her fylvan feat, 
 Drinks the pure pleafu res of her fair retreat % 
 Her fongs of praife, in notes melodious rife, 
 Like clouds of incenfe to the liftening llcies ; 
 Her God protedls her with paternal Care, 
 From ills deftrudlive, and each fatal fnarc; 
 And may He ftill protecft, and She adore. 
 Till heaven, and earth, and time fhallbe no mon 
 
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A 
 
 CONTINUATION 
 
 6t T H E 
 
 NARRATIVE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Indian Charity-School^ 
 
 BEGUN IN 
 
 L E E A N Q Ny 
 
 IN 
 
 CONNEC TICUTj 
 
 NOW INGGRPORATED WITH 
 
 Dartmouth-College^ 
 
 in hanover, 
 
 IN THE Province of 
 
 New-Hampshire, 
 By Eleazar Wheelock, D.D. 
 
 Prefident of DARf MOUTH COLLEGE. 
 
 HARTFORD; 
 
 Printed in the Year 1773.' 
 

 A CONTINUATION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 NARRATIVE 
 
 Q F T H E 
 
 Indian Gharity-School^ ^c. 
 
 From Sept. 26, 1772, toSept. 26, 1773, 
 
 '^'^'^^^4^^ K the Appendix to my lad Nar- 
 U^^^I^J j,^^j^g^ J g^^^ ^^,^ Publican Ac- 
 
 '^4^ I -^-^ count of Mr. Ripley's Return 
 ^••l* ^'^ from his northern Miflion, and 
 
 XZttXtX ^^ ^'^ bringing eight Youths 
 ^'^'^^''^'^•'^ from the Caghnawaga, and two 
 
 from the Loretto Tribes of Indians with him, 
 to this School. And Tuppoling fome farther 
 Account of them may be acceptable to my 
 Readers, I Ihall add, That after fome little 
 
 Acquaintance; 
 
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 Acquaintance with them, I underftood that 
 thofe from Loretto were Hurons, and could 
 ^cak the Language ot that Tribe : And by a 
 thorough Acquaintance, Mr. Dean found that 
 there was (uch Affinity between their Lan- 
 guage, and the Onoida's, which he is Matter 
 of, that with very little Pains, he can make 
 himfelf fo completely Matter of their Language, 
 as to be able to difcourfe and preach to the Hu- 
 rons freely in their own Tongue. 
 
 They manifefted 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 Englilh fwhich an Indian 
 may do before he can difcourfe in that Tongue) 
 and as they could fpeak French well, I order- 
 ed Jofeph Verruiel, a young Frenchman, to 
 teach them to read the French Bible. 
 
 This Verruiel came providentially from 
 Canada to this School, almoft two Years, ago. 
 His. Father was a Lieutenant-Golonel of the 
 Militia near Quebec, and before the taking 
 of that Flare by the Englifli, his Circumftan- 
 ces were affluent. He had fupported this Son 
 two Years at School, in France, but in the 
 Siege at Quebec his Moufe was burnt, and be 
 reduced to Poverty ; whereupon he fent for 
 
 this 
 
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 K 
 
 this Son home. This Youth had never heard 
 of this School, when he fat out with a Number 
 of Frcnclimen, on a Journey through the 
 Woods from Canada to Connecticut. When 
 he had reached thefe New-Englilh Settlements, 
 and had got fufficicnt Evidence of Deceit in 
 the Man they had put Confidence in to con- 
 du6t them, and having no Intereft of his own, 
 as the reft had, to call him further, and appre- 
 hending himfelf unfafe among a People he 
 could not underftand, while he was To much in 
 the Hands of a bad Map), and findmg fome 
 who had been formerly Captives in Canada, 
 with whom he could converfe in his own 
 I^anguage, he flopped, and let his Compani- 
 ons go forward without him. In this Place, 
 about Thirty-five Miles diftant, he was inform- 
 ed of this School, and that he would be kind- 
 ly treated, it he fhould be admitted into it, and 
 that no Compulfion was ufed in Matters of 
 Religion, but all left to fearch, and fee, and 
 judge for themfelves, he defired, and obtained 
 Admittance onTryal. 
 
 When he came, he could fpeak fo much 
 Latin that v/e could underftand him, and was 
 able to read and underftand the moft of the 
 Latin Teftament, and foon difcovered him- 
 felf to be a biggotted Papift, fraught with all 
 the Prejudices againft Protcftanifm which 
 papal Artifice could infpire. I advifed all 
 concerned not to enter into any warm 
 
 Debate 
 
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 Debate with him on any Points of the Con- 
 crovcrfy, nor any Thing more than propofe 
 Queftions for his Conrideracian. He appear- 
 ed dcfirous to {earch the Matter to tke Boc- 
 tom, and fee, and judge for himfelF. I pro- 
 cured a French Bible for him., which he had 
 never fecn before, more than the fmall A- 
 bridgment which their Cleroy allow to be read. 
 He read it with great Diligence and Improve- 
 inefit, and foon began to Qoei3:ion the Truth 
 of many Things which he had betore taken 
 upon Truft, with no other Ground of BeLef, 
 than the Authority of that Church, nnd tound 
 himfelf conftiained to indulge the growing 
 Sufpicion, till he renounced all the Peculiari- 
 ties of the Fopilli Religion, and became a fixed 
 and fettled Protedant ; on which 1 determined 
 to carry him throuoh a Courfe of Collegiate 
 Learning at my own Kxpence, unhTs fome 
 charitable Frieiul fhould find it in his Ileart to 
 contribute AflTi-ftance therein, in hopes that he 
 niay by the Grace of God, be made eminently 
 ufcful to his miftaken Brethren. 
 
 These Huronshavc made good Proficiency 
 in reading the Bible, and appear alio to be 
 nearly fatisfied that their Teachers have here- 
 tofore much impofed upon them, and that the 
 Strength of the Popifn Caufe don't lie in the 
 Power of Truth, but in t^^at Darknefs and pro- 
 ibund Ignorance ^hich they are (o careful to 
 nring up and hold their People in, as to a 'great 
 
 ' . Part 
 
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 Part of the divine Revelation ; and that many 
 Things, merely human, were impofed, incul- 
 cated, and enjoyned upon them inftead thereof. 
 They expreffed a Delirc that fome of their 
 young Relations might have the fame Advan- 
 tage of Inftrudlion as they had ; and accord- 
 ingly, at their Defire, 1 gave them Liberty to 
 make a Vifit tothcir Friends in^^Tanada, and 
 invite 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 Pfiefts was fo ftrong, and their Artifices 
 fo many that they could not prevail to bring 
 any Boys with them at prefenr, but they are of 
 Opinion that there is a growing Profpedl that 
 a great Part of that Town will, in a littleTime, 
 be willing and glad to be intruded in the 
 whole Truth which concerns their eternal Sal- 
 vation. But however this may be with Ref- 
 pedl to others, I think it is evident that thefe 
 have lotl nothing in Favour of the Proteftanc 
 Faith by going home. 
 
 As to thofe eight who came with thefe from 
 tl^aghnewaga, 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 decent]y,.they foon began 
 to difcover the In-dian Temper, grew impati- 
 ent of Order and Govern«ent in the School, 
 fliew'd a great Inclinsnon to be hunting and 
 
 rambling 
 
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 Tambling in the Woods, not well fatisficd with 
 what was done for them, a Difpofuicn to make 
 unfriendly Remarks upon any OmiiTions in 
 any Refpeft, which could be condrucd as evi- 
 dential of, in any Meafure, a Want ot Kind- 
 nefs and Care for them ; and this in Cafes, in 
 which none but thtmfelvcs couid ever have 
 thought of fuch an Underftanding of them,&c. 
 In the Beginning of March they petitioned 
 earntdly that I would kt them make a Vific 
 to Sir William Johnfon •, I v. as not fouy for 
 fuch aMotion, as I apprehended they v^ere more 
 likely to do Hurt to Others, than get Good 
 to thcmfelves, by (laying heie. I gave them 
 Liberty to go, and from thence to Coghne- 
 waga, and not return again to this School j 
 and accordingly furniilied them with all that 
 was neceSarv for their Journey. Thefe four 
 left the Schoo:, March 1 1, and all Uneafincfs 
 with chofe they kfc behind, at once fubfided. 
 
 The Account they gave on their Arrival 
 at Caghncwaga, ot the Treatment given the 
 Boys they left here, was not over friendly -, 
 however, I believe they have done the Caufe 
 no Hurr, efpecislly as they themfelves made 
 fj much better Appearance as to their Cioath- 
 ing than chcy did when they camefroniHome. 
 
 Three of the Fathers cf thefe Children, viz. 
 Meffieurs Siacy and Phillips, Fathers of the 
 two captive Boys before-mentioned, and Sode- 
 
 reculko 
 
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 reoufko Father of another, all reputable in the 
 Tribe, came here June 2d, on a vifit to their 
 Children. Mr. Stacy brought his Wife, (who 
 is one of the Natives) with him. And Mr.Phil-- 
 lips brought with him a Son, who appeared to 
 be about 14 Years old, and who had been late- 
 ly eiefled, and iaftalled King of that Tribe. 
 (This I underftand to be agreeable to theCuf- 
 torn of the Indians, to chufe and Grown their 
 Kings while thty are young, and to have them 
 ready to execute their OfKce on theRemovalof 
 their PredecefTor.^ This Son Mr. Philips pro- 
 mifed to fend to me for an Education in this 
 School, the' Lad appeared promifing, and was 
 defirous to ftay with his lictle Brother, and his 
 Father would have left him, had it not been 
 that certain Rites commonly pradtifed among 
 them, to ratify the Choice of a King, and make 
 it more pubiickly known among the Tribes, 
 yet reaiained 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 as an Expreffion of Difrefpecl, 
 and therefore he thought it cot expedient to 
 leave his Son here at that Time, but exprefied 
 the falleft Purpofe to fend him as foon as 
 the Way iliould be prepared for it, which I 
 can'c but confider as a very hopeful Omen of 
 fame great good in referve for thofe Northern 
 Tribes. 
 
 Thky 
 
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 They ap-peared wdl pleaftrd with the Situa- 
 tion, and Drfpofalof their Children here. 
 
 They gave mean Account that their i^riefi: 
 ^^/as much difpleafed at tbeir fending their 
 Children to this School, and to that Degree 
 that he had retufed to Pray either For Parents 
 er Children fince they carr)e away. 
 
 They alfo inforrfjcd me that through -the in- 
 fiuence of the Prieft, and the aged Grand mo- 
 ther, the Boy, a defcendanc from the Rev'd.. 
 Mr. Williams, (whofe coming with Mr. Ripley 
 was prevented By Sicknef^) was like flill to be 
 deciiined. 
 
 The beginning of May the Rev'd. Mr, 
 Siipley and Mr. Dean, fat out on a MifTion to 
 vifir the Indians ac Penobfcotc, and on the Bay 
 Of Fundy, as they Ihouldfind Encouragernenr, 
 d^?reeable to Reprefentations heretofore made 
 of a E"'oor open for Service among iheiti. 
 
 Colonel Goldthwait Commander of the 
 Fort at Penobfcotr, informed them that for a 
 
 Nornher of Years, ^r d uW of late there had 
 ■ a[>[)eared a vey fasr P.ofptd of their receiving 
 a Xiil^Ronary, bad one been ofFefed to them, 
 b or now the Cale appeared much otherwife 5 
 H'^d t!)is oc.caf)v')ned ihroDyh the free and unre- 
 ftrainrd Sde of fpiriious L'quor amon^ them, 
 fnd the FJ2tftry and Artmce of the Rooi'fh 
 frieiis who quiet and keep them in [;erfe6t Se- 
 curity 
 
curity by a liberal Dirpeiifation of Parc5ons of 
 their continual Drunkcnnefs, and ail the fordid 
 viees conconnitant w th, and confequent there- 
 on ; and which are realonably to be expeded, 
 fo long as the Traders are under no redraiRt in 
 felling, nor the Indians in buying Rum, buc 
 their wane of Ability to pay for it ; by which 
 Means th^ir Poverty and Mifery is already 
 come upon them, Mr. R:pley fays, beyond 
 what he had evcrfeen before in any Indance. 
 By thefe Indulgencies of their Priefts^ they wQr^ 
 fader than ever attached to them, though by 
 ihefe Means they were wafting and decrcafing 
 fad ks to their Number, and appeared to be 
 nigf), very nigh unto curfing, infomuch that 
 within a very few Years, according to the pr^- 
 fent Courfe of Things, that once numerous 
 and formidable Tribe, which has been fuch a 
 fore Scourge to the Enghfli, will be whoKy 
 Extind. 
 
 Among thefe Mr. Ripley found an Indian 
 of whom Colonel Gokkhwait before inform- 
 ed him, who faid he belonged to a very large 
 Tribe far Wed of Lake Superior, which he 
 called Mai^agneffawack^\\'h)ch lived far beyond 
 any Communication with, or Knowledge of the 
 En^lsdi, and his Chara(f^er among the Indians 
 atPenobfcott, and theEnglidi who have been 
 fevcral Years acqnai-nted with him, for Honef- 
 ty and Veracity, renders the Account which he 
 gives worthy of more Credit, & alfo as his Ac- 
 counts 
 
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 co\ants have beea invariably the fame ever fancc 
 he has been with them, i. e. fince the taking 
 of Canada by the Englifh, a Summary of which 
 is this Tha: the Country there is vaRly Fer- 
 tile—That they Plant. nothing but Indian 
 Corn, Melons, Pumpions — That R»ce, Peas, 
 Beans, Apples, Plums, Tobacco, Grapes, &:c. 
 grow fpontaneoufly, and almofi: every Thing 
 which he had ken in Canada or New-England, 
 and all in great Plenty-— That Horfes, Cows, 
 Sheep, Goats, lofFaloes, were Natives of that 
 Country, ran wild, and v^ere propagated in great 
 Abundance •, alfo, ihegreateft plenty of Fowls 
 of all Sorts, as Turkies, Gcefe, Ducks, Hens, 
 Pigeons, &c. who feed ehiefiy on Rice — Thar 
 the Tribes of Indians were vaQly numerous, 
 and their Wars generally every Year — The 
 Weapons they u(e m War, were Bows and 
 Arrows, and a heavy Club — Their Arrows 
 arc pointed with Stone, and fometimes poifon- 
 cd — That the Arnaies which met at the taking 
 Quebec, (where he was on the (ide of the 
 French) were but a handful compared with 
 thofe who commonly met in War Jn his Coun- 
 fry — That when they met upon a very large 
 Piain, Adhere they ufed commonly to Fight, the 
 armies wcrefo large that he could not fee from 
 one End to the other of them. 
 
 Tke Account he gives of his coming into 
 this Part of the Continent is, That he was ta- 
 ken Captive, and being youc»g and able bodi- 
 ed, 
 
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 €d, he was Sold, as is their Cuftom to deal with 
 fuch, the old and decriped 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 Connexion with the French, and 
 there became one ef ihe Quota which thac 
 Tribe was to furnifh the French for that War, 
 where he got Acqua ntance with the Penob- 
 feott Indians, and came Home 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 Wife 
 will not Confenn to it though he has great!/ 
 defired it. 
 
 He fays he never heard of, nor doss he fup- 
 pofe that his Nation, have any Noti,on of & 
 Supreme Being — -He lays they have very little^ 
 or almofl: no Winter there, and tells of man}/ 
 and vaftly great Tribes which he palTed thro' 
 before he came toCanada. He fays theOccafion* 
 of their War is never to defend Property, nor 
 is there ever Oecafion for that, as they have 
 every where fuch Fullnefs, and Room enough 
 for all ; but it is only out of Pride to fee which 
 Nation have the braved Men. 
 
 An Indian of the AnniidoweJfanTnhc^ which 
 is commonly at War mihihQ MaUegneJfawacks^ 
 has alfo been at Penobfcott, and gives an Ac- 
 count fimilar to the moll: cITcntial Parts of this 
 Relation, by which it is made yet more credi- 
 ble. At 
 
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 At Mr. Ripley's Defi re, the Chiefs of that 
 Tribe met together, on which occafion he had 
 the AfliHance of Capt. Fletcher, the Province 
 Interpreter, by whom he communicated to 
 them his Errand ; after a fhort Confultation 
 among themfelves, they gave for Subftance the 
 following Anfsver, viz. After thanking him 
 and thofc who fent him, they faid God had 
 taught them a v.^ay to Pray which was right, 
 meaning the whole PopiSi Way of Worfhip, 
 to which Religion they feemed much attached, 
 and added, their Children would not be willing 
 to come, and if they were, they could not get 
 a living by it -, and fhewed no Inclination to 
 fend them, to which Mr. Ripley thought pro- 
 per (o return them a Ihort Anfwer, in which 
 he expreffed the Kindnels of the Englidi ia 
 making the Offer to them, and that the Offer 
 made them was of God — That they would be 
 the only Su^erers by refufing it — That the 
 Englilh would, by rheirRefufal, be faved much 
 PalnS; and Expence to do thern good, &c, , 
 
 At this Place Mr. Ripley found an Indian 
 Youth of the Natic Tribe, v^ho had for feveral 
 Years been with thefc and the Indians at St. 
 Francis^ till he is become thorough Mafler of 
 the Languages of both the Tribes, which are 
 near alike- — his moral Chara^cr being very 
 good, and there appeared a Profpeft of his be- 
 coming a fine Interpreter, 2nd a very ufeful 
 ManjiliDuld he have proper Meafures of Lear- 
 nings 
 
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 ning, Mr. Ripley invited him to conie witfe 
 him to this Scbool, he complyed with the 
 grcateft Chearfulnefs, and arrived July 28, and 
 has condufled agreeably. 
 
 Mr. Ripley has reprefcntcd to me that MIf- 
 fionaries among the poor Englifh Settlers iri 
 th^t Quarter are employed and fupported by 
 that Province, viz. the Majfachufetts Eay^ and 
 that he found it quite eonfiltent with the Pe- 
 fign of his MifTion to ferve that charitable De- 
 fign towards thofe Settlers alfo, and is of Opi- 
 nion that they wi'll be more likely to find ac- 
 cefs to the Indians, and be more beneficial to 
 them, confidering the Jcaloufies which thei-r 
 Priefts infpire, if they fhould go in the Charac- 
 ter of Englifh MifTionaries, and as having 
 them for their Objedl, than in the Charader of 
 Mtffionarics to the Indians •, fo that thci.r La- 
 bours among the Indians might appear to be 
 only occailonal, and not in Gonfcquenceof any 
 fpecial antecedentRcfpec^l 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 rcafon ably expect- 
 ed among the Englifh, and the Expence for 
 each be lefTened thereby. And I know thefc 
 charitable Gentlemen of the Committee, and 
 their Gonftituents, of that Province will re- 
 joice in any Plan that fhall make their Charity 
 more extenfivcLy beneficial to the Souls of 
 
 Men, 
 
Men, while the Money they have granted for 
 the BeneSt otthe Englifli, is wholly devoted 
 tothatUfe. 
 
 Upon receiving various Accounts from the 
 Northward, which e-neourage a Hope that a 
 Door may be foon opened for MifTions among 
 the Tribes in the Province of Canada, fcveral 
 of my Students who have been fome Years 
 with me preparing for a Mifllon to the Indi- 
 ans, were defirous tofpend fome Time in that 
 Province, to get Acquaintance with the In- 
 habitants, and learn the Ctiftoms and Lan- 
 guages both of the French and Indians, in 
 order to qualify thcmfclves for a Mifllon there. 
 I did well approve of the Propofal, as the Indi- 
 ans are fo much French^fcd, and likely more 
 or lefs acquainted with the French Tongue 
 wherever the French have traded, or imploycd 
 their Miffionaries aniong them for many hun- 
 dred Miles. 
 
 Accordingly, McfTieurs Thomas Kendal, 
 Elifha Porter, Andrew Judfon, and with them 
 Jofeph Verruiel fat out on the 15th of June, 
 and after the three firft had recovered of tfec 
 Small- Fox, which they received by Inoculation 
 at Montreal, i>^r. Kendal found a very emi- 
 nent Situation for Learning what he had in 
 Yiew at Mrs. Stacy's at Cagbnawaga^ and foon 
 found himiclf fo happy as to gain the Refpedl 
 of all about him, both French and Indians, 
 
 and 
 
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 ^nd bad as rnaaylndiaaSjys applying to-him for 
 his Inllrudlion as he dcfired, a-nd more than hb 
 was well able to attend upon, which gave himafi 
 Opportunity to be immediately profitable to 
 themj while he was under the bed Advantage 
 to profecute the DeQgn of Suing himfelf lor 
 that Service. 
 
 The Difficulty o-f introducing and fettling a 
 MifTionary in any of thcirTri-bes, andthcLength 
 of Time, and expenfive Ceremonies always ne- 
 cefiary to effect it, has led me mare and more 
 Idco a favourable Opinion of MifHonaries itiner- 
 ating am jag them, and acco^rdingly of qrjalify? 
 ing fui'table Youtbs for that Purpofe -, whongay 
 be ^ble to fpcak to the feveral Tribes in tbeir 
 own Lmgu-aoes and as itinerant Mifiionarics 
 travel from Tribe to Tribe, in which Charader 
 their co-n'ci nuance at particul-a-r Places may be 
 agreeable to the Inftrudions which Chr ist gave 
 the itine.-ants which he fent forth, as their JPru^ 
 dep.ce. (liould didate, and the Reception their 
 i^erfons and Meffagc (hould find among them, 
 
 I THINK it worthy our Con^fideratlon whether 
 there would net be much lefs Danger of thofc 
 Jcaloufies whtch h^avc been fo conftantly a greac 
 Impedi'ment in the Way of dated Miflionaries, 
 ar^d much lefs expofe them to their Rage, ar if 
 they Ihould find themfclves in Danger, make 
 theirRctrcat more eafy, and without Noife, and 
 give them Opportunity, according to Christ's 
 Diredlioa to leave chem in a Manner bcft faitec^ 
 
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 to awaken their Gonfcicnces, and excite them 
 to Confideration. 
 
 A Number of Mifiionaries thus employed 
 will have peculiar Advantage to ftrengthen one 
 anothet'sHands, mutually confirm one another's 
 MciTage, advife one another of Dangers on the 
 one Hand, and encouragmg Profpedls on the o- 
 ther ; and their MilTion in the whole appear mere 
 refpeftahle among theSavages. And if God fhould 
 mercifully accompany their McfTage with theHo- 
 ly Ghoft fent down from Heaven, & there fhould 
 be a Spirit of Conyidion among them, though 
 but in a few Inftances, this would be a motl 
 likely Means to fpread the Leaven far and wide 
 and through the whole Lump, as the few, who 
 fhould be the Subjects of fuch ImprelTions, 
 would be fond of following, and recommending 
 the Preacher toothers, and all who fhould come 
 in the rr^ Way. 
 
 We have had plentiful Experience of this 
 jn Years pafl, as great Numbers can Witncfs 
 who lived in PUces where God has graGioufly 
 poured out his Spirit upon his People, and how 
 mfiny hundred Inftances are there in this Land 
 crl^fuchas can Witnefs that thofe firfl Imprefll- 
 ons which they have rcafon to Hope ifTued in a 
 fav-ing Ccnverfion to Chrifl:, were by Means of 
 the Reports and D'f ourfes of otUers who were 
 ^u,der fuch ImprelTDns. May the Lord of the 
 Harvcft gratioufly infpire his young Servants 
 who arc willingly offenng themfclves to this Ser- 
 vice, 
 
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 vice*, with W ifdom, and a holy 2eal, and fend 
 rhem forth in the Power and Spiritof Ellas, and 
 Crown their pious Laboiars with his Blcfllng, 
 
 Mr. Dean has now finifhed his Courfe oi 
 Studcs here, and upon finding, as I have alrea- 
 dy mentioned, that he may with little Expence 
 be able to P. each to the Hurons freely in theii; 
 own Tongue, has determined if Go© pleafes, 
 when he has peifedled himfelf in the French 
 Tongue to enter upon a Miflion, and with a 
 proper Companion, preach ar» an Itinerant, not 
 only to the Six Nations (with whom he lived 
 many Years from his Youth) but to all the 
 Tribes that can underftand him, to a thoufand 
 Miles end, if fuch there arc at that Diftance, 
 
 Messieurs Stacy and Phillips on their late 
 Vifit informed me that by learning one Lan« 
 guage befides the Mohocks which he already 
 has, he would be ab!e to difcourfe and preach 
 to all tne Tribes back from Montreal for fome 
 hundred Miles. 
 
 My Expences here have hithefto ncceiJariiy 
 been great, and every confiderate Man willeafi- 
 ly conceive them to have been rauch greater, otk 
 account of the Difficulty and Diftancc of Tranf- 
 portaiion, and cfpeciaily as the Roads are ycC 
 ib ne»v and rough. It is likely in Time r\cw 
 Markets will be opened, and Stores provided 
 nearer and more convenient, but there mwft be 
 Time to efRsft it, and great Expence to clear 
 
 the 
 
( 20 ) 
 
 the Roads and make thcra feafiblc for Carriage^ 
 biu the greateft and fureft Profpedl I have of 
 Relief as to the greateft and hcavieft Part of this 
 extraordinary Trouble and Expcnce is trcm the 
 Cultivation of thefe Lands; when we can at- 
 tain to a fullr/efs of all which this Soil will pro- 
 duce, we {hall requite but comparatively fmali 
 Importation to make' our Subfiftance comforta- 
 ble, and I begin already to feel the Benefir. 
 
 My Crups were confiderably fhorte.ned the 
 laft Year, the former by an uncommon Rain at 
 :hc Beginning of the Harveft, the latter by an 
 untimely Froll, yet the Benefit of that which 
 was faved was very fenfible. And I have this 
 Year cut about double the Quantity of Hay 
 which I cut die laft Year, viz. about thirty Tons, 
 and if God (liall gracioufly continue his Smiles, 
 and grant Increafe according to the prefent Prof- 
 pefls, I exped to cut fifty or fixty Tons the 
 next Year. I have reaped about twenty i^cres 
 of Engliih Grain, which Crop appeared to be 
 very heavy before Harveft, and proved to be 
 too m,uch fo, as a confiderable Pare of it fell 
 down with its own Weight before the Stc<^ had 
 got to maturity, the Confcquence of which all 
 experienced Farri:ers v;ell know •, however, tho* 
 it be much lefs than the Profped-t was it is a ve- 
 ry confiderable Relief. I have about twenty 
 Acres of Indian Corn on the Grou^nd, which, 
 conficiering the NfcWnc-fh srd imiperfed Tilhgc 
 of the Lap.d, promifes a confiderable Crop. 
 
 The 
 
( 21 ; 
 
 The Number of my Labourers for fix Months 
 fall, has generally been from Thirty to Forty, 
 bcfides thofe ehi ployed at the Mills, in the 
 Kitchen, Walli-Houfej&c. The Number of my 
 Students dependant and independant the lafh 
 Year vvas about Eighty, and the Number of my 
 Family together, confequenily large, and thro' 
 the pure Mercy of God I have been bieffed with 
 a peaceableFamllyjdiligcnt andorderlyStudefits, 
 & faithfulLabourers. I have not heard a profane 
 Word fpokcn by one of my Number, nor have 
 I Reafonto think there has been one for three 
 Years pad, nor do profane Perfons expedl to be 
 employed in any Service, or allowed to continue 
 here. 
 
 I HAVE feven Yoke of Oxen, and about twen- 
 ty Cows, all the Property and employed in the 
 Service ol" the School. I have cleared, fenced 
 and fjwed about fifteen Acres of Wheat, the 
 clearingof the Ground I entered uprn the laft 
 Year and have found it CoHly, as I expefled I 
 (hould, it being very heavy timbered, but as^ the 
 Soil is good, and contiguous to the School, I 
 ejrpefl it will well repay the Coil of it. 
 
 • I HAVE cleared firfficicnt far Pafturing, i. c. 
 have cut and girdled all the Growth upon five 
 Hundred Acres, and a Part of it have fowed 
 vi'iih Hay-Seed ; the reft I exped will be ready 
 to receive rhe Seed, as foon as it (lia.U be dry 
 enough to burn the Trafh upon it in the Spring. 
 The Soil is generally good, and I hope the 
 
 Scho:>i 
 
( S2 V 
 
 Sckool will experience the Bene^t of it in due 
 Time.— I have enclofed with a Fence about two 
 Thoufand Acres of this Wildernels, including 
 the before-mentioBed, that I might be able to 
 tefirain 0?:en, Cows, Horfes, &c. from ramb- 
 ling beyond my R.each in the Wildcrnefs. 
 
 Only the Article of Hay-Seed to flock thefe 
 l^ands which I have already cleared, has and 
 will, 1 cxpe6!, Coft above £ 40 Sterling. I 
 liave [lud;ed the cheapeft and molt effedtual Me- 
 jihods I could to execute this Defign, it can't be 
 accomphfned v/irhout Expense — And however 
 Gentlemen at a Diftance may think of it, I find 
 tny Coodud, fo far as I know, to be approved 
 hy all who have been acquainted with ir^ 
 znd it gives me very fcnfible Satisfadion to 
 J<now that my honored Patrons in England do 
 approve of my Proceedure, and without their 
 cxprefs Approbation, I fhould not have takci. 
 fych an important Step, any further than I (hould 
 have ventured to have done it at my own E.^;- 
 pence. 
 
 A LITTLE more than three Years ago, there 
 %vas nothing to be fecn here but a horrid \YiK 
 dernefs, eow there are eleven comfortable Dwel- 
 ling-Houfes (befides the large one 1 built for my 
 Students, and other neceffaryBuiiding?, as Barns, 
 Mak-Houfe, Brew-Houfe, Shops, &cj and 
 feme of them reputable ones, built hy Tradef- 
 ifnen, and fuch as have fettled in fome Counec- 
 von with, and have btenadmliied for the Bere- 
 
 fit 
 
r »3 ) 
 
 fit of, this School, and the mod of them near fi- 
 nilhed, and all expe(fl to be habitable and com- 
 fortable before, Winter, and all within Sixty 
 Rods of the College — By this Means the Ne- 
 cefTities of this School have been relieved in Part 
 as to Room for my Students — Yet the prefcnt 
 NecefTity of another and larger Building appears 
 to be fuch, that the growth of this Seminary 
 muft necefiarily be ftinted without it. This 
 NecelTity I have reprefentcd to my honored Pa- 
 trons In England, and doubt not they will re- 
 commend the charitable Defign as they fhall 
 think advifeable. I alfo recommended it to the 
 honorable Corporation of this College at their 
 Meeting laft M^y 5 in confequence of which 
 they applied to the honorable General A iTembly 
 ©f thisProvince(who were then fitting) for their 
 Encouragement and Afliftance ; who generoufly 
 granted ^.500 Lawful Money out ot the Pro- 
 vince Treafury to begin with. Whereupon the 
 Truftces taking into their Confideration, how 
 gracioudy God had opened, the Hearts of his 
 People on both Sides the Water, to contribute 
 ft) liberally to fupport and build up this Infl-itu- 
 tion, and that through his' Blefiing their reafon- 
 able Expedations have been fo fully anfwered 
 in the Progrefs and ouccefsof it hitherto, as that 
 none have Occauon to regret their Expence, or 
 indulge the lead uneafy Reflexion on Account 
 of their paflLiberality towards it^ but on the o- 
 ther Hand the Profpedl of the extenfivc Utility 
 of it, to the great and pious Ends propofe^ by 
 
'{ 24 ) 
 
 the Bencfatlor?, is fo fair and prcmifing, as TK-ay 
 juftly infprre "^ Confidence that God will not 
 rorl-ake it, but on the other Hand, will yet open 
 the Hearts of fuch as he has -honored with Abi- 
 lity torontributc Supplies for this NecefTity alfd. 
 Whereupon they unanimoufly came co th-tCon- 
 Giufion that, PJ-fpending all other Methods, it be 
 firfi; attempted by a Subfcription. ' 
 
 I AM not >et able very prteci-fely to 'fay what 
 the Cod: of the Building will be, as it is net yer 
 fuUy determined with what Materials to build^ 
 vt^hether with Brick, er Stone. 
 
 We ha've difcovered a c»nfi^.erable Body of 
 good Stone at the Diftaacc of about three quar- 
 ters of a ISsaIc from the Spot propofed f®r the 
 BpiidiRg ; and fome who have e»xamined it judge 
 there will be Stone enough tocompleat ij: -, how 
 «hat will. prove we can better judge when we 
 have got enou^rji for the Cellar and Ruftic, or' 
 Ground Story -, * and all acquainted with 
 Building-^ of this Nature may judge for them- 
 frivcs of the Bxpence of ir, I fuppofe none will 
 elleem It to be a very li':tle Thing •, and hkcly 
 the jiid'icious will think, when they confider rhe 
 Nature, Ufe, andDeHg/H of theBuilding, that i-c 
 is not injudicious to prefer Scone to any Thing 
 ieife, if good Stone may be convenienily had. 
 k is propofed to finilh it in the mofi^plain, de-' 
 
 cen.r, 
 ^, The P'anofihe Ba''i(3;ns^ at prelect propofed is 17 £ 
 Fjret loog, and ^imde, scd iliree Stories h^^h gfcovc the 
 Rafllq or CreuQd Stsrv, 
 
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 cent, and chcapeft Manner, after the dorlck 
 Order, and all may be afTured that it fliall be 
 performed with a!) the Prudence, Care, Fideli- 
 ly, and good Oeconomy which I am iMafter of,' 
 The Public may expedl a faithful Account of 
 Expences as often as ftiall be reafonable, and of 
 the whole when it is finiflied. 
 
 By what I have thus imperfe6lly neprefcnted 
 it is eafy to fee what is now my O'bjed-, viz to 
 begin and fi«i(h this large Building, complcat 
 what I have began in putting a fuirable Part of 
 thefe Lands under proper Cultivation, and the 
 fboner this be done the foorer will t'he School 
 kave theComfort and B?jnefit p-ropoled by them. 
 
 Another Barn will likely foon be NecefTarv, 
 as alfo a Houfe, and Accomodations for a Dairy, 
 &c. arid thougk the Expences to accempljfh 
 thefe Things mu.ft neceH^rily be great, yet the 
 Fund thereby laid will be lafling, and I hope 
 fuflcicnt to fupport a large Number of Indians, 
 an-d pious Youth who fiiall devote themfelves to 
 the Service of the Redeemer with their whole 
 Hearts, in a pleafing Succeflion to the larcj't 
 Genera-lion. And aifo by what 1 have faid I 
 truft GePtlernen of Con fide rat Io'H and Penetra- 
 tfon will fee that now is the Time if ever for 
 the Fri.ends of this Inftituiion to lend a helpinc? 
 Ha»nd, and efpecially as 1 believe none Will think 
 it prudent to abate our endeavours for the Pa- 
 gans, our firfl: and great Gbjedl, on Account of 
 ihcfc exfraordinary Expences' which are lubor- 
 
 dinate 
 
dinate to that End. Would not fack Abate- 
 nient of our immediate Endeavours with 
 them at lead endanger the' Reputation of the, 
 Caufe, gl^j^e the Enemy an Advantage to put 
 greater Embarrafcr.ents in our V/ay, and render 
 the Succefs ot future Endeavors more impro- 
 b-able ? But I think this Objedion of the. 
 Greatnefs of our prefent Expences can have no 
 J^orce in it, fmce they are only for that which is 
 on all Hands allowed to be Expedient and Ne° 
 ceiTary, and efpecially if we conf.der that by the 
 execution of the Plan propofed thofe Expences 
 will likely foon be amply refunded. As forln- 
 flance, Twenty Shillings will clear, (lock and 
 fence an Acreof Land, and thatAcre, when thus 
 put under Improvement, v/ill be worth Twenty 
 Shillings per Annum. I dont mean that all 
 thefe Lands can be put under Improvement fo 
 Cheap, or that all will be fo profitable when 
 they are brought under Cultivation, but that this 
 is the Cafe with a confiderable Part of thefe 
 Lands, and 1 don't fay this at Random, or by 
 Ouefs, for it is found to be-fo in Inftances not a 
 few in thefe Part??, and I hope will be confirmed 
 by my own Experience, fo that the School will 
 fpon loofe the principal of the Money laid out 
 b.y Fegiev^ing to make this Improvement of it. 
 
 When I think of tl;e great Weight of pre- 
 fent Ejfpence for the Support of fixteen or fe- 
 venieen Indiai Boys, which has been my Num^- 
 bcr all the hit Year, and as many Englifli Youth 
 
 qi) Charity •, eight in the Wildernefs who de- 
 pend 
 
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 pend upon their Support wholly frem thisQuar< 
 tcr ; which has been the Cafe aconfiderable Part 
 of this Year — fuch a Number of Labourers— 
 and under Nccefllty to build a Houfe for 
 myfelf fas I'he Houfe I have lived in was ori- 
 ginally planned for a Store-Houfe for the School, 
 and has been for fome Time ufed for that Pur- 
 pofe, and mud be henceforward devoted to it} 
 and Expence for three, and fometimes four Tu- 
 tors, which has been the lead Number that 
 would fuffice for the well inftru6ling my Stu- 
 dents, I have fometimes found faintnefs of 
 Heart ; but when I confider I have not been 
 feeking myfelf in one Step I have taken, nor 
 have I taken one Step without Deiiberation^ 
 and afking Counfel therein — and that if further 
 Refources from that Full: efs, on which alone I 
 have depended from the Srd, flbouid be with- 
 held, yet that which has been laid out, will be 
 by no means loft to this School, nor fo much as 
 ever be expofed toReproacb, as having been im- 
 prudently expended •, and not only fo but I have 
 always made it my practice, not to fu^er my 
 Expences to exceed what my own private inter- 
 eft will pay in Cafe I fnould be brought to that 
 
 NeceiTuy to do my Creditors Jufticc -But the 
 
 Conftdeiation v;hich above all others, has been, 
 and ii my fovere'-gn Support, is that it is the 
 Caufeof God ; and God moft cerialnly has, and 
 does own it as his own, and in him, and him on- 
 ly, do I hope to perfed his own Plan for his 
 own GiOry. And ¥/hatevcr his Plan may be 
 
 (and 
 
( 2B ) 
 
 (and W'e vtt lire but the BegiRning of it) he wi!i 
 §ccom[jliih \u let theDevi-ceSjCounfels and Ma- 
 chinations of Men, or Devils ac?ainn.it be \^hat 
 they will. And I wilh I may alwa-ys be difpof- 
 ed with the Temper and becoming the Charac- 
 ter of a Servant to have my Eyes ever to him — 
 Uader thefeApprehenfions,! can't be anxious a- 
 bjut theEvent. Gc»d has done greatThings foric 
 hitherto, &! may not go back, but wait upon & 
 hope in him to maintain, fupport and defend it, 
 & perform what is wanting for it in kis own Way 
 an-dTir*^. Certainly his Hand has been confpi- 
 euGus, in the'Beginning, R-ifc, and Progress of 
 it, through fo many dark Scenes. When in it's 
 Infancy and was thcObjed of Contempt, it was 
 the Hand of God that opened, and difpofed the 
 Hearts of fo many on both S.des the Water to 
 fuch pious & charitableLiberal;t:es for the Sup- 
 port of it. — It was the Finger of God that pointed 
 out fuch a wife, godly, hoi^ourable, and friendly 
 Patronage for it in Europe—And whar but a 
 Divine Influence fKould r:?ii>ve my worthy Pa- 
 trons with fo much Chearfulnefs to accept that 
 important Truft in London, and with fuch Srea- 
 dinefs, difmterellcd Zeal, profccute the Defign 
 hkherto — It was the Hand of God ubat advanc- 
 ed iL'a great Fnend and Parron, the Right Ho- 
 nourable William Earl of Dartmouth, to the 
 American Adrniniltration, ac fuch a Time, and 
 wh'ie he was in fuch Connexion with this Se- 
 minary — ic vvas the liand-of God that opened 
 the Heart of our gracious Sovereign to fhew his 
 priacc'y Munificeuce tov^aids ic in his Royal 
 
 Biuncy 
 
( 29 ; 
 
 Bounty of two Hundred Pounds Sterling," and 
 more efpecially in ratifyi'ng a Charter endowing 
 it with all the Powers, Immunities, aiid Privll'e- 
 ges of any Uoiverfuy in his Kin.gdom, by which 
 the Licerefts of it are nioft effcftually feoarcd, 
 and thofe wh?) arc grukiar^ed in it h-ave not s^n 
 emp.ty Title, bus by L aw haveClaim to all rho/3 
 Rights and Privile^ies belonging to Graduates 
 in any Univerfity within ths Realm of Great- 
 Britain. — Was it not the F3and of a gracious 
 God that advanced fo important and beneficial 
 a Friend as his Excellency Governor Went- 
 woRTH to the Chai^rin this Province-, and dif- 
 pofcd him as a niirfing Father to patroi^ize this 
 ter.dcrCaufe in its Infa-ncy in this Wiiderncfs ? 
 Has not a divine Hand been quite confpicuous 
 in defeating the Plots and Efforts of the Ene- 
 niics of this Caufe, and over- ruling their Cou-n- 
 fcls and Devices quite to other Purpofes than 
 they defigned ? Cercainly th« gracious Hand of 
 Go3 ha^ been very evident to all acquainted, in 
 that Regularity and good Gfder which ha-s unin- 
 terruptedly fubfided here, and that without any 
 other Form of Governoient than parental. 
 
 These Things are not the Reful: and Produ^l 
 Q-f the Wifdom, S-.^gacity, ex Pfudencc cf tlie 
 wife Politicks of the Age, but God has evident- 
 ly af.id upon Defign lo hide Pride from Man, 
 and make the Exce^l-'enry of his Power and 
 Grace confpicuous htjein, ma-de Choice of an 
 Inftrument every way unequ-al to it. Surely 
 this looks liks his Plan to make the Excellency 
 
 of 
 
( 30 ) 
 
 of his own Perfcftions appear, and fceure all 
 theGIory to liimfelf. 
 
 I THINK in tKefe and otherlnftanceJj too ma- 
 ny to enumerate, wife Obfervers have, or might 
 have feen, and been conftrained to acknowledge 
 the loving Kindnefs of the Lord towards this 
 Inftitution. 
 
 And if thefe Things be fo,and fo fure as they 
 be fo, this School is an objcdl inviting the Cha- 
 rity of the Fiicnds of Zion — and thofe whom 
 God has hoRored with Ability have this among 
 other Ways opened for them in Return to honor 
 the Lord with their Subftance. Nor have they 
 Reafon to fear (if thefe Things be (o) that their 
 Names will ever be expofcdto Reproach in fuc- 
 ceeding Generations, or their Pofterity have 
 Occafion to regret if, if they fhould eflabhfb 
 tothemfclves a Name here, with a Fund for the 
 Support of necefTaryPfofcfTors & Inftruclors, or 
 aLibrary, or a Mathematical, and Philofophical 
 Apparatus, ©r by feme diftinguilhtng Liberality 
 towards the building of theEd^fice propofcd— or 
 by any other lallirsg Benefit which their pious 
 Hearts may devife towards this Inftitution, or 
 the EacQuragemsnt of any ufeful Branch of Li- 
 terature in it. And I hope none will ever find 
 Occafion to complain of an ungrateful Return 
 for any exprelTion of their Kmdnefs and Charity 
 t^iwards the Encouragement of this Caufc, 
 
 Thb greated outward Impediment 'n the 
 
( 31 ) 
 
 Way to the Succefs of all Endeavours in this 
 Caufe, and that which above every thing elfe 
 has been, and is difcouraging to Mififionaries-, 
 and has rendered their Attempts frnitlefs among 
 the Indians, is the vicious and imnaoral Lives 
 of fuch as are fettled on their Borders, and the 
 Avarice and other Vices of the Traders that 
 are among them-, their making Merchandife of 
 the fouls of the Savages, by an unlimited Sale 
 of Rum. If thefc Evils can't be remedied, the 
 Profpe(St is certainly gloomy, unlefs Miflionaries 
 can fiad Means eo penetrate into their GouRtry 
 beyond the Reach of this CoRtagion. I hop€ 
 through the Smiles of Heaven upon the pro- 
 pofed Travels of Mr. Dean and his Companions 
 among diftant Tribes the enfuing Year, fome 
 more favourable ?rofpe£ts may be opened to our 
 View. 
 
 I would take this Opportunity very thankful- 
 ly to acknowledge the Receipt of many kind 
 Letters from dear Friends of various Charaders^ 
 which I hare not been able to anfwer, for Want 
 of Leifurc •, and aifo for many Expreflions of 
 Kindnefs and Charity toward this School, too 
 many to enumerate. I (hall only mention the 
 repeated Munificence of the Hon. Col. John 
 Phillips, Efq; of Exeter, by his late Donation 
 of ;^. 125 Lawful Money, which, added to the 
 Prelenthe made the laft Year, completes the 
 Sum of £>$oo. And alfo I may not omit here 
 the generous Legacy of £-1^0 Lawful Money, 
 
 and 
 
( 3'^ ) 
 
 and- a valuable Library, left to this College anl 
 School by the I-aft Will of that eminent Scrvar>t 
 of Christ, the Rcv'd Diodate Johnfon, late of 
 MiliitJgton, in Coiinedicut, deceafed. 
 
 I SHALL only add my Defire ot the fervent 
 Prayers of all fuch as have the Redeemer's 
 Caufe ac Heart, that God woul(4 mercifully 
 guide me in the great Affair before me, by his 
 Counfel, and fuccced all future Endeavours,^ ac- 
 cording to his Y/ord, howevfir feeble they may 
 be, to build up and enlarge the Kngdom of 
 t'hc gbrioas Redeemer. AMEN, 
 
 
 
f 34 ) 
 
 ThelndianCHARiTY-ScHOOL incorpo- "j 
 
 rated with Dartmouth-Colleoe, >Dcbtor. 
 to ELEAZAR WHEELCCK, ) 
 
 From Sept. i, 1772, to 
 
 A. D 1773. I. 1. d, 
 
 Aug. 35- I'o Expesce e( prlntiog the Cooti '\ 
 
 caatioD of theN^rraiiire of ihii School from (.17 17 6 j 
 May, 1771. to Scpiember, 1772. J 
 
 ToCiHi paid towards Support of Miifiooiries,! 
 
 ckcIoGtc of Gioa^hipg, Hotfci and Furoi I -- . x 
 tare, which were takcfi oat of ihe com \ ' ^* 
 
 moo Stock, J 
 
 To Expence of Cloathbg, Foroiturc, Labour, •> 
 
 Profifiooj.Maicria » for Boildiogi, Soppoit I ..q. -^j 
 of MaftsTi, Joarnici, and other iocidcQ- f 3 4 i y^ 
 til Chargei, J 
 
 To Expcocc of clcariog Land, X43 14 9^ 
 
 N. B. Received from the Ref . Mr. Crodeo, 
 of Giafgow Goods to tbeAaaeantof/ 98 3 2, 
 being the Remainder of the Coitcftioa made by 
 his CongrcgstfoQ ; and ^16 4 6 > from the 
 Relief Gaogregati^D ID Bcthweil, each of which 
 have beeo applied to the Ufe of the School* ex- 
 
 ciafivc ofthe abowe. " 
 
 /. 1581 I 6 
 
 Errors Exccptedj 
 
 ELEAZAR WHEELOCK. 
 
 PROVINCE of 1 
 I^ew-Hampshirb» J. Aoguft 25, 1773. 
 GRAFTON {%, J 
 
 PERSObiALLT appeared before nie Peter eiLMAtt, 
 Efq\ ene oj His MajtAy's Jufiices of the Peace through' 
 out the Province afon/aid , $he Reverend Eh^kZk^ Wheb- 
 tocK. xD. D. and made folemn Oath to the Truth cf tke 
 chve Account, and that the fevera) Articles and Charges 
 there)n> have been appied to the Ufe ofjaid School^ accsrd- 
 inp to the befi of hit Knowledge ^ 
 ^ F$.TER GILMAN. 
 
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 TivflndiafiCHARiTY- School incorpo-l 
 
 rated with Dartmo-uth-Cgllege, iCrcditoJ 
 toELEAZAR WHEELOCK, J 
 
 Auguft 25, 1773. 
 
 A D. 1772. J. 8. i: 
 
 Sept. I. By BsIUDcie of the laft Acco^Qr, 6j^ 6 4 
 rn 'M. J^ By a Bill of Exchange ioFafow of ) 
 
 f^OT, i2» By ditto ioFafourMr. Peter LaQmaoi 150 o o 
 
 By ditto io Favoar ditto, 120 O o 
 
 By ditto 10 FivoQff ditto, 8p o o 
 By ditto in Faroor Mtt.D. & 1.7 
 
 Lithrop, -^ J 70 O o 
 
 By ditto iaFa?oaf Cipt.Ntt.Backas, too o o 
 
 De&. t. By ditto ir^afonr MtA^atoa Storrs, 50 o o 
 
 1773. By ditto in Faroac Doft. SatoaeH 
 
 January 24. Mather, J ^S ^4 ^ 
 
 Feb. II, By ditto in Fav. Go? . Wentwonh, iio o o 
 
 March X2, By ditto ioTFaTOttrGapt.Seth Wright, 50 o o 
 
 18, By ditto in Favour Mr. Jo(iah Moody, 3^0 o o 
 
 Jane 8. By ditto ia FaToar Mcflf. Collios j . 
 
 and HuiGhinfoD., | 3« ® ® 
 
 |aly I. By ditto io Favour Mr. Aaron Storrt, 40 6 p 
 
 Aoguftj. By ditto to FavdarCapl Nat. Backus, 300 q ei 
 
 ByCalh received of the Re?. David > 
 
 Avery, towards the Expeoce?* 2^ t6 ^ 
 of bit Education, J 
 
 h§. By Ballaacc carried to Dr. anew? 282 if ^ 
 
 AiBtSQUBfj, 5 *^ ** ^ 
 
 ^tcrliDg, £ is^i I i 
 
f 36 ) 
 
 TO HIS EXCELLENCE 
 
 John Wentworth, Efq; 
 
 Governor and Commander in Chief in and 
 over His Majefty's Province of New- 
 Hampshire. 
 
 The Memohial oi ELE^ZAR IVHEELOCK, 
 D. D. Prefidcnt of the School at Hanover, 
 in faid Province, Prayeth, 
 
 THAT your Excelleflcy will be pleafcd lo 
 appoint and diredl fome fuitable Pcrfon 
 or PerfoQs, to infpeift, examine, and audit fun- 
 dry Accounts of Monies received, and expend^ 
 ed, by your Memorialift, for the Ufe of the faid 
 School, from the firft Day of September, A.D. 
 J 772, to this Day. 
 
 And your Memorlalift (hall ever pray, &c. 
 ELEAZAR WHEELCCK. 
 
 Hanover J Augujl 2^, ^111^ 
 
( Zl ) 
 
 f^^*% PROVINCE of NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 f L.s. • To Samuel Hobart, John Par- 
 % J^ KER and Nicholas Oilman, 
 
 •^^ Efquires. 
 
 APPLICATION having been made to m 
 by the Reverend Eieazar fVheelcck, D. D. 
 of Hanover, in the Province aforefaid, that 
 Auditors may be appointed to infpcd, examine 
 and audit ati Account of Monies received and 
 expended by him, the faid Ekazar Whtelock^ 
 for the Uie and Purpofes of an Indian Charity 
 School, under hisDirc(5lion,tnHanover aforefaid. 
 
 You are therefore hereby required and au- 
 thorized, faithfully and ftridly to infpe<fl and 
 examine fuch Accounts as may be exhibited to 
 you by the fiid Eieazar Wbeelcck^ and forth- 
 with make Return of your Doings herein. 
 
 Given under my Hand^ and Sealy this Iwenty- 
 Fifth Day of Au^ud^ in the Thirteenth 
 Tear of His Maje^fs Reign, A. D. 1773. 
 
 y. JVentworth. 
 
( 3? ) 
 
 moviNCR of > At Hanove^,\n the Gounty 
 NEW HAMPSHIRE. 5 of Gr^//.«, Auguft theTwen- 
 tf Sixth, One Thoufandj 
 Seven Hundred and Seven- 
 ty Three. 
 
 IN Purfuance of the within Warrant, to us. 
 di reded, we have carefully examined the 
 annexed Accounts, and compared the feveral 
 Charges thetein, with Ihe original Entries of 
 Particulars, and living in the fame Province, 
 ^reof Opinion that the Prices of the Articles 
 arc juft and reafonablc •, and by the beft Ob- 
 fervation, being now on the Spot, we believe 
 that the Donations and Monies therein credited, 
 1>ave been ufed and applied with Prudence and 
 ©economy. And we 5nd that no Charge has 
 been made in the faid Account, for DodTtor 
 Wheelockh Time, eon dan t Fatigue, Care and 
 Trouble, in tranfading and managing the ar- 
 duous ASairs. of rhis School. 
 
 SAMUEL HOBART, 
 JOHN PARKER, 
 NICHOLAS GfLMAN. 
 
 ■#^^^^®^^©J?^^^X®®®5^®.^^ 
 
( w ) 
 
 j^*^ PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHlRfi. 
 
 f L. s. ^ By HIS EXCELliENGY 
 % ^ JOHN fVENlfVORTfCE^c^ 
 
 ^fei^ Governor and Commander in Chief 
 in and over his Majefty's Province 
 of New-Mampshire, and Vice- 
 Admiral of the fame. 
 
 THESE Certify thu Peier Gilman, Efq; be- 
 fore and by whom the annexed Account 
 of Do(Etor Eleazar IVbeelock is fworn to and cer- 
 tified, is a Juftice of the Peace throughout laid 
 Province of New-Hampfhire, duly and regular- 
 ly commiflionated and fworn, and is a proper 
 Officer for adminiftring fuch Oath, and certify* 
 ing the fame Therefore full Faith and Cre- 
 dit is and ought to be given to fucb his Tranf-» 
 adions both in Court and without. 
 
 In Testimony whereof, I have caufed the 
 Seal of the faid Province of New-Hampftiire to 
 be hereunto affixed, this ilxth Day of Septem- 
 ber, in the thirteenth Year of the Reign of our 
 Sovereign Lord, George cheTkird, ot Great- 
 Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of 
 the Faith, &c. And ia the Year of our J^ord 
 Christ, 1773. 
 
 J. WENTWORTH, 
 
 By his Excellency's Command, 
 Theodore Atkinson^ Secr'y. 
 
C 40 ) 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 October i5tb, 1773. 
 
 THE Wa'nt of a favourable Opportunity^ to 
 fend the foregoing to the Prefs allows ipe 
 to add a late Account which I have by good 
 Authority, that upon the Invitation of Sir Wil- 
 liam Johnfon, all the Tribes of chriftianized In- 
 dians in New-England have determined to re- 
 move and fettle in a Body wifhin the Borders of 
 the Six Nations, the Rev'd. Mr. Occoni, and 
 leveral others, Indian Youths of good Charac- 
 ters, who have been educated in this School, 
 and at prefcnc appear promifing to accompany 
 them as Preachers -, fuch a Step as this I have 
 loag Thought, could it be effc(5\ed, would be ^ 
 mod likely Mean to prevent and fecurc them 
 againfl: thofc Evils and Mifchiefs which they 
 have fuffered, and which 0:111 threaten them, 
 from the Vices of their Englilh l^^eighfeours on 
 their Borders, and the Traders who deal an^ong 
 ihem, and invite and draw the Savages into an 
 Efteem and Praftice of Religion, and whatever 
 bebngs to civilized Life. But this Profpeft 
 extends but a little Way as the Number purpof- 
 ing thus to remove bears but a fmali Propprti- 
 "^ ' '" • • ........ ^^^ 
 
( 41 ) 
 
 on to the vaft Extent of our Frontier?, Goi>» 
 grant the Leaven thus put into the Lump may 
 ipread far and wide till the whole be leavened. 
 
 It may perhaps gratify my friendly Reader 
 and give him a more clear View and Concepti- 
 on of my Situation, Exercn'es, and Labours in 
 this new World, if I fhould give him an Account 
 of the particular Branches of the Bufinefs and 
 P.urfuus of one Day •, I fhall therefore give him 
 as Account of the prefent, not becaufe there is 
 any Thing fpecial or m.orc than has been com- 
 mon to every Day for rs^any Month's pa(t, (for 
 j^don'c appre.hend there is; but becaufe I am 
 able with certainty to know and relate the Bu(i- 
 ncfles, and Occurrences of the prciVnt Day, 
 which, amidft fo many and continual Exercifes, 
 can*c be fO recolleded, as to give the Accouf>t 
 with the fame Exa6tnefs and Certainty as ii may 
 be done while t'ley are aCiUally Ijefore me. And 
 Ills as follows : 
 
 Three Men eTJployed \n clearing Land at 
 Landafr, where I am nMki.r*g a lanr'e Improve- 
 menc for the School, while I am dQ\oo the Diuy 
 required by Ciia.- ter to |ncvent che Forfeiture 
 of that Town — One fappofed ro be now return- 
 ing with Stores from Nor^vich in Co.inevflicuc 
 200 Miles diftanr, with a Team of Six Oxen, 
 with whom I (fxpc6): one or twc» Teams more 
 which were ro be procured 3fu.i hired rl^ere— - 
 Three L3b:,'jrers rtt the Mills repairing Tome 
 
 Breaches 
 
{ 42 ) 
 
 ^retcfees and fitting tbem for Ufe — Fourteen 
 employed about my Houfe, to prepare for my 
 Removal into it as foon as may be — Two em- 
 ployed as Cooks inthcCollcge Kitchen — Three 
 digging the Cellar for the new College and 
 drawing away the Dirt with a Team— -Five ga- 
 thering in the Indian Harveft— Four receiving, 
 counting and fecuringBriek, which I bought at 
 Lymc--f-Sevcral employed by my Agent at 
 Jf Jainfield about ten or twelve Miles from this 
 Flace, in digging and preparing Lioie St®nc to 
 be put into a Kiln to be burnt, for a Tryal, whe- 
 ther a Supply of Lime may be got there for the 
 new College ar>d other Buildings. All which 
 Branches of Bufinefs are NecefTary, and neither 
 of them can with Prudence be omitted. 
 
 The common Price of Labourers per Day In 
 i^awful Moaey ('they Boarding themlelvcs) has 
 been, for common Labourers gj. for Mafter 
 Workmen of Carpenters, Joiners, and Mafons 
 from 4^. to 6s.--^ — The Price of fcveral Sorts, 
 of Labor is of en varied higher or lower accord- 
 ing to the various Civcumftances,. and DiHcul- 
 res of performing it, orCare andSkill to beexer- 
 ci fed about it. 
 
 Thb. commoii P ices of Provifions in thn 
 Part of the Province fin^^e I have been here, 
 liave been, BtQf that is only Pafturc fed, 20 s, 
 per Hundred^ — Pork 33 j.-^— Wheat 5 s, per 
 Bulhei,andtbc beft of Wheat 6 /.—Rye 3 J. 6^. 
 Indian Corn 2 s. 6 d, ixnd 3 j.-^Sa!t I2J.— Mo- 
 laffes per Gallon 5/. This 
 
(' 43 ; 
 
 This Day alio the Rev'd 'VTeflicurs Riplcy> 
 Maccluer and Frilbie, in compliance with my 
 Defire, have determined to take a Journey thro' 
 fevcral Provinces, to folicit the charitable Con- 
 tributions of good People to enable me to pro- 
 ceed in Building the new College, without which 
 AfTif^ance the Work muft ncccfl&rily foon ftop. 
 
 The great Diftance at which thefe Mifliona- 
 ri^s Meflleurs Maccluer and Frifbie, have been 
 from me in. their late Miffion to Muikingum, 
 has forbid my g'ving any particular Account 
 of it, till their late Return to me» which is fa 
 Seafonable that I may here add, an Abftraft of 
 one of their journals. 
 
 

 AN 
 
 ABSTRACT 
 
 o y THE 
 
 Journal of a M i s s i o n 
 
 TO T IJ E 
 
 'Delaware Indians^ 
 
 Weft of the Ohio, entered upon June 19, 1772. 
 
 By the Rev. Meff. David Maccluer and Levj 
 Frisbie, who returned Odiober 2, 1773. 
 
 Given by the Former, 
 
 1772. fT^ O O K leave of our honor'd 
 June i^th. j[ Patron and Friends and fet 
 out from Hanover^ and pafllng through Conne^ii- 
 cut we caird on Mr. Occcrn at Mchegan^ in hopes 
 of haying his Company into the Wildernefs, 
 but his Affairs he inform'd us would not admit 
 his taking a M^fTion at prefent. 
 
 At Elizabeth'^ cwn in New J erf ey^ v/e receiv- 
 
 ed 
 
( 45 J 
 
 td a GommifTion from the Honorable Board of 
 Corrrefpondents for propagating Chriflian 
 Knowledge, under whofe Diredion we are in 
 the prcienc Million. 
 
 Having experienced much Kindnefs fronra 
 Gentlemen o n ourWay, we»ariived on July 1 6i\)y 
 at the Rev*d. Mr. Brain^rd's at Brctberton^ to 
 whom we were referred ttr further Intelligence 
 and Diredion relative to the Delaware Indians 
 at Mujkingum, Mr. Braimrd inform'd us that 
 foRie Indians lately from the Frontiers of P^nn- 
 fylvania had brought him very difagreeable Ti- 
 dings of the Indians beyond Fort-Pitt ; fuch as 
 made it look very difcouraging to attempt the 
 latroduftion of the Gofpel among them \ that 
 fcveralMurdersand Infultshad been lately com- 
 mitted in fome of the back Settlements; and that 
 from what h« could learn from the Indians who 
 had lately travclTd into the Indians Country and 
 lately return'd, the Delawares at Mujkingum who 
 were the Objc(5ts of our Miflion^ were at prc- 
 fent iaclining to a Rupture with the Englijb, 
 
 Had it not been for thefe difcouraging Cir- 
 cumftanccSjMr. Brainerd had determined to ac- 
 company us and introduce the Miflion among 
 the Indians. In Confcquencc of thefe Tidings 
 we were at a lofs which way Duty call'd us ; 
 and having tarried fome Days at Brotberton and 
 got Acquaintance with the Indians there, Mr, 
 Brainerd was kind enough to accompany us tp 
 Pbihidelj^bia^lQ get further Light in the Affair, 
 
 where 
 
-svhcre foon after our Arrival, as many of the 
 'JHonorablc Board of Correfpondents as could 
 then convene, determined in ConfequcRce of 
 the Difcouragements already mentioned, that it 
 was not advifable or fafe to carry into Executi- 
 on the firft Dcfi-gn of our MifTion, but inftead 
 of proceeding lo Mulkingum, to make an Excur- 
 fion up the Sujquehanna among a Part of the 
 Delaware Tribe, who live on ihtWeft Bmtich of 
 that River, at a Place caiTd the Big IJland, And 
 having obtain'd a Paffport and Recommendati- 
 on from his Honor the Governor to the Indians, 
 and Letters recommendatory to Geatlcnien en 
 our Way to the Big JJland^ we {ti out, 
 
 July 28, From PhilaMphia^ and on our Ar~ 
 rival at LancaHer^ we faw a Trader who refides 
 at the lower Sbawnefe Town beyontl the Ohwy 
 who informed us. That a few Weeks pad he 
 came through the Delawares Towns on the 
 MuJkinguTn^ on his Way from the^i>d?«;«^/ir Coun- 
 try, and that the Delawares^ and Sbawnefe^ and 
 all tfee neighbouring Trrbcs of Indians were in 
 perfed Peace, and a good Underftanding fub- 
 fifted between them and the Englifis 5 this gave 
 us Courage and detcrmin'd us to Jay afide the 
 Thought of going up the Sufii'dehamia^ efpecial- 
 ly as the fame Perfon informed us. That the In- 
 dians there were moving off and leaving that 
 Country whith not long lincc had been Sold to 
 the Englifti, and were cnKJvmg down feme to 
 the River Mufkingum, and others to an Indian 
 Town caird Kvjkufkcxing^ about Sixty Miles be- 
 Tond 'Fcrt-Piit, JuguM 
 
r 47 ) 
 
 Auguli ift. Several Gentkmcrt in tKii 
 Town f Lancafter) affared us, That they had 
 received certain Intelligence from the Wc(t- 
 ward» that the Indians were peaceable and 
 friendly, and Affairs looked encouraging, and 
 Duty fcemed to point out our Way to Mu/kin- 
 gum ; we thereupon determined to proceed to 
 F<^t-Pitfy where we (hou'd be able to get a full 
 Account of Profpedts. W« commuai^atcd our 
 Defign to Doctor B<fyd of this Town, who fa» 
 vour*d us with Letters to the late and to the 
 prefent Superintendant for Indian Affairs, and 
 to fome other Gentlemen ot Influence, at that 
 Station. 
 
 $d. Monday. Felt more animated in the 
 Bufmefs of our Miffion, than for fome Days 
 pad ; we left Lancafter and after croffing the 
 Sufquehanna, arrived at the Rev'd. Mr. D«/- 
 iSeld]^^ near Carlifle ; who received us with great 
 Kindnefs, and rejoiced that we were engaged in 
 ths important Bufioefs of making known the 
 Saviour to the poor Heatken. He wrote by 
 us to Net-tah'twale-man, King of the Delawdrss^ 
 and warmly recommended us to the kind R«^ 
 ception of htm and his People. 
 
 8th. Saturday. As Mr. Frijbie was un* 
 well, I left him at Mr. Duffield'i^ and proceeded 
 forward for the Sake of keeping Sabbath nt a 
 vacant Settlement, and waited for him till he 
 came up. 
 
 iitb 
 
( 4S ) 
 
 iith. Tuesday. Met Mr. Frifhie at iKe 
 "Hev'd. Mr. Cooper^ % in Sbippenjburg, 
 
 15th. Saturday, To Day reached Ligv- 
 nier. The mdft of the Week pad we fpcnt in 
 riding, climbing and walking the Appalachian 
 Mountains •, feveral of thofe Mountains are ex- 
 tremely h-igh and (lecpj of which the Allegany \s 
 the largeft, and on the top commands a fine 
 Profpefl of Hills and Vallics — they arc feparat- 
 ed by Vailies, and the Road over them extends 
 froiti Eaft to Weft, near an hundred Miles. 
 
 i^ih. Lqrd's-Day. Preached to the People 
 ©f this new Settlen:ient, who appear defirous to 
 hear the Gofpel. 
 
 i?th, Tuesday. Yefterday we were pre- 
 vented journeyi*ng on Account of the Rain. 
 This Morning fetoutand met one of the Chiefs 
 of the Alingoe Indians, going to Sir William 
 Johnjon*%^ known by the Name of Kiabfiutah-r^ 
 To him we communicated our Defign and alk- 
 ed his Opinion, he ccnfidered of it a few Mo- 
 ments, and told us by his Interpreter, he was 
 afraid it would not do. The chief Objections 
 Be urged was. That the Indians were a roving 
 People, and could not attend to hear about Re- 
 ligion. However, he told us to take Courage^ 
 «nd be ftrong— That the KiBg of the Delawares 
 was at Home, and he thought many of them 
 ^ouldllkc our coming. 
 
 15th, 
 
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 19th. Wednesday. Reached Fort-Pitt. 
 
 20th. Waitf-p 0:1 the Comraandlng Officer 
 and (^)me Gentlei^ea of Influence who appeared 
 to \vi(h vvell to the Caafe and defirous to pro- 
 mote our Succefs. 
 
 2 1 ft. We were very anxious about procuring 
 aa Interpreter, efpecially as {0 few good one^ 
 are to be found in thefe parts, and fo much de- 
 pends upon the Goodnefs and Fidelity of ain In- 
 terpreter •, — when quite unexpedled we provi- 
 dentially found 7^/^P^ Peepy here, the very In- 
 diao who was Interpreter to Meffieurs Beatty and 
 Duffield in their MifTion about fix Years ago, to 
 the fame Place where we are bound. This wc 
 view as an Omen for good. He happened to 
 to be here on our Arrival with his, and about 
 fifty Indian Families^ on their Way from the 
 Sufquebanha to the Mujkingtvn Country, as was 
 mentioned above ; and what is remarkable and 
 a ground for our Encouragement and Thir>ks 
 to God, is that thofe Indians go down with a 
 fixed Refolution to live by the Cultivation of 
 their Lands, and renounce the wandring Life of 
 Savages, and for this Purpofe they have with 
 them all necefifary Utenfils for Hufbandry.— 
 May their Example have the lame falutary Ef- 
 fect on their miferable Neighbours I 
 
 23d. Lord's-Day. At the Invitation af the 
 Commander we preached to the Gafrifon and 
 likewifc to the adjacent Village. 
 
 D 24th, 
 
r 50 ) 
 
 24th. Our Interpreter Jofeph fet out from 
 i^'Cit Fort v/kh his Family in order to meet feme 
 of the Heads of his Tribe at a Place two Days 
 Journey from this, wheie they are to hold a 
 Council about fixing on a Place to build aTown, 
 after which he is to return and fet cut with us 
 for Mufkingum. 
 
 gift. The Time Jojepb had appointed to bs 
 back having expired, we anxioufly waited his 
 Return. A few Days pad wrote a Letter to 
 the King of the Delawares informing him of our 
 Intention, and that we hoped to lee him in a 
 Ihort Time. 
 
 Soon after our Arrival here Mr. Frijbie was 
 taken Sick. The Fatigues of the Journey and 
 the Heat of the Seafan proved too powerful for 
 his infirm ConfVitution, and threw him into a 
 Fever, from which he has not yet recovered, and 
 I fear will not be able to encounter the Hard- 
 fhipsof the Wildernefs, wliich his Phyiician ad- 
 vifes him by no means to Attempt. 
 
 4th. About everyDay fince our Arrival, have 
 had th«. difagreeable Sight of drunken Indians 
 daggering through the Streets •, as this is the 
 moft frontier Settlement oHhQ EngUlhy and the 
 chief Place of Rendezvous where the miferable 
 Creatures frequently meet for the Sake of a 
 drunken Froiick. 
 
 5-th. Seven Days having expired fince 7<?/'^/i& 
 
 agreed 
 
( 5^ ) ^ 
 
 agreed to be here, and hearing nothing of ham, 
 determined me to go into tne Woods in queft 
 of him, and having procured a Man acquainted 
 with the Woods to go with me, we fet out— 
 and the next Day, being theSabbaih, we relied 
 from Journeying ; — found Comfort in commit- 
 ting myfclt to God, to be his and at his Difpofal 
 in the Undertaking before me. 
 
 8th. After twoDays riding through an un- 
 inhabited Wiidcrnefs, we came to an Indian 
 Village where we found Jofepb, who was then 
 burying his Grand Child, whofe Death had pre- 
 vented his Return at the appointed Time. 
 
 i2th. Went backtoF<?r/-P///, in hopes to 
 find Mr. Frifhie fufficiently recovered to accom- 
 pany me, but he was not -j—his Diforder had 
 left him too feeble and weak to m^ke the At- 
 tempt. 
 
 14th. The Town we have had all along in 
 View, on Account of its being the principal 
 Delaware Town, is called by them Kekalimabpe- 
 hocng ; from which we this Day had Intelligence 
 by an Indian Trader, the Head Men of the Na- 
 xion were all at Home, and as the Seafon far the 
 Fall Huating was now approaching, and their 
 Men in a few Weeks would difperfe and not re- 
 turn before the Clofe of Winter or Beginning of 
 Spring •, I was at a kjfs what to do, as Mr. Frif- 
 hie ^2i% not able to accompany me, and to tarry 
 longer for him would bring us 100 far into the 
 
 FaS 
 
(52 ) 
 
 Fall Scafon to find the Indians at Home ; 
 after ferious Cofjfideration and humbly looking 
 CO the Father of Lights for Diredion, I thought 
 it Dsty to fet ocft and encounter the Fatigues 
 of the Savage World alone, leaving my dear 
 Companion bej^ind. 
 
 The Commander of the Garrifon 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 and hofpitably treated, and 
 kindly affiled on our Way by fevcral benevo- 
 leat Gentlemen at this Place — I fet out for the 
 Indian Country with Jofeph my Interpreter, and 
 the young Man above-mentioned, and crofling 
 the Ohio oppofitc to the Fort we came to an 
 Indian Ground, and after journeying fix Days 
 in the Wildernefs, through a fine Country of 
 Land abounding with fmall Hills, well watcr'd 
 with Rivers and Springs, without meeting with 
 any ren^aikable Occurrences, having feen but 
 sbouc half a Dozen Indian Huts in all the Way, 
 we came in Sight of Kekakmabpehoong^ lying on 
 the South Weft Bank ot the Mujkingum. 
 
 Through a good Providence we were fa- 
 vour'd with fine Weather through the Joorncy. 
 Our Fortfhekered us frorw the Dews which in 
 the Nights of the warm Seafon fell heavy here, 
 and a Bear Skin prevented the cold Damps df 
 £be Ground from hurting uSj-and the whd Tur- 
 
 kies 
 
( 53 ) 
 
 kies which are very plenty in thcfe Woods, fup- 
 phed us with frelh Meat, 
 
 On our Arrival we had the Misfortune to find 
 a Number of the Indians in Liquor. I was con- 
 duced to the King's Houfe, who gave tne a 
 kind Reception ; aNun^berof the Counfellcrs 
 foon convened, and after fm®kin-g 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 Bufinefs to next Day. As 
 Indians are remarkable for their Hofpitality, they 
 provided me a comfortable Houfe to live inland 
 fon^ Provifions to fubfift on. 
 
 2 2d. Ti/ESDAY, To Day the Indfans in 
 Town being all fbber, the King convened his 
 Wead Men at the Council- Moufe ; I was con- 
 duced in by one of the Council — the Houfe 
 was crowd-ed and two Council Fires burning, 
 furrounded with the poor Tawny immortals, 
 after I had taken my Seat, the Speaker told me 
 the King was ready to hear what I had to fay. 
 I then delivered them a Speech of half an Hourg 
 the Subftancc of which is as follows ; 
 
 *' I rejoice my Fathers and Brethren, that by 
 •' the Goodnefs of the Great God, I have been 
 *' preferred through a long Journey, and now 
 !' fee you^ and have this Opportunity to let yoa 
 
( 54 ) 
 
 " know the Reafons of my coming— to inforr/) 
 *' you by whora I am fent — and the important 
 *' Bufinefs on \^hich I am come.'* 
 
 *' We, \hf^ EngUlh^ who live m New England^ 
 
 '^^ who have been, inftrudled in the great Things" 
 
 ** of Religion, and having among lis the Word 
 
 ' of the Great God, which he has rriCrcifully 
 
 ' fent down from above to point out to us the 
 
 ' Way to Heaven, are very defirous that our 
 
 ' Brethren the poor Indians fhoold alfo come 
 
 ' to the Knowledge of the fame, and be happy. 
 
 * Several Minifters have already been fent a- 
 
 * mong our Brethren the Indians from Time 
 ' to Time, and the Great Being has blcfTed 
 ' their Endeavours in many Inflances, we hope, 
 ' to their faving good. But notwithftanding 
 
 * this, the Liglit of God's holy Word has fprcad 
 ' but a little Way into this vaRWilderrefs 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 blefied thcGreat God that he has put it 
 
 * into iheHearts of the Englifn to come among 
 
 * them to preach to them, the holy Religion." 
 
 *' The great Council for Religion, my Va- 
 '• thers and Brethren, have often lought forMen 
 ' difpDfed to come an^ongyou and preach Jesus 
 ' Christ the great Saviour of Sinners. But 
 
 * when theQueftion is aflced who v;;}l go irito 
 ' the Wilderncfs and inftrud our Brethren, 
 ' they find but a fev; who arc able to bear the 
 
 • ' . ." [" Fatigues 
 
( 55 ) 
 
 " Fatigues and Hardfliips of the Wildernefs, 
 
 *' and who are willing to leave their native 
 
 " Land, their Relations and Friends, and come 
 
 " and live among you." 
 
 ** The good Miniders have fent us, my Bre- 
 " thren, and we have willingly come. We 
 ** come not to get your Lands Ror your Riches, 
 " nor to concern ourfelves in your worldly Af- 
 " fairs—- but to tdl you the Word of God and 
 " of Jefus Chrift the Saviour of Sinners, to take 
 " you by the Hand and lead you in the Way 
 ** to Heaven.'* 
 
 I THEN read them our Commiffion and Let- 
 ters Recommendatory — and gave them a (laorc 
 Hiftorical Account of the Indian Char ity-S'eheoI^ 
 under the Care of the Reverend Eleazar 
 Wheelock^ — of the Pains taken to educate the 
 Indians — the Succefs that attended his Endea- 
 vours in many Inftances-— particularly of Rev'd. 
 Mr. Occom and the prefcnt Profpeds of the 
 School— and clofed by obferving, 
 
 ** Thus, Fathers and Brethren, I have told 
 *' you the Bufinefs we have come vipon — by 
 '^ whom we are fent — you have heard our In- 
 '* cent'on, and if you incline to have us (lay a- 
 " mong you and preach Jesus Christ to you, 
 *' we fhali be glad to (lay and live with you a 
 " great while. — But if you choofe not to he.'\r 
 " any Thing about Religion, and think it not 
 *' bed for us to live v/ith you, we mud then 
 
 return 
 
(56) 
 
 '-^ return Home to thofe who fent us to you^ 
 •^* with great Sorrow that our Brethren would 
 ^' not receive us." 
 
 Having Bnifhcd fpeakiijg to them, the Coun- 
 cil adjourned to the next Day. I retired to my 
 Lodgings well pleafcd with the feeming Appro- 
 bation they manifefted at the Propofal, affuring 
 r^iyfelf ofa favourable 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 Pennjylvania ; in which they pro- 
 mife that when Minifters or Teachers are fent 
 among them, they woul^ fend a Certificate by 
 them, by which they (the Indians; might know 
 them \ this Claufe I found was a Bar in cur 
 Wayj as we had not this Certificate. 
 
 24th. The next Day after they met again and 
 fent for me to read to them a Letter they I'lad 
 received not long fince, irom a Baptift Minifter 
 in the Jerfjss^ in which were feveral Prcpofals 
 refpedtmg their CivilEftabliGimenr ard Proper- 
 ty of Lands, the expediency of a further treaty 
 of Peace with the Englijh^ &c.— Thofe who are 
 •bed acq u a*' n ted with Indian Tempers, and know 
 liow (Irorg their Jcaloufies are, that the Wtite 
 Peo^^le in all the Pfopoials to them arc laying 
 Schemes to get their Lands, will be bed able to 
 judge of the propriety of fuch a Procedure. Af- 
 xzx reading it the Council exprefled their Jea- 
 iQui'ks, and obftrved that a Minifter fhould not 
 
 talk 
 
( SI ) 
 
 tdk of War, Fighting ar>d Lands — but of Hea- 
 ven. As they imagine Minifters are all in ge- 
 neral on the Cimc Plan, I found they entertaio- 
 ed the fame Jealoufics of me, and the Letter 
 prejudiced them againft our Offer. Their Land 
 is their Idol -, and their Fears are raifed at every 
 Propofal however beneficial to them, that at the 
 Bottom our Defign is to rob them of if, and 
 bring them to Subjcdion and Slavery to the 
 WhitePeople which they dread worfe than Death. 
 
 In the Evening one of the Council told me, I 
 muft cxercife Patience, till they were ready tq 
 give me an Anfwcr. 
 
 24th. The Committee met again \ was in- 
 formed fomeof them (Irongly oppofed receiving 
 q-s ; — and offered fuch Reafons as the following. 
 That the Great Bang did not intend the Religion 
 of the White People fhould b,e thcir's, tliat if he 
 had intended it, he would have let them known 
 it Inng ago ; — that it was not their Intereft to 
 appear fo friendly to the WhitePeople who had 
 already croudcd too fa(t upon their Land and 
 drove them from their Huating Ground ; — that 
 all we were after was to get their Lands and 
 bring them toSlavcry ; — that the Engl'ifid Reli- 
 gion would bring them off from their Knowledge 
 and Love ol War, and then they fliould be an 
 eafy Prey to their Enemies, &c. 
 
 25th. and 2t5th. They (lill continue confult- 
 ing whether I Ihall flay among thcrnj In the 
 "*" ' . ..jmeen 
 
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 mean Time they fent fome of their Head Men 
 to the neighbouring Towns to know their Q- 
 pinioD. 
 
 27th. Being the Sabbath, I fent Word to the 
 King, that with his Liberty I would fpeak to the 
 People to Day, as it was a Day the White Peo- 
 ple fpent in worlhi'pping the Great Being ; they 
 met in the Council Houfe, the King and moft 
 of the Council being prefent. — ^I difcourred to 
 them on the Nature and Duty of Prayer and 
 then prayed with them, after which I preached 
 to them concerning Jefus Chrifi^ gave them a 
 ihort Hiftorical Account of him, and fpoke of 
 his Suffering for Sm ; — they were very attentive 
 to what was faid and fome were afFe(5led.---In 
 the Afternoon preached to them again by way 
 of Paraphrafe on the Parable of the Prodigal 
 $oji ; in the Application of which, my Inter- 
 preter was much affe£led, and a folem awe ap- 
 pear'd in the Afiembly. After Sermon retired 
 to my Hovife, humbly trufting in the Divine 
 BlefTing tofucceed the Word, and endeavouring 
 to commit myfelf and the Caufe to God. 
 
 29th. Tuesday. The Council ftill fct and 
 gave no Anfwer whether I fhould flay. — In the 
 Evening two of the Head Men came to n:y 
 Houfe, and fpoke to the following Purpofe : 
 
 *' Brother^ when ym f^cke to us you told us^ we 
 mud repent of our Zinsayid believe on Jefus Chrift ; 
 now we fhould he glad to know what Sinis^ that we 
 may know "uuhat to repent cf'\ I said 
 
( 59 ) 
 
 I SAID I was very glad to find fuch a Difpo-*^ 
 fition in them, and would tell them the next 
 Day. This I thought in the Time of it v;as ve- 
 ry encoaraging though afterwards I found they 
 had more Policy than Gaodnefs 'n the R-'e queft. 
 
 30th. Wednesday, To Pay I was to fpeak 
 to them on Sin, and explain it in all Branches, 
 for the good Purpofc, as they faid, that they 
 might forfake it •, but unfortunately laft Even- 
 ing two Caggs of Rum csimQ to Town, which 
 fruftrated 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 
 iheir Yells and Noifes in Dancing and Fighting 
 round my FJoufe, added to the Horrors of the 
 Darknefsand feemed togive a (Iriking Refem- 
 blance of a more dreadful Region. Through a 
 good Providence none entered my Houfe in the 
 Night, though I expefted them in every Mo- 
 ment ;-— what my Feelings were through the 
 Night I can better conceive thancxprefs. The 
 Day Light prefented me with the difagreeable 
 Sight of the greateft Part of the Inhabitant?, 
 Men and Women reeling over the Green-, — I 
 ad^'ifcd fome that I f^'vv fober, to keep clear from 
 the pernicious Liqtior — —they promifed ihcy 
 would, but theTemptation, I found baHled their 
 ilrongeft Refolution?. The Ki?ig was kind e- 
 nough t« come and take Breakfalt v^-ith me, and 
 feemed forry at the Condud of his Subje^s. 
 Goon after Breakfaft, a ftout drunken Indian, 
 
 prompted 
 
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 prompted by fhc DevH and his own native Ma- 
 lice, for I had never fpoke to him, purfued ra© 
 with a Club ; — but through the kind Protection 
 of Heaven I cfcaped his bn?tal Rage. — Imagin- 
 ing my (lay in town would be dangeroas, from 
 the revengeful Appearance of fcvcral of thofe 
 Sons of Bacchus, I got my Horfe and rode to 
 a neighbouring Village, intending to ftay there 
 till the Indians in Town fhould exhauft their 
 Rum. On my Arrival at the Village I found 
 them beginning to drink there, and I began to 
 think Safety was no where to be found ; howe- 
 ver, my Interpreter found a fober Houfe and 
 there we tarried till towards Sun fet. 
 
 How lamentable is theSiiuation of chefe pool' 
 Creatures 1 How deftruflive to their Bodies and 
 their Souls, is this n:>urderinoRum ! How much, 
 ahs ! will thofe hardned People who coifvey it 
 among them, have to anfwer for when the Blood 
 of thefe poor, ignorant Savages, who by their 
 Means are daily reeling down toHelljfhall be 
 required at ibsif Hands* 
 
 Having refrefhed c^urfelves with fome roafled 
 Venifjn andSquaOies we kt out from the Village 
 and returned to Town in Hopes of finding the 
 Indians qu.et. Very fortunately, the King^who 
 had kept hiiar.felf dber today, ordered the Re- 
 mainder of the Rum to be carried out of Town 5 
 and on cur Arrival we had the fatisfaftion to fee 
 the greater Part of the drunken Indians, walk- 
 Uigin 1 String upthe Rlver^ following theRum 
 
( 6j ; 
 
 ant! Tinging as they went, with an Intention to 
 fee the laft of it : and the Town was left pretty 
 peaceable 
 
 Found it a comforting cGrfidcratioR that God 
 governs the World and hAs ihcRageof cheHea- 
 then under his Controu^ ; — and into his Hands 
 endeavoured to coramit myfelf, who is a Rocjc 
 and hiding Place to ail who truftin him, 
 
 OBeher jft, Thursday, The Indians gave us 
 no Difturbance laft N4ght ; and this Morning 
 I was very glad to find the Rum all gone & the 
 Indians again fober. Some, I am informed are 
 to day laid up ficlc in Cocfcquence of the 
 Wounds and Bruites they received Yefterday 
 from their drunken Companbns.* 
 
 The V had not forgot the Rtqucft fomc of 
 them made laft Tue.rday ;-^and accordingly at 
 Noon a Number of them met at the Council 
 Houfe^ I told them I was gbd they had manifcf- 
 ted a Defire to know what Sin was, and that! 
 had then an Opportunity to tell them what k 
 was. — As they had themfelves defired me to 
 preach to them on that Subject, I fpoke wiuh 
 Freedom and concealed nothing that I look'd 
 upon belonging to the Subject, for Fear of be- 
 ing afterwardsaccqfed by th^te,of mifreprefenc- 
 
 ing 
 * Doabtlcfs many more Murders, than oow are, would be 
 committed among them, if it was oot an iovaritble CaRoM io 
 their drunken FroMcics, for a Domber of then to keep rober» 
 whofc Bulioefs it. to lake the long Knives 8t Tom bjivikf 
 frora Others when ihcy are beginning to drink^ and te]kcc|p 
 £^eni> when drunk, from doing Mifchicf. 
 
( 02 ) 
 
 ing the Matter. I fpoke to them chieEy on ex- 
 ternal Immoralities and Sins which the Light of 
 Nature and Reafon condemned : — my Subjedl 
 was drawn mainly from the Catalogue of Sins 
 recorded in thelirdChapter of the Epilile to the 
 
 Romans \ ^Spoke largely on the Sin of Drun- 
 
 kenncfs, as thac was frefh in their MemoricSj 
 and on Fornication which I found was ihock- 
 ingly common among them. 
 
 After Sermon 1 withdrew and Jcfcph tarried 
 with them. One of the Council obferved to 
 him that if all ihofe Things were Sins, which I 
 had mentioned, he believed there was no one 
 perfed ^— -and another afked him why I had 
 fpoke to him altogether, and told him every 
 thing he had been guilty of. 
 
 One of the Council to day aflced me, if there 
 wexe sny more Sins befides thofe I bad menti- 
 oned : — I told him there were many more ; 
 \vell, fays he, we would chufc to hear them all \ 
 and they appointed the next Day to hear more 
 'On the Subjeft, Sin, f 
 
 2d. Friday. 
 
 J Fro2i iheif Gcndafl for a few Dayi paft, it appeared Cf i- 
 dsnt, that their Dtfigo in rvtjacOiDg mc to gi?c thcxn a DeO- 
 miioo of Sin, was to find out what Ibices they mnft depccJ 
 feipoD relfcgufh ng fhould they reccift* xhtChriJ^ianReii^ion* 
 Their open Vices, f did not iDieod to enter opoo, uoiil I 
 kid bcea with them fomc Tirne* acd brought them on by 
 Degrees to ao Afehorrcrxe oi them ; bot.ai they bad is>ri(led 
 t>»Tny letiiDg them kcot» what Sia was io all its Paitt| I 
 ^OD;^ht myfslf boiaod 10 Faith^alQcfz (o the.CaQfc to do it« 
 
( 63 ) 
 
 ad. Friday. The Indians again met, and as 
 they defined ir, I fpoke on the fame Subject as 
 we were upon Yefterday, though more particu- 
 larly ori che Sins of the Heart, and obferved that 
 the Sins of Thought as w 11 as ot Adion were 
 taken Notice of by the Great Being and were 
 very difpleafing to him. — The Audience were 
 fmall and attentive. After Sermon, Jofeph who 
 is much engaged in recommending Religion to 
 his Brethren, tarried and converfed with thena 
 fome Time. 
 
 They ftill confulting refpeding my (laying 
 with them. It gave me Pain to find fo much 
 Oppofition in Town, to a Propofal fo benevo- 
 lent and calculated for their temporal and eter- 
 nal Benefit.- — —Heard daily of the malicious 
 Speeches and groundiefsJealouQes of the poor 
 deluded Inhabitants againrt our Propofal. 
 
 3d. Saturday. They gave me an Opportu- 
 nity to preach again to day -, though the Afiem- 
 bly was fmall, confidering how numerous the 
 Indians are here, j As a proper Appendb: to 
 
 what 
 % ThiJ Town (which it called by th: Indiani Kekafema'}- 
 pthoong, aod by ifee Ertglifh, New Comer t Town) coDdfli of 
 aboDt ijKty D»d!iDg Hoofes, made of Logs or Batk, sod 
 coDtaiDS about ooe Flandred Families. Their Faisilies are 
 gCDcrally very fmall, cot having, ooe with aootber, more tb^D 
 civo or ihree C^UdrsQ in each Family :^Aod fo roviog a 
 People are they that never, QEilefs opan fome extraordioarj^ 
 Occafioo, fach as their tniaca! aad fcoeral Feafls in Memory 
 of their Wantprt aad giMt Qdcs, more than half tht l0habl« 
 
 taoti 
 
^ ^4 ) 
 
 what they had heard of the Evil of Sin, I fpoke 
 with Freedom and Plain nefs on the Satisfa£lion 
 of Chrid, — that it was fufficient for the Pardon 
 of all oiff Sins, and infifted on the Necefiity of 
 Repentance towards God and P'aith in our Lord 
 Jesus Chrjst. Several were afFtded. After 
 Sermon Jofefb tarrieid and fpoke to his Brethren, 
 on the Necelllty of their receiving the Gofpel •, 
 and told them feme Truths which came with 
 great Freedom and Propriety from him who is 
 one of their own Irihe^ and which, cunfidering 
 their Jealoufics, I thought it not proper for me 
 to fay any thing about. Wtiat he moil infifted 
 was the Certainty of their Ruin without Religi- 
 on ; and finally told theni, Onlefs they received 
 the Gofpel and lived like wh te People, God 
 would cut them off as he had done their Forefa- 
 thers^ and give the fine Country oi ih^MuJkingum 
 which they now inhabit, to a People that would 
 fcrve and worfhip him. They all hung their 
 Heads and m.Ade no reply. This I ihoughc 
 g^oodjofepb told them with a kind of Phrophetic 
 fpirir, and if w:- may argu'' the future Condu6l 
 of divine Providence from the paf.lj is what per- 
 haps wc may foon fee accomplished. 
 
 4th. Sabbath. 
 
 ttnti are in Towo at ore Time. Maoy Familieii of them, in 
 the Summer Seifon Vine in the Woods and remove from 
 Pace to Piece, where jhfy csn find ihe bcH Huotirf^ ; — thev 
 Uuiid ihcojfc vcs a Booth of Bmk fir a fhe^er wherever they 
 halt, aod mibe^Fall rcJoro to the Towo where thev Winter. 
 Thi* roriDg DKpofilion which U a kind cf fecond Nsicrc itt 
 ihenj, ha^ aiwayi bcco fcond s great Bar id ihe Way to chJif- 
 tiao'ze them. 
 
C ^3 ) 
 
 4th. Sabbath. Preached to day to about 
 
 forty Indians,endeavoured to Anfwcr an Objec^ 
 
 tion which is generaMy retained among them 5 
 
 —that the cbridian Religion or the Bible was not 
 
 intended for Indians, but only for the white 
 
 People. After Sermon, in Converrat!on,one of 
 
 the Council obje(5ted, that he did not knovi^ 
 
 whether it was beft for them to receive the 
 
 EngVtJh Religion^ " for the white People, fays 
 
 " he, who are acquainted with,and who fay they 
 
 ** are Chriilians,are worfc than the worft of us, 
 
 *' and we had rather be what we are, than fuch 
 
 •* as they are." This Objedlion, I thought^ 
 
 had Weight in it. Jofepb undertook to anf^cr 
 
 his Countrymen, and told thcRi, that whatever 
 
 thofe Men they (poke of niight call ihemfelves^ 
 
 he could afifure them, they were ao Chri(lian?j, 
 
 for their Gondudl was very contrary to the Con- 
 
 dudi of ChriMians and to the Word of God ; 
 
 that if thofe Men they fpokeof, (hould go a« 
 
 m')ngChri{lians,they would not admit thcnainto 
 
 their chriftian Societies, &c, 
 
 5th. Monday. The Council fcnt forme Co 
 give me a inal Anfwcr* After taking a Seat, 
 one of the Counfcllors, in the Name of ihtKing^ 
 delivered the following laconic Speech. 
 
 « My Brother, I am glad you have come a*.' 
 mong us from fuch a great Diftance, and that 
 we fee each other, and rejoice that we have had 
 
 an 
 
%n Opportunity to hear you preach, fince yop 
 have been here. My Brother, you will now 
 return Home again ftom whence you came, 
 and v»'bcn you gee there give my Love to thofe 
 that fenc you. I have done fpc aking." 
 
 I w£S furprifed at this Anfwer, and in Reply 
 told them I was very forry they rejeded an Offer 
 that v^as only intended and fo well calculated 
 for their Good. 
 
 After convcrfing with them fome Time, I 
 allied thcna what Rcaf?nwe fiiould offer to the 
 good Men who Tent, why they would not re- 
 ceive us. One of theCouncil in an ill-natur'dToPc 
 gave me to underdand, that they did not like 
 the white People's fettling upon the Ohio -, and 
 that ic was neceffary that theChain of Friendfhip 
 between King Gecrge and them fhotld be mad«?: 
 more firm and ftrong before they could receive 
 the Englijh io much ln;o Favour as to receive 
 their Religion. 
 
 The encouraging Profpefls now all vanished, 
 end the Door feemcd quite {hut up and their dc- 
 cifhvc Anfwer left me no Room to propofc. tar- 
 rying or returning to them : However I told 
 I hem that Mr. Fr:foie and I prrpofed to (lay in 
 the backPar.ts of Pennjyhania tilUhe nextSpring, 
 '^nd that if they (licuid tlien think favourable cf_ 
 our Propofal and would let us know it, perhaps 
 ^a;c might return to them. 
 
( «7 ) 
 
 After obtaining Liberty to ftay In Town % 
 /ew Days longer, not knowing but in the mcaa 
 Time the Matter would take a different Turnj, 
 & Heavcnfce fit to alter theirDifpofuion towarda 
 Religion, tookLeave of the Counciljandretirc4 
 to my Houfc much difhcartned. 
 
 I find them full of Jealoufiqs and Sufpiqions 5. 
 ^nd the Influence and Conduftof fome Ipad Men^ 
 have very much corrupted their Morals and 
 prejudiced them 2igd^\n?LCbri(lianity, and who are 
 inftrumeatal in propagating all xhtVices and few 
 or nose of theFirtues. of the whitePeopie among 
 the poor Heathen. So vicious are they that 
 there is little Hope of fucceeding in Attempts 
 to Chriftianize thofe fout,hern Indians, until a 
 Stop is put to the yaft Floods of Rum which are 
 yearly conveyed into their Country, the excefiive 
 Ufe of which opens a Door to every Evil. 
 
 9th. Friday. The Indians I found ftill ad- 
 hered to their Refolui:ion,and finding my Stay 
 among them longer would be difagreeable, I 
 fetout witfe an Intention to return by a nearer 
 Courfe than we came, asd after traveling five 
 Days thro' the Wildernefs, having crofTed the 
 Qi»/<? about fixty miles bythcCourfe of theRiver 
 below Fort'Fitt^ I arrived there and had the 
 Pleafure to find my Companion recovered from 
 his Sicknefs : And at the earned Importunity 
 ^f the People vyc fpent fevenMonths l[ecefa.ting 
 
 among 
 
( 68 > 
 
 a6iong the vacant Settlements Weft of the Ap. 
 palachian Mountains^ where the People are nume* 
 rous and very definous to kave Minifters fettled 
 among them. Hearing nothing in the meanTime, 
 frofR the Indians^ to encourage us to make a 
 fecona Attempt, we fet out for I^ew-England 
 where we at laft arrived, having experienced 
 much of the divineGoodnefs through the whole 
 Journey. 
 
 N I 8. 
 
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A 
 
 CONTINUATION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 NARRATIVE 
 
 O P T H 1 
 
 Indian Charity-School, 
 
 * B K G U N I N 
 
 LEBANON. 
 
 I N 
 
 C N N E C r I C U T', 
 
 NOW INCORPORATED WITH 
 
 DAR TM UTH- COLLEGE, 
 
 In HANOVERy in t^e Province of 
 
 NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 
 
 With a D E D I C A T I O N to the 
 
 Honorable TRUST in LONDON. 
 
 TO WHICH IS ADDED 
 
 An ACCOUNT of M I S S I O N S the laft ^Year, in an 
 Abstract from the Journal of the Rev'd Mr.^ FRISBIE, 
 MifTionary. 
 
 By ELEAZAR WHEELOCK, D. D. 
 
 Prefident of Dartmouth-College. 
 
 HARTFORD: 
 
 Printed by Ebenezer Watson, near the Great Bridge, 
 
 M,DCC,LXXV, 
 

 To THE Right Honorable 
 
 WILLIAM, Earl of DARrMOUTH, 
 
 The Honorable 
 
 Sir SIDNET-STAFFORD SMTrHE, Knt. 
 
 One of the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer; 
 
 Johji Thornton^ Efq; Samuel Rojfey^ Efq; 
 Charles Hai^dy^ Efq; Daniel Wejl^ Efq; 
 Samuel Savages, Jojiah Roberts^ and Robert 
 'Keen^ Gentlemen. 
 
 Right Honorable, Honorable, and much respected Sirs, 
 
 rOUR difint er eft ed Care and Comfojfton for pertjhing Souls ^ 
 and '^ our pons Zeal to advance^ and enlarge the Kingdor/i 
 of the great KEDEEMERy hy fpreading the Savor of his 
 Knowledge among the J?nerican Pagans^ wasfo convincingly mani- 
 
 feftcd 
 
I iv ] 
 
 fej^ed to all^byyour voluntary Acceptance of the important fruft^ 
 ^nd becoming Surety for the due Application of the charitable Do- 
 nations^ made through your Hands ^ for the Ufe and Support of 
 this Indian Charity School^ and the Furtherance of that Caufe^ 
 vMch is its Obje^^ as that it did infpire univerfal Confidence in 
 the pious Donors^ that their Charities were wellfecured to the 
 pious Purpofes for which they were defigned, And^ at the fame 
 Time^ Tou have been^ under God, the ftrongefi Bulwark to defend 
 ttndfecure Me^ and the Caufe^ againft all the mifchievous Influence 
 of Envy and Jealoufy^ as evety important Step of my Conduct has 
 been honored with the Approbation of Gentlemen of your refpe^able 
 CharaSfers^ who have^ with unwearied Vigilance^ and pious Care^ 
 made it the Ohje^l of your mofl ferious Attention -, while^ at the 
 fame Tinie^ the Caufe it f elf was fitch ^ and fo condu5ied^ as to ad- 
 mit no Ground of Sufpicion^ that you were governed therein by 
 any Jinifter Motives^ the whole being continually open to View^ 
 and under the Eyes, not only of its Friends, but of Enemies, and 
 Rich too, as have given fufficient Proof of their TVillingnefs to 
 Slander, even though they could find nothing better than Falfhmds 
 for tl at Purpcfe. 
 
 And you have, my ever honored Patrons, not only been a De- 
 fence againft thcfe Evils from abroad, but my Heart has been greatly 
 encouraged and comforted, and my Hands ftrengthened by your 
 Countenance and Approbation, under that conftant Weight of Cares, 
 and that continued Series of perplexing 'Tryals, which have been 
 unavoidable in the Execution of this Undertaking. 
 
 Indeed, your condefc ending and friendly Patronage, thus in its 
 
 Infancy 
 
t ^ ] 
 
 Infaney^ whiU it has had a new and untried Courfe tofteer^ and fa 
 many new, and, heretofore, unexperienced Difficulties and Bangers 
 to encounter, and Enemies abroad, fo willing^ by any Means, to dif 
 credit, difcourage, and embarrafs the Progrefs of it, muft be confi- 
 dered, as very ftgnal amongji the many Favours of Heaven, by 
 which it has been fupported, and has obtained fuch Reputation in 
 thefe Colonies, 
 
 And, though lean make no Return of Gratitude to you, my eve^ 
 honored and dear Patrons, adequate to the Benefits, which God 
 has honored you to be the Inftruments of to this Caufe -, yet, I have 
 now, the Pleafure to congratulate you, on your having in fuch a 
 Meafure received the Joy, which was before you, and was all the 
 Reward you dejired, when you undertook the Overftght, and Dif 
 pofal of that f acred Treafure, viz, that every Opening in Provi^ 
 dence (with any encouraging Profpe^ ofSuccefs) to fend Miffionaries 
 and School Mafters into various aid dijiant Parts, to teach the 
 Savages among their own Tribes, and to procure of their Children 
 to receive an Education in this School, has been to the utmoft of my 
 Power complied with -, and, I think, by the Bleffing of God, at^ 
 tended with a Succefs, that has, abundantly, born Proportion to the 
 Expence, And^ at the fame 'Time, the Progrefs of Cultivation cf 
 thefe Lands has been fuch, as that, if God Jhall gracioufy difpofe 
 his Servants to affift by their Liberality to accompUfi the Plan for 
 the prefent Tear, and grant his ufual BleJJing upon the Labours of 
 cur Hands, there will be an annual Income fufficient to ftipport 
 thofcy I now have with me, on Charity, and likely, within a few 
 
 Tears 
 
[ ^ 1 
 
 rears^ a much larger Number ^ and this bj n Fund bere^ as [aft 
 
 Bnd permanent^ as the Soil. ' ' " ' 
 
 1'his Joy, my honored Patrons^ you have in Hand^ and as an 
 Earnefi of the Principal^ which yet remains for all your difinterefled 
 Labours of Love^ both which^ your jVork and your Reward^ are 
 with the Lord, who is not unrighteous to forget you, Andy 
 though you have now accomplifhed that^ which wasfirfi your Mo- 
 tive to form yourfelves into.a Boards yet ^ fince fo many and great 
 Advantages otherwtfe have been^ and may reafonahly be fuppofed 
 will be found to accrue to the general Dejign thereby^ may 1 7iot 
 hope in that Source of divine Influence^ from whence you were dif- 
 pofedat firft to undertake^ that you will yet be difpofed to vouchfafe 
 your kind Patronage ftill^ in the fame united Capacity^ at leafi^ till 
 this Seminary floall be well through the prefent Struggles and Perils 
 of its Birth. 
 
 But^ whatever you in your Wifdom, floall judge to be expedient^ or 
 however Q-ov^fhall difpofe your Hearts, as tofuch Conne£lion be- 
 'twcrnyeurfclves, I fh all yet have the Pleafure of reflecting on the 
 many Affurances I have received of the Singlenef of your Hearts., 
 md the Sincerity of your Friendfhip towards this Caufe of the 
 Redeemer '^andfhall conftderyou., in whatever Capacity you 
 may be., as being in fo'me Meafure, effentially in the fame Connexion 
 with It. And jhall accordingly with Confidence expetl any Expref 
 Jions of your Friendfhip and Kindnefs towards it, as you fh all have 
 Opportunity, and fee Occafionfor the fame. 
 
 And when you fhall fee r,o other Way for the Exercife of your 
 
 Charity 
 
 \ 
 
[ vii J 
 
 Charity and Benevolence towards it^ that you will ft ill continue to 
 carry me and that upon your Hearty in your daily and fervent Ad- 
 drejfes at the Throne of divine Grace, 
 
 And^ that God may gracioufly lengthen out your valuahle Lives ^ 
 end honor you with great Ufeftdnefs in your refpe^ive Departments 
 to your lateji Moments^ and reward all your Labours for him, with 
 diftinguijhing Crowns of Glory at laft^ is the earneft Prayer of him 
 who isy ivith Jincerefi Buty^ Gratitude^ Affection and Eftecrn^ 
 
 Right Honoralle^ Hcnorable^ and worthy Sirs^, 
 Tour often and much ohliged^ 
 
 and moji dutiful^ and devoted 
 Humble Servant^ 
 
 Eleazar Whselock, 
 

 ^s*?*^sa^'*^^^'*A^^'*'*Vs.^^'''*VN./*^s*^'*^* 
 
 - A ■ 
 
 Continuation 
 
 i O F T H E 
 
 k A R R A T I V E^ 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ' Indian GHARITY-SCHOOL, ^t. 
 
 From Sept. 26, 1773, to Feb. 2O5 1775. 
 
 ^4K^¥iX^^^® N my laft Narrative, 1 mentioned a Pur- 
 #^)eCMMMg^ pofe of fending Miffionaries to itinerate in 
 s,>0 y wL ^^^^ Province of ^ehec. And accordingly, 
 9>§ §\!7 ^s foon as the Streams and Ways would al- 
 
 ni)3C ^%!^ ^°^' ^^^ nece!fary Provifion for the long 
 
 ^^5K^)^)^@!^ ^"^ expenfive Tour could be made, MelTrs. 
 @^>:;'-X^1^® Frijhie and Z)<?^;^^ fat out as Preachers, laft 
 Spring, on the new, and hitherto unattempted Enterprize, with 
 Defign to penetrate as far as God in his Providence fliould o- 
 
 B pen 
 
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 pen a Door for their preaching among the Sarage Tfibei in 
 the Wildernefs. And with them alfo went Thomas WaU 
 €ott^ a Member of this College, about 1 6 Years old, with a 
 View, (if fuch a benevolent Sachem could be found, as i 
 might be fafely trufted) to be left in fuch a fituation, in one of 
 their Tribes, as might give him the bed Opportunity anti 
 Advantages to make himfelf Mafter of a Language, that 
 might furnifh him for a moil extenfive Ufefulnefs, in the Ca- 
 pacity of a MifTionary among them in fome future Time, when 
 he fhall have finifhed his Courfe of Learning, for that Pur- 
 pofe, in this College. 
 
 But, I need not trouble my Reader here with a particular 
 Account of this MifTion, nor of the many concurring Cir- 
 cumftances inviting them to leave Mailer Walcott among the 
 Tribe, at 6"/. Francis^ from whence they brought to this 
 School, Four Boys whofe Grand Parents were captivated from 
 New-England^ by that Tribe many Years ago, when they 
 were quite Young. There they were naturalized, and there 
 they married, and there they have left a numerous Oif- 
 fpring. ^ 
 
 Nor need I give Account of Mr. Kendal's MilTion to Cagb- 
 nawaga, &c. as thefe Accounts will be given by the MiiTio- 
 naries themfelves, in an Appendix hereto annexed. 
 
 These Four Children, and alfo the Two Children of capti- 
 vated Parents, who came with Mr. Ripley (of which I gave* 
 fome Account in my lail Narrative) are all between Ten and' 
 Fourteen Years Old, and all appear promifmg. — They at-" 
 tend the Duties and Exercifes appointed them in the School, 
 with great Chearfulnefs and Diligence, and make good Pro- 
 ficiency. The Two who came with Mr. Ripley^ can read 
 
 pretty well in the New Teilament; and begin to fpeak Eng- 
 liihwith Freedom-, and can underiland the moil that is faid, 
 in Difcourfcs of common Affairs. 1 find them all eafy to go- 
 vern 
 
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 vern, smd I judge they have been under Government In the 
 Families, to which they belonged. 
 
 The Language of thofe from St. Francis, I undcrftand 
 to be nearly the fame as is fpoke by the Eaftern Indians, 
 and alfo, by feveral large Tribes, far Well in the Wilder- 
 nefs. 
 
 And though they were born among the Indians, and have 
 been expofed to partake of their national Vices, as much as 
 Cohabitation, and fuch early Conne6lions could infpire ; yet 
 they appear to be as fprightly, active, enterpriiing, benevo- 
 lent towards all, and as fenfible of KindnefTes done them, as 
 igngliih Children commonly are. 
 
 And if God fhall gracloufly grant his Blefling on Endea- 
 vours ufed to qualify them for Ufefulnefs, I think there is a 
 more encouraging and animating Profpeft, than has ever yet ap- 
 peared in any initance, tlT.at by their means, the Knowlege of 
 the true God and Saviour, may be fpread far and wide, a- 
 mong feveral large and diftant Tribes, where Christ has not 
 yet been named. 
 
 To THESE were added, about the fame Time, a Boy which 
 came with Mr. Kendal, from Caghnawaga, and another from 
 Stockbridge, and two before in the School, all nearly of the 
 fame Age. 
 
 These Ten Boys are of an Age, which all know pecu- 
 liarly requires not only the' Prudence, Fidelity, and Care of 
 a Mafter to inftrudt and govern them at School, but alfo the 
 Piety and Benevolence of a Mother to infpe<5t their Morals, 
 and form their Minds and Manners to Rules of Religion and 
 Decency, when they are out of School, and alfo to infpedb, 
 and repair their Apparrel, and inure them to Decency and 
 Cleanlinefs, in their daily Appearance in Public. 
 
 The 
 
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 The well performance of thefe Offices, has been found by 
 conftant Experience, in all Ages and Nations, to be of great 
 Influence in forming Youth for future Ufefulnefs in Life, and 
 it may reafonably be fuppofed to be of greater Importance to 
 none, than thofe, when they emerge out of Pagan ifm, anU 
 i'rom under the Influence of fuch Examples, as moil of thefe 
 have had before them from their Mother's Womb. 
 
 1 HAVE all along found great Difficulty to procure fuch, as 
 were both fkilful, and difpofed to give fuch^- conflant, mo- 
 therly Attention, as is neceilary to the due Performance of 
 thefe Offices i and found the Difficulty fo great, that I have 
 been almoil without Hope of finding one properly qualified 
 for fuch a fingular and important Service, till of late, by fome 
 unexpeded Occurrences in Providence, Vv^hichl can't but take 
 Notice of as a very fignal Appearance of the Hand of God, 
 ample Provifion has been made to fupply this Neceffify. 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Walcott o{ Boftcn^ (Mother to 'Thomas WalcQtt^ 
 now with the Indians at »S'/.Fr^;^m,)ra Gentlewoman of Piety; 
 and difiinguifliing Zeal to relieve the Needy, efpeeially of the 
 Houihold of Faith— and is of a lively, chearful, and enterprif- 
 ing Temper, and (above many others) has been forward, when 
 Opportunity prefented, to exert herfelf, in her Place, to help 
 forward this Caufe of the Redeemer, v/as obliged, on the 
 Blockading the Harbour of 5^c;/, to qliit the Bufinefs, on 
 which file depended for her Support there, an.d, being invited 
 by feveral Gentlemen to join them in a Trade in this Vicinity, 
 ffie came purfuant to their Invitation ; but, before her Arrival', 
 and before fhe had any Knov/ledge of it, by fome Change of 
 Afi^airs, the Door for her Improvement in fuch a Capacity was 
 wholly ihut — She arrived five Days before thefe Boys from 
 the Northward came, or we had heard of their coming j and 
 V^hile fhe v/as waiting the Difpofal of Providence, and turning 
 V ' - her 
 
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 Jier Thoughts what Courfe to take, they came with Mr. Frifbie, 
 05foher 6, which, at once feemed to open to View the kind 
 Defign of her long and tedious Journey of eight Days, to meet 
 Vith fuch a Difappointment of the Bufinefs fhc expeded- — 
 She, with great Chearfulnefs, undertook the important^ Service 
 propofed to her, of the immediate Care of the ten Boys, to per- 
 form every CiBce of a chriftianMother for them,in which I'ro- 
 vidence provided a Fullnefs of Bufinefs for her, and her little 
 Daughter, who came with her— I told the Children by an In- 
 terpreter, that file was mother to the Lad, who was left among 
 their Relations, and that fhe would be theirMother---the Chi'- 
 dren appeared to be much pleafed and comforted by this, in tlieir 
 great Diflance and Seperation from their Friends, and among a 
 People of a ftrange Language— -and it was not a little affedling 
 to fee tlic natural and undiflembled ExprefTions of their filial 
 Fondriefs towards her, their Confidence in her, and filial Fear 
 to difpleafe her, v/hich appeared' in all their Conduct and Be- 
 haviour tbvv^ards her-— and it ilill continues. They appear to 
 be as fully Contented and eafy, as if they were at a Father's 
 Houie •, and neither of them has yet manifefled the Icaft Defire 
 to return Home. And this is the more remarkable, as it was 
 fo lately, viz. towards the Clofe of the laft War, that Major 
 Rogers^ and his Party made fuch Havock among that Tribe : 
 and (as we underfland by thefe Boys, fince they begin to talk 
 Englifh,) fome of the Indians had ufed their Endeavours to in- 
 . fpire a Fear, that they would meet the fame Kind of inhuman 
 Treatment from the Engliih, when they lliould come among 
 them.. ■ " 
 
 They continue conftant and chearful in going to, and order- 
 ly in attending the School, and make laudable Proficiency 
 
 they appear ambitious to excel in Knowledge, as well as in 
 forming their Manners, in every RefpedV, by the Rules their 
 Mother and School Mailer give them— and they ?re, at pre- 
 sent, 
 
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 fent, by far the moft promifing fet of Youths, I have ever yet 
 had from the Indian Country. 
 
 And it may not be difagrecable to my Reader, to have fome 
 Account of the Provilion a kind Providence has alfo made of 
 a Mafter to inftrud thefe, and the reft of my Indian Scholars. 
 
 When I was \n Conne^ficut laft Spring, Jacob Fowler of the 
 Montatick Tribe, who received his Education in this School 
 fome Years ago in Conne^icut^ and, fmce he left it, has fup- 
 ported a good religious and moral Chara6ler, as w^ell as a Cha- 
 rafter for Angular Modefty, and good Parts and Learning for 
 an Indian ; and as fuch, has been for feveral Years employed 
 in teaching School, among the Six Nations^ and alfo in the Indi- 
 an Towns in New - England— Sind has been alfo fometimes em- 
 ployed as a public Teacher of their Tribes, applied to me in 
 Diflrefs, and reprefented to me, that the fmall Allowance of a- 
 bout £. IS Sterling, together with all the Advantage he could 
 get Leifure to make to himfelf by cultivating Indian Land, 
 had not been fufEcient to fuppott him, and his fmall Family fo, 
 but that he had been neceflitated to involve himfelf in Debt 
 for a Subfiftence, and that he faw no Way to difcharge his 
 Debts, but by leaving the Bufinefs he was in, and betaking 
 himfelf to Hufbandry. He appeared much dejedled in Spirit, 
 and difcouraged— I adyifed him to make proper Application to 
 his Employers for Relief, and, if he could not obtain it fo, I 
 advifed,that he fhould feek fuch Sureties, as his Creditors would 
 be well fatisfied with, and retire to me, and inftrud the Indians 
 of this School. He proceeded according to thefc Steps, and 
 ai'rived here with his Wife, a few Days after thefe Children 
 from St. Francis came hither, and has taken the Charge of 
 them, and the reft of the Indians in the School, in which Mr. 
 Dean is the Mafter and Inftru6lorof the Latin Scholars. And 
 thus they are furniflied with Means of an Education moft a- 
 greeable to my Mind, as well as to their's--and I may add, that 
 by the Failing of a Man vv^ho was cxpedted to come about this 
 
 Time, 
 
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 Time, with his Family to take the Ovcrfight of the Hujfbandry 
 .of the College Farm, afmall but convenient Houfe was at this 
 Jundure vacant and at Liberty, in which Mr. Fowler and his 
 Wife has a convenient Room at one End, and Mrs. Walcott 
 jind her Daughter a Room, and Bed Chamber at the other, and 
 thefe Children provided with a Lodging Room under the fame 
 Roof j where they retire from School, and fo are under the 
 Eyes of their proper Infpedtors, both in, and out of School. 
 
 Another Circumflance, which appears not a little favour- 
 able in this Difpofal of Providence, and which I think worthy 
 of Notice, is that Mr. F^-^'/fr, quite unexpedledly, and to his 
 Surprize, finds that thefe Boys from St. Francis^ fpeak nearly 
 the fame Language with his Nation, and that, with very little 
 Pains, he can preach freely to them, and confequently, to many 
 large Tribes far diitant, in their own Tongue---He is now em- 
 ployed in a School, fufficiently large for one to attend upon, 
 and is under good Advantage to employ all leifure Hours, in 
 furnifhing himfelf for the facred Minillry in the Wildernefs, 
 and purpofes, at the Call of Providence, to receive Ordination, 
 and a regular Introdudion thereto. 
 
 And indeed, it appears to me, that the coming of thef© 
 Boys to this School, with all thefe concurring Circumflances, 
 exhibits the mod encouraging, and animating Profpeds of 
 future Succefs to this great Defign, that has ever yet opened 
 to View in this Land. If God Ihall gracioufly make thefe 
 Youths the fubjedls of his fpecial Grace, and furnifh them 
 with all necelTary Knowlcge, and fend them forth on that 
 Worjk, may we not hope that their united Force will be 
 terrible againll the Kingdom of Darknefs, in the Wil- 
 dernefs. 
 
 And this Profpe6l is yet further, I think, much increafed, 
 by the propofed Removal of the principal IndifJts of the Tribe 
 at Montauck^ with all the chriftianized and civilized Indians of 
 
 the 
 
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 the feveral Towns in New-England^ to fettle in a Body in the 
 Heart of the Country of the Six Nations^ which is expected to 
 be effedled next Summer. This is in Confequence of an Ap- 
 plication, made under the Countenance, Affiftance and Di- 
 redlion of Sir William Johnfon^ by Mr. Occom^ Jofeph Johnfon^ 
 Jacob Fowler^ and others delegated by the feveral Tribes foi: 
 that Purpofe. In Confequence of which, they have obtain- 
 ed, and well lecured a Tra6t of choice Land, Fifteen or 
 Twenty Miles fquare, where they defign to fettle in a Body, 
 as a civilised and chrifti^n People, and cultivate thofe Lands 
 for their Subfiftence; and alfo by them, as foon, and as far 
 ^5 they lliall be able, to fupport all Divine Ordinances and 
 Schools among them; and invite their Savage Brethren to ari 
 imitation of them, and a Participation of all thefe Benefits and 
 Privileges with them. They purpofe to have, as far as may 
 
 be, of their own Sons for Minifters and School- Mailers. 
 
 And from this Place, their Minifters may with much lefs Ex- 
 pencp, make Excurfions among the Tribes round about them, 
 and their School will be near and convenient to receive the 
 Children of fuch, as fhall defire a Chriftian Education for 
 them. 
 
 This has been efte6led princip.llly^ by the Agency of Mr. 
 Gcccm d.n(^JofephJohnJcn: the latter of which has been abun- 
 dant, and unv/earied in his Labours to accomplifh it, ^nd in 
 this there appears to be a moft cordial Concurrence and Ap- 
 probation of all the adjacent Tribes. 
 
 This Johnfon was educated in this School in Conneoiiciit^ and 
 fmce he left it has for fome Years kept School among the 
 OnGidaSy and in fome of the Indian Towns in New-England^ 
 and is, in a Judgment of Chriftian Charity, a real Ch riftian, 
 and is become a zealous Preacher of Christ among the In- 
 dians, He is a Youth of good natural, and confiderable ac- 
 quired 
 
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 quired Abilities, and is much eftcemcd among the Indians, and 
 bids fair to be a good Preacher. 
 
 He began to teach publicly among the Indians with the 
 Approbation of Mr. Occom^ and feveralPartieSy which occafi- 
 onally invited him — but was not eafy with fuch an Introduc- 
 tion, being of Opinion, that the Dignity and Importance of 
 that facred Wqrk demanded, and that the Word of God en- 
 joined a more public and folemn Approbation and Inveftiture 
 by the Minifters of Chriil, who have the Care and Charge of 
 that Matter, committed to them by Jesus Christ. 
 
 He accordingly came hither, at our public Commencement 
 H^Auguft^ and offered himfelf to Examination by a voluntary- 
 Council of Minifters of the Gofpel, who were here upon that 
 public Occafion •, who, at his Defire, affociated for that Pur- 
 pofe, before whom he performed the feveral Exereifes, appoin- 
 ted him in his Examination, to their good SatisfacStion, of which 
 they gave their joint Teftimony, with a Recommendation to 
 the facred Work •, and thereupon, in Compliance with an In- 
 vitation given him, he prayed and preached, publicly, in a 
 learned and numerous AfTembly, to univerfal Satisfadlion ; 
 which they teftified by a handfome Colle6lion, at the Clofe of 
 the Ser^ce, made for him, to affift him in the Payment of his 
 Debts. He purpofes, at a proper Seafon, to receive Ordina- 
 tion to the Gofpel Miniftry, and to remove and fettle with his 
 Brethren, who are removing into the Wildernefs. 
 
 And as he was, for fome Time, a School- Mafter among th© 
 Onoidas^ he is already, confiderably acquainted with the Onoi- 
 da and Mohawk Language, and will likely, by a little more 
 Acquaintance with them, be able to preach to them freely 
 without an Interpreter ^ and alfo, as he (as well 2iS Jacob Fow- 
 ler) Speaks nearly the fame Language of the St, Francis Indi- 
 
 C afi3. 
 
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 taf^'5^ and many large Weflern Tribes, it is to be P) oped, they 
 m^y jointly, in fome future Time, be ufeful in extejiiive Mif- 
 fiQns, where no Miflionaries have yet been. 
 
 The Number of Indians in this School, fince mv lafl Nar- 
 rative, has been from i6 to 21, and the v/hole Numf' r of Cha- 
 rily, or dependant Scholars, has been about 30, and the vvhole 
 Number of dependant and independant Scholars,, in the College 
 and School, about an Hundred, . 
 
 The Number of MiiHonaries, the laft Seafon, was Three^ 
 befides Thomas WalcGtt^ who is yet fupported among the In- 
 dians. . 
 
 I HAVE had Opportunity, the laft Year, to fee more full) 
 the mifchievous and fatal Confequences of Connexions, form- 
 ed or allowed by Scholars, with Gentlemen of profane and im- 
 moral Converfation abroad, and have had full Evidence, that 
 one Sinner, in fuch a Seminary, is capable of deftroying much 
 Good, while he ferves as a Medium of Communication between 
 fuch Men, and his Fellow-Students, and isd^fpofed to intro- 
 duce fuch to as large Acquaintance, . and great Familiarity 
 with them as he can, and is malevolent enough to furnifh fuch 
 Adverfaries from Abroad, with all Advantages ppftible, to 
 injure the Seminary, and the Governors and Dire^lors of it, by 
 expofmg and aggravating fuch Dete6ls, as accrueonly through 
 fm^all Miftakes, Inadvertencies, or by fp^cial, unforefeen, and 
 unavoidable Providences of God, which ought to have been 
 confidered only as a Frown of Heaven, and a righteous Re- 
 buke of God's Hand upon.themfelves, ^nd' oot as any Fault 
 in thofe, to whom they unkindly imputed it, as Matter of 
 Blame, and made it an Occafion of Reproach, by their with- 
 holding Part of the Truth, and a bafe difguifmg of Fa6ls, in 
 their Reprefeatations of them, bcz. By Means of a few fuch 
 
 malevolent 
 
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 t asialevQlentilnftruments, a whole Country may be failed >YkK 
 ■ Slanders and Lies ; which, after pafling through a Number of 
 jHands, and confirmed by feveral Authorities, may gain Credit 
 - with Gentlemen of the befc Chara6lers, though none more cre^ 
 ..".dible than a Gafomu had ever faid it. 
 
 . I WAS early aware of this Evil, and exerted myfeif, what 'I 
 
 ^.eould, to prevent and flop the Progrefs of it. I foon found 
 
 / the Evil to be very obfliaate, and difficult, on many Accounts^ 
 
 to remedy.-— The Affairs of this Seminary, otherv/ife than 
 
 what fee med thus to threaten it from a few Individuals, wore 
 
 . fan agreeable Alpe6i:, the Yojiith generally orderly, and well- 
 
 -,i>ehaved— -Love and Beace in general prevailed, infomucb, 
 
 /that there was feldom, if ever, Occafion for Reproof, except- 
 
 ri;ng of this fmall Number, chiefly on Account of their fond 
 
 ^fand unguarded AiTociation and Connedion with fuch, v/hofc 
 
 .polite, and too fafhion able Converfation was very Infedio^s^ 
 
 And whofe Words eat^ as doth a Canker, 
 
 I WAS taken Sick ia the Beginning of April lafl, and, for 
 
 . fome Weeks, was confined to my Houfe---As foon as I was a- 
 
 > ble .to fet upon my Horfe, my Phyficians advifed me to a long 
 
 p Journey, from which I returned in June, and was much affec- 
 
 ' ted, and furprized to find what Havock the Adverfary and his 
 
 ; Inflruments had made, and the Diforder and Confufion he had 
 
 fpread here.— 1 found much Occafion for Fortitude and Refo- 
 
 lution, and the more on Account of the Credit the Slanders 
 
 and Lies had now gained, far and near. But, by difmiffing a 
 
 few of my Students, all returned foon to their former State of 
 
 Peace and good Older, and fo have continued until this Day. 
 
 And the mofl of the Youth feemed to receive fuch Conviction 
 
 of the Source of the paft Calamity, and the Channel and In- 
 
 ftruments by which it had been introduced, and arifen to fuch 
 
 a Height, as difpofed them, ip their feveral Clalfes, of their 
 
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 cwTi Accord, and with a general Unanimity, and ia fome 
 ClafTes, intirely with one Heart, by their Reiblves, to ier u;: 
 ^ Standard, fo far as in them lay, againft every thing that 
 might have a Lead to fuch Evils in Time to come. This Con- 
 dud: of my Students feemecl mod -evidently to proceed from a 
 good Caufe, and has been as. evidently attended, and followed 
 with tlie BlelTing of God. -"Nothing has feemedmore effectual- 
 ly to fname and difcourage wicked Inltruments, or flop the 
 Mouths of their Abettors. . And to this God feems to have 
 further teftified his Approbation, by pouring out a Spirit of 
 Convidlion upon a Number of the Students of late, which, in 
 a Judgment of Charity, has ilTued in faving Effe(51:s, in a Num- 
 ber of In (lances : AndJ hope in God to fee Evidences of the 
 fame effedlual Work in many others, who atprefent appear to 
 have fome real Conviction of their perifhing Necefiity of the 
 renewingWorkof the Spirit of Grace ♦, and hitherto the Work 
 has appeared to, be very genuine, and the Fruits of it very 
 good. 
 
 The Progrefs of Hufbandry on this Farm, the laft Year, has 
 not been equal, in every Refpedl, to my Hopes, by Reafon 
 that the Seafon proved lb wet, as not to favour fome Branches 
 of it. However, tlie Progrefs of it, and Benefit by it, has 
 been very confiderable.---! have raifcd and reaped upon the 
 School Land, the laft Year, about -300 Bufhels of choice 
 Wheat— -but the Crop of Indian Corn fellmuch Short of my 
 £xpe6lations, being but about 250 Bufhels.'---! have fitted, and 
 fowed, the lafl Seafon, about 25 Acres of Wheat on new Land, 
 and about 15 Acres of Rye •, but have done it under t/ie Dif- 
 aidvantage of not being able fufficiently to burn the Trafli up- 
 on the Surface, which occafioned much more Labour and Ex- 
 pence in preparing the Ground, and the prpfpe^l of a Gr-op is 
 
 1 HAY. I, 
 
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 I ftAVE cut 60 Tons of good Hay " '■'*^'^. f^.nd ^i<s.yc 
 
 aPrcfpef^of a very confiderableAJdiLi. 
 next, if Providence Ihali favour it. 
 
 I have begun to p'-epare, and have a Profpefc, :lu. 
 
 fit about 60 Acres of new Land to fow with Wheat cl 
 
 Seafon. I have improved about 12 or 14 Oxen, and ab. u: 
 20 Cows, the Property of the School, 'and have a Prolpe6l r»f 
 Plenty for their Support for Summer and Winter^ and I fiad 
 already the great Benefit of having v/herewith to do it this Win- 
 ter, without the Fatigue and Expence of g<5ing 40 Miles for 
 my Hay, as I have been forced to do 'till this Year. 
 
 I have been- obliged to employ a large Number of Labour- 
 ers to bring the Affair of the Farm to fuch a Ripencfs, befides 
 thofe, employed in building my own Houfe, and other Build- 
 ings, neceffary to accommodate my Students, and muft em- 
 ploy a large Number the enfuing Year to compleat that which 
 I have begun, and make fuch Fences as will be necelTary to 
 
 fccure Improvements, 
 
 « 
 
 I have been, and now am making Provifion of Boards, 
 Bricks, Stone, &c. for the new College, propofed to be erec- 
 ted here, and expe61:, by the coming Spring, to have expend- 
 ed all that has been generoufiy contributed- by this Province, 
 and others for that Purpofe •, and hope God will gracioufly 
 open other Refources, by which I may be' enabled to accom- 
 pliih that mofb neceflary Defign, without which the Growth 
 and Progrefs of this Inftitution muft be ftinted. 
 
 In order to perform the'Duty required in the Charter of the 
 Townfhip of Z)^rri?^^r, about 12 Miles from this Place, and 
 to fecure the Intereft of this School in that Town, I have clear- 
 edi (2, e, fufHcient for burning, and fowing with Hay Sctd^ 
 
 when 
 
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 when the Seafcn will allow) 1 16 Acres of choice Land, whe^^ 
 jr.a)' cafily be made feveral good Farms, convenient to be leaio' 
 for the Benefit of the School. 
 
 I HAVE alfo been at large Expencein the Townfhip of 'Lcn- 
 d^lf (which belongs to this School) where I have built a coiti- 
 fortableBwelliiig-Hoiife, without any unneceflary adorning--- 
 and have alfo built a good Saw-Mill, very conveniently fitu- 
 ate on a good Stream, and have nearly paid for the building 
 of a Griit^Miil by it, which will be convenient for a large 
 Number of CuftOmers •, from v/hich the School has a Profpc<5l 
 of confiderable Advantage foon— -My Labourers there have 
 cleared and fowed eleven Acres of Vv^heat and Rye, well con- 
 ditioned and made confiderable Provifion for Pafturing and 
 and Mowing— My Overfecr there offers to becom.e bound, 
 that, with the additional Expence of 30I. Sterling, I fhall be 
 able, the Seafon after next, with the common Blefllng of Pro- 
 vidence, to cut 100 Tons of good Hay. --The Roads, necef- 
 fary for travelling fundry Ways through the Townfhip, are 
 moil of them cut, and made feafible---a Charter of Incorpora- 
 tion, endowing the Town with ufual Town Privileges, is now 
 granted.— The Soil of the Town is exceeding good, and the 
 Situation of it quite agreeable and inviting— and it feems there 
 need be but little more Expence, than only laying out the 
 Profits of what has been already done in the Town, for a few 
 Years, in order to enlarge the Improvements to fuch a Degree^ 
 as will make a very confiderable yearly Income for the Ufe and 
 Benefit of this School. 
 
 I HAVE alfo introduced, and fet up, a Blackfmith in this 
 Neighbourhood, and made Provifion of Stock and Tools for 
 three Fires : from whence, I hope, there will accrue fome an- 
 nual Profit to this School, as well as . great Encouragement 
 and Benefit to the Settlers. ' , 
 
 The 
 
The. carrying thefe Things to this PTeight, (all will believe, 
 who knows the Circuaiilances or the An^ir,) haf not been with- 
 out great Efpeace, though God has gracioufly made every 
 thing I have yet raken in hand here, in purfuance of the ge- 
 neral Defign, toprofper, I think, to the Admiration of ail uu 
 dicious Beholders. 
 
 Further, and large Expenceis yet neceSary to bring theai 
 to^fuch Rlpenefs, as to make the School independant, which I 
 liope yet to fee.--I apprehend, that loool. Sterling, well laid 
 DUt, v/ill carry it fo far, that there will be a Fund fufHcient to 
 Tupport an Hundred Indian Boys, or that Number of Englilli 
 Youths on Charity, and a Fund as permanent as the Soil,'^and 
 the yearly Value of it may be ftili increafing, for Years to 
 come, by new Improvements made of other Lands belonging 
 to the School, 'till all the School Land iliali be brought under 
 the beft Cultivation, 
 
 These Things being laid together, appear to me (and I am 
 perfuaded I fhal] not be found alone in my Appreheniions) to 
 jxhibit the faired^ by far the fairefb Profpea of future Succcis, 
 ;o this great Undertaking, that ever yet opened to View in our 
 y^^eftern Wildernefs.— Such a Colleaion, from, their' ft'^veral 
 Tribes of civilized, prderly, and good rv^em'bers of Sopety, 
 md many of them, in a Judgment of Charity,, real godly, 'zea- 
 pus Chriftians, w^o have the Caufe ojf the Redeemer an^ the 
 Jclvation of Souls truly at Heart,--to incorp^orate with,, and 
 ittlein the Midft of the Six Nations, under luch Advantages 
 ;x) infirud therr,, and invite them by their Exaaip.^ to ibnn 
 iheir Manners by the Laws of God,' and there alio furniflied 
 ?i^ith a Number of their own Sons, well qualified and difpoicd 
 ^ lerye themas MiniAers and School-Mafters, and thefe in a 
 Situation, fo convenient to mal^e ExcuiTiofls" as'Evangelifcs'a- 
 Ji^ng other remoter Tribes, with whom we have Fet had little 
 
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or no^ Acquaintance •, and among thofe, whofe Language (v/c 
 now underlland) thefe MilTionaries will be able, with liitle Dif- 
 ficulty, to fpeak freely— and their Introdu61:ion*^mong them 
 may be without expenfive Ceremony, or any Danger of raifing 
 fuch Jealoufies, and evil Surmifings, as they have always con- 
 ceived againft Englifh MifTionaries, at their firft coming am.ong; 
 thcm---alfo their being under fuch fingular Advantages, agree- 
 ably to receive fuch of any Tribe, as they fhould find difpofed 
 to come to their Schools, to be infbrudled in all ufeful and ne- 
 ccfTary Learning, and this to be done by their Brethren, incor- 
 porated with them, and of the fame Blood—add to this, allb,^ 
 the Profpedl, that thefe now with me, from various and diftant 
 Tribes, will likely foon fucceed, and join them in the fame ge- 
 neral Defign— who v/ill be endowed with fuch important Qiia- 
 iifications, zs they will have from their Birth, and early Edu*- 
 cation among them, and fuch as Art could not give. 
 
 I HAVE, alfo, afoberand religious Youth of the Narragan- 
 fett Tribe, now in his fecond Year in College— and another of 
 the StGckhridge Tribe, who is near fit to enter College, and a- 
 nother uncommonly promifing, of the Htwon Tribe,* who is 
 Mailer of the French and Mohazvk as well as Huron Languages^ 
 and appears hitherto virtuoufiy difpofed, and is of a manly,' 
 fprightly, and enterprifiing Genius-- all of whom, before-men 
 tioned, bid fair to be ufeful amongtheirBrethren,in a public Chan 
 rader.— And there arefevcral,befides thefe mentioned, v/howert 
 alfo educated at this School, and were well fitted for, and have 
 been employed as School-M afters, who defign to remove- witF 
 their Brethren to their new Settlement.— And add to thefe ;] 
 Number of pious Englifh Youth with me, fitting and fitted t< 
 
 * This is One of the Tivo, luhs came ivith Mr. Ripley, mentioned in my laj 
 Narrative, his Ccmp anion returned lajl Fall at the Dejirf of his needy Mother, 
 
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 go upan that Errand, when, and wherever Providence fliali 
 open a Door for their Employment therein. 
 
 1 MAY add to Ml this, the very' favourable Opinion, which (as 
 I am informed) Ibme of the Northern Tribes entertain of the 
 Dcfign of this Scool. The Sachem of the Tribe at St, Francis^ 
 (whofe Son was one who came with Mr. Frijhie) fent me Word, 
 that he had more Sons, and defigned to fend them all, as foon 
 as they were big enough, to be educated in this School; with 
 other ExprefTions of Refpedl, of the like Nature, from others. 
 
 These Things, I fay, of which I have only hinted, being 
 laid together, with the prefent Profpe6t of a Fund here, for 
 their Support, do indeed prefent to my Apprehenfion, fuch a 
 Profpedb of future Profperity to that dear Gaufe, which is the 
 -firft: Gbjedl of this Seminary (I fay it again) as, T think, 
 .fievc^t was yet before us. I truft it is verily the Caufe which 
 God defigns to own, and profper, for his own Name's 
 fake; but how foon, and to what Degree, is not for uninfpir- 
 ed Man to fay. And though he may fufFer Enemies, by 
 Means and Methods ever fo ungenerous and unrighteous, to 
 embarrafs the Progrefs of it, by flopping Refources on which it 
 depends for Support; yet I hope he will according to his former 
 Loving Kindnefs, in due Time, provide other Ways and 
 Means for the Supply of its NecefTities; and that all Oppofiti- 
 on made to it, will only be an Occa-fion of greater Glory to his 
 own Great Name. 
 
 i I HAVE thought it to be my'Duty, in this Affair, which has 
 ' heretofore, and mufl necelTarily ftill depend upon Supplies in 
 
 Ways, and by Means, and Inftruments unforefccn, as far as 
 I I could, to follow the pointing of Providence in the Executi- 
 i on of it, there being in many Cafes, no clearer Difcovery of 
 I the Pleafurc of God, than in fuch a Way, to be expeded ; and 
 
 agreeable thereto, to continue, or inlargc my Number of Indi- 
 
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 an Children^ as Providence fhpuld open tjic Door for thcir^ 
 
 €Oiriing, 
 
 The fame Ihavc thought, with Refpedl to fending Miflio- 
 naries where, there fhould be a fair Opening and Profped of 
 Succefs in any Quarter.— And I have apprehended, that fuch ^ 
 Didruil of ProyidenGe, for future Suppiies,.as Ihoulddifcouragc 
 oj lelTen the Iinprovement of prefent Ability, would in thi^ 
 Gale be quite unjuftifiable; fince the Will of God is fo clearly 
 revealed, with RefpejSt to our Objed, viz. the publifhing the 
 Great Salvation among the Savages;— according to this Prin-'* 
 ciple, I have endeavoured to proceed, . but not without Hopes, 
 that Supplies from beyond the Seas might be continued, 'till, 
 the Expence of the Defign might be fupported by Means 
 which are providing Here. And though Providence has novr. 
 cut off my Expectations from that Quarter, it has made Pro- 
 Tifion for fome. prefent Relief of my Nectflities another Way. 
 
 The Money in the Hands of my ever honoured Patrons in 
 Lcndon^ is now all exhaufted, and the prefent Situation of our 
 public Affairs fuch, as forbids ajl Expedlation of fuch Rc-^ 
 cruits, as J hoped, might be made by their paternal and friend- 
 ly Affiitance, and not only fo, but I am alfo, for Reafons, 
 and by Means notyet fully known to me,prevented other foreign 
 Affifianceg .in the Support of my School, which I fuppofed I 
 had juft Reafon to expeft. Thefe trying Circumftances come. 
 up to Viev/ now, when I have many of my Labourers to pay- 
 about Thirtv Charity Scholars, Englifh and Indian upon my 
 Hands i— -one, viz. Thos. Walcott^ to be fupported with the In- 
 diansi'-^^o Proviiion made of Cloathing to cover them, and the 
 Expence for doing it, at this Diftance in the Wildernefs, very, 
 great— neceffarylnftrudtorsj.&c. to fupport, and no Penfion 
 for any.— The Cultivation of thefe Lands not yet carried to 
 fuch Perfedion, as to fupport thefe Expences, nor fufficient to 
 Wre t^e Labour neceffary the cnfuing Year, to complete that 
 
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 which I "have bfgttn.-— And yet, fo great is God's Goodnefs, I 
 'am not left in Diilrefs, as I mud have been, under the Weight 
 that has been conftantly upon me, if thefc Occurrences fed 
 happened at any former Period fince I came into this Wilder- 
 nefs. A careful, watchful Providence, a little before thefe 
 Things came up to Viev/, without anyForethought or previous 
 planning of any one in the World, to provide for the Cad', had 
 made Provifion for this important Occanon. 
 
 Tne Honorable John Philips^ Efq-, of Exeter^ whom God 
 has gracioudy honoured, both with Ability, and a good Heart, 
 as a good Stewart of the manifold Grace of God, to be un- 
 wcariedin his Liberalities for the Furtherance of theRsDEEMER's 
 Caufe, did at our laft Commencement here make aDonatcnsof 
 600I. Lawful Monfey, for the Furtherance of the Defig'h of this 
 School, (which being added to other Donations he has made to 
 it, fince it came into :his Wildernefs, completes loool. Law- 
 ful Money, befides feveral generous Donations he made to itg 
 piyhih it was in its Infancy, before it came here) and to be ap- 
 plied, as there fhould be Occafion: And for the Safety of it, in 
 Cafehefhould die, before it Ihould be expended, he depofited 
 it in the Hands of the Truftees of this College, referving to 
 liimfelf the Powerof difpofingof it, according to his own Mind, 
 and when he fhould think there might be proper Occafion for it, 
 
 I By this Munificence, this grand Caufe is yet fupported, and 
 that charitable and generous Soul has the Pious Pleafure of be- 
 ing under God, the chief Inftrument of faving it from fmking 
 Jn this important Jundlure and Crifis of its Affairs. 
 
 I HOPE this Account of the prefent State and NecefTities df 
 this infant Seminary, will move the Hearts of its Friends to re- 
 i newed Adls o\ their Benificence towards it, and amongfl the 
 |i many Ways, which their charitable Thoughts may fuggeft, I 
 I irill mention only One, by which it is likely many who are fa* 
 ^ vourep 
 
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 7©ured wltha competency of this World's Goods, may con 
 tmbute Relief; as to my NecefTity for Cloathing for the Chil-, 
 dren of this Schoo), v/ithout any very fenfible Expence more..- 
 than theyjiay.e accuflomed themfelves to, for the Relief of the. 
 Needy, who prefent themfelves from Time to Time, as Ob-, 
 je6ls of their Charity^viz. by fuch old Clothes,, as they have 
 put off, or by. fuch Remnants of . Pieqes, as ^ Traders efteem . 
 lefs valuable, becaufe they arc lefs vendabk9 and yet, are fucli 
 as may employ a Dorcas to mend^ or make them up into fmall , 
 Garments for thefeXWldre.ni, 
 
 This Country is yet too^nsw for thcJManufadure of mudx-s 
 Cloathing, and the new Settlers generally too needy, to admit 
 any Hopes of a Supply of this NecelTity among purfelyes : And 
 the Expence of Cloathing bought of our Traders, after it has. 
 pafled through fo many Hands, and each their Profits upon 
 them, mufl necefTarily be great,. 
 
 Gentlemen in fevcral diilant Quarters, have fometimes Op- 
 portunity by Carriages which are coming into this Country, to 
 do themfelves the Plcafure of miniftring, as well as thefe need]^ 
 Objeds of receiving -iuch Relief.. And, by -th^if thus mi^ 
 niilring to the Nci^enities, they may find, after many Days^.. 
 t\\Q very Articles thus given, unexpedtedly, and to their 
 Surprize, regiftered in their Favour, and acknowledged by 
 their Judge, at. their final Tryal, as being done to himfelfj 
 wjien he (ball openly pronounce them Bleflcd, and afiign thi$ 
 as the Reafon vfot J was nak^tiAnd ye doathed me^. ^c^,. . , 
 
 I EXPECT an Increafe of my "Number of Indian Children 
 from the Province of ^/(?.^^r, and particularly of Defcendants 
 fmm Captives among the Tribes there, befoie the next Win- 
 ief, as there ate numbers in fori.c oi ihofcTiriUsVfe appear i;o 
 
 ' -. ' have 
 
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 tove very favourable Sentimeats of this School, and the cha^ 
 rijtable Defign of it. .. 
 
 The late Regulatloh of the Cohftitution, andDIfpofal of the 
 civil Affairs of that Province, feem much to difcourage an ex- 
 ten five Mi ffion into it,as was propofed and attempted laft Year. 
 iHowever, it being properly encouraged by Authority there,the 
 Difficulty of introducing a Miffronary into their Metropolis, 
 the grtat Town of Cdghnawaga,\N\itvQ area confiderable Number 
 Who favour Proteftants,may notbe infurmountable,if p^rudent- 
 |ly conduced. And I think there is great Probability of Succefs, 
 lif a meet Perfon ihbuld be employed on fuch a Mifrion,asNum- 
 bers,in that and otherTowns,feem really defirbus to be taught the 
 whole revealed Will of God-, and feem to be fo fully convin- 
 ced of the Sincerety of our Intentions towards them, that their 
 Prejudices appear to, be in a great Meafure, removed, and their 
 Minds prepared to hear, and judge impartially for themfelves, 
 of the great Things which we would Teach them. I defire to 
 wait upon God to prepare the Way for Mr. Dean's Labours 
 there, the enfuing Seafon. . 
 
 ' It appears to me to be of Irrtportance properly to encourage 
 
 MeiTieurs Johnfon and Fowler, if they fliould, in the Capacity 
 
 of Gofpel Minifters, and alfo others, who may, in the Capacity 
 
 ! of School . Mailers, accompany their Brethren in their new 
 
 Settlements among the Six Nations^ 
 
 There has been an Addition of 29 Students to this College, 
 at, and fmce the laft Commencment, f inftead of Eight, who re- 
 ce'ived the Honours of it, and left it laft Auguft) befides the 
 Addition mcvde to the School before mentioned.— And fuch an 
 Increafeof this Seminary, and the encouraging Prolpeds of its 
 Utility, has, and likely will increase the Neceffity of a new 
 Building to accommodate th^ Student^' ^ and as there is yet no 
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 fulHcient Frovifion otherwife made for this TsteccfTity,! caii*t 
 but indulge a pleafing Thought, that there are Gentlemenj 
 whom God hath honoured with Ability, and who are not for- 
 bid fuch an A61 of Charity by. particular Conne6lions, who, if 
 they fhould give themfelves the Trouble to enquire fully into 
 the NecefTity of this Cafe, would efteem thennfelves happy, in 
 the opportunity to return the Honours and Bounties of Divinie 
 Providence, they have received to their great Benefaclor, by a 
 liberal Difburiement for this Purpofe. And I wilh, I hope, 
 and Pray, thr^t this Paragraph may be kindly dire6ted to the 
 Eye of luch a benevolent Soul, and the hint induce hin:: to con- 
 ficler quite ferioully, whether it is not a Matter v/ell worthy hi'r 
 Attention, and Enquiry ; and I am perfuadcd, if he be once lb 
 far gained, he willnotnnd either hisSenfe of Obligation, or his 
 Difpofuion to'fuch an a^lof Charity, to be at all dimifl:ied by a 
 moft thorough Examination, andthefuileilUnderftanding of the 
 Cafe."— For this Favour I wait upon God ^ and bow ihe Knee in 
 humble Supplication, tothcFather of Mercies, who has fo fig- 
 nally ov/ned his Inftitution hitherto, and has enabled and dif- 
 pofcd Inilruments, as there has been occafion to minifter Sup- 
 plies, from Time to Time for its rifing Necefiities, and who has 
 the Difpofal of the Hearts, and Subilance of all, as much asx- 
 ver, in his Hands, and at his Sovereign controul. 
 
 And I would take this Opportunity, here publicly, to thank 
 a great Number of my valuable and dear Friends on both 
 Sides the Water, who have honoured and greatlv obliged me 
 with their kind Letters, but have received no Anfwerfrom me,& 
 fome Hundreds there likely are, who have been fo treated by 
 me, and whom I do now aflure, have not received this Treat- 
 ment, through anyWantof Refpedl to theirPerfons, nor through 
 Want of the moft grateful Sentiments of their Kindnefs, but only 
 
 through Want of Leifure for it Glad Ihould I have been t© 
 
 %ye returned the Kindnefs if it had been in my Power, and it 
 
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 is always with Regret, that I refled upon the lofs of the Plea- 
 iure, and Profit of fuch a Correfpondence, and the Refle6tion 
 has been particularly Painful, when I have had Reafon to fear 
 that my Friends have not been knowing to the conftant Crowd 
 of my Affairs, as to be able to afTign that, as the true and jufti- 
 Eable Reafon of my Negied. I hope in God, that my Affairs 
 will by and by be fo fituate as to allow ine more Leifure. 
 
 And whereas, there are yet a Number of the generous Sub- 
 cribers for the Benefit and Support of this School, who have 
 not yet paid what they promifcd, and alfo fome others, who are 
 otherwife indebted, and ought before now, to have fettled their 
 Accounts v/ith me-, and as m.any of them are at a Diftancc, 
 I would take this Method to inform them, that the prefent Nc- 
 pefiitiesof this School are fuch as call for fpeedy Payment of 
 thofc Debts. 
 
 I BfLiEVE Ihave found the Benefit of the Prayers of many, 
 of the Lovers of Zion for this Inftitution, and I earnefliy be- 
 fpeak the Continuance of them, that God would gracioufly.. 
 perfedl what is yet wanting, and Build it up for the Glory of hi§ .- 
 'wn great Name. 
 
 
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