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The Occom Circle Project is a digital edition of letters from and to Samson Occom (1727-1792), with other of his works. The documents in question are all housed in Dartmouth College's Rauner Special Collections Library. Occom was a Mohegan Indian, intertribal leader, public intellectual, and the most important Indian writer in North America in the 18th century.
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My Affairs have me that I
found
Hints; in Hopes I
may have More
the opportunity to wait upon you at your
own House
fore winter.
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form'd
formed
the th
was with me at your House
Yorkr
Meeting House to an
was collected £ 70. for his use. And the Evening
following at the
the
in the City. I have
t
common l
on
onl
was there on his way to
had
to introduce him to the
the Same Date and from the Same Place, a Letter from
l
Lads two of l
illegible with my
be le
rs
other Three I venture to take in Addition to the
I had before to be the Subjects of Such Charities, as God
l
me 3. or 4. more
for. And I am now daily Expecting them here.
When these came I was much at a
End in coming, who was not recommended by l
fully l
those two, the Other
rous
rousl
now got too far on his way to be overtaken, where upon
he con
cluded to run the venture of coming without Recommendation
They all behave very well hitherto. And it is quite
to
there is in
Educating them.
r
But one of the Girls which I have been
come. r
from
not likely to recover, however that I might expect two by the
r
who is now at
him. And So are also
I here
hear them read
As to those Signatures
clin'd
clined
of the House of
Israel, mwhich them we
as Their Languages being generally Guttural,
e
nan in their Singing, which I
used by the Sweet Singer of Israel Their
Sacrifices,
of the pascal Lamb. (for want of which they use a
ble
ble
when they
can give no
all good Indians have done
of good credit who was in his youth a Mighty
Hunter among
them. Their Avenging
paration of their Women for
There Is,
ember to
have
weighty as and which I
your Thoughts upon. I had it from that dear man of God the
d
a little before his Death, as he had it from one of their
lately converted to
He told me that the
under the Influence
makes them So much the fear
an Imitation of a Spirit of
Devil capable of. that they were Seers and could See the Hearts
Thoughts, Purposes,
plain as one could
would charge men with what they had done in Secret
them own it. and pretend to 'tell Fatuities, viz. what
Enquirers would have in Hunting or War, in which
were much used. (and
Knew in these
were but as other men.
Now when I ee
Time and the great advantage he has thereby made to get e
of it fast in his Snare. and what advantage he may be
have got of ee
was.
was wholly t
but humane Literature with it. I cant but think there is weight
in
it.
as to what has been t
Animals e
able to Send
Hebrew Tongue we may be e
that Quarter. I hope my dear Little
out of his de
Tribe
ries
ries
The getting exact Information of these things, and Setting them
in a
true and proper Light will require Time and Pains.
I have lately been (I cant Say
from rr
wherein he Supposes he has fully proved from the word of God t
The Indians in North America are the 10 Tribes of the House
of
Israel, were
might not be
of their Deliverance is at Hand. I have only had e
of a
I was much encouraged in the
Affair by what I met with at
ly
ly
Lord the
upon as an Answer to Prayer, and was
to enlarge the Number of My
find what has been done to have been but an
greater Supplies as they Shall be needed.
I doubt not, my dear Sir, Your are ready to do any
thing in
Your Power to promote it. And I
the many
fail to remember in your devoutest Hours. him, who is
with
not g
tt
think fit to make of the
to your own
pondent
pondent
prove this Cover to Acknowledge the
generous
and this Indian Affair in Yours of
and the Copy of yours to your
and Rectify a little
t
r
College. he had all e
of me and my
when he came out of College and kept it one
year at
Charity Indian
house was rr
in the rm
procurement
opportunity to read the
there may be
and which he has not yet received from
me. I am
with
to you m