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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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posited in your
Hands £25 Sterling the generous
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Lord return a
that generous
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he is yet in London. I have received
part and
as e
from
one of the
you in my
Six weeks ago, was in a declining State of
Health,
and r
me that his Blood was So Spoiled
not Likely he would continue long in the world,
and that
it was
he was able to ride accordingly I r
th
ed
t
youth., in order, when these two have made their
to their Friend to accompany them. and 4 or 5 more
of the
his Expectations has found Such as are likely and will
ing to come; I have heard nothing from them
went away. I expect
r
before had got on Board the
and
be able to come, as
of it. The other
black Savage
The Fruit of dear r
them.
If I had it by me I would
The writing of the Indian Girl who came to me
and then byut
By a Letter from r
the Indians at
that there is a general Reformation among the
Indians as to their
Drinking, that there is a general
religious concern among them in those parts,
and
that a Number appear hearty in Religion. but what
any Spiritual Guide Among them. I hope a Stop will
now be put to our traders
carrying
l
ago, and received him into this
Errors
experienced
in his late Rambles in those parts The
mong the Indians was much
were as wild as ever they were at Corinth, or
Galatia, and
need a faithful
perhaps the le Com&bar;i&slong;srs
to
You cant dear Sir conceive the Difficulty t
this affair. Their Temper and Manner of living is Savage
e
t
e Engli&slong;h
the Opportunity to requite the wrongs they have received
— and the Dutch
ill opinion of us. There are No Interpreters who
are they have as many Languages as illegible
and there are few or none capable
to be
&slong;hed
ished
Boys fit to go forth
r
in his
turnd
turneder
r liveg
poor have
trd
by lt
him as they could be, and
his preaching. and have
t
e
with them.
Our
and yet
among the more Judicious
and who knows what methods God intends to take to
the
Gentlemen of Civil
rs
ele
n
help us in this Affair.
We had a
very growing Autumn.
yet among us.
P.S. The d
may be well heard about a mile t
of the Boys
Requires that they be Suffered to ramble about more than
in , and it is often Difficult to
get them together at y proper Hours without e
e
year would likely
make us more regular
in all our