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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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In
don
see r
repent my Trouble I had
heard in general
that it consisted of Twenty or more Indian
Boys
of Indians And that a number of the Mini
r
But this I thought was seeing with the
Eyes of others
own.
My first observation in
through the Towns was the r
=prize
prise
Here because of his live
accepted by some;
you are sensible both
of it are too apt to be viewed by an Eye of
r
the Reverence of a Man of God,
was had in high Esteem.
I reached his House a little
before the Evening
=ingly
ingly
to hear an Indian Youth set the Time
Tenor,
r
=hoolmaster
hoolmaster
=ce (called as I was by Curiosity) joined in
Praise; yet they unmoved seemed to
have nothing to do but to sing to the
Glory
of God.
I omit r
=yer
when on Ringing the
they r
5 oClock
the Chapter in Course for the Day
upon the near Indian who read 3 or 4
Proximus,
then the next Indian read some Verses
whole Chapter. After this r
a Verse or two of the Chapter they had
read. After this they entered
on Prosodia
some Questions propounded by themselves
in
some of the Arts
really charming to see Indian Youths of
Different
Tribes
reading the Word of God
by themselves or given out to them) in the
see this done with at Least a seeming
Mixture of Obedience to God; a
Love r
with great
And indeed in this Morning
a Youth Degraded one lower in the
before the Exercises were finished not only
recovered his own
place but was advanced
two Higher.
I
was common to ministers
of
to visit this
for I doubt whither in gddges
=rall
ral
in this Town who had visited this
=ry
at his own Charge to send his Son to obtain
his Education in Mixture
with these Indians
There were 4 or 5 of these Indians from
21 to 24 years of age
who did not mix with
the youth in these
were Perfected in their Literature
stand ready to be sent among the Indians
to keep
doors open.
On my return r
accompanied me a few miles
by one
Indian Girls who was I hope Converted
last week;
=perceiv'd
perceived
into our Sight
=site to see the
of the Lamb.
In
this through the
saw an Indian Man on Horseback whom
I challenged as
r
so. There was something in his
I must have been sure it was he. — He
certainly does Honour to r
=fatigable, judicious, pious
Intentions to
send the Gospel among the Indians. I
heard r
but at a Distance
tired Lost the opportunity of seing r
Wheelock
seeing Christs Image in this
Man but I wont tire you