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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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After a fatiguing Journey,
in my return from
I arrived here in safety the first instant; and
found my family in
health.. kept Sabbath at
the settlement of
sacrament of the Lords supper. It being too late
when I arrived on Saturday evening, to send to
walohale
walohale
in good standing,
very few Indians were
Attended two days the last week, with the Trustees
of
to erect their building
the
siderable part of the materials are already collected.
It has been for some time proposed,
&
plation, for the young Clergymen
settled in this
vicinity to form into an
, or Presbitery
for the purposes of promoting Evangelical principles
ministerial
fellowship,
and
baneful Influence of wild,
with which th
in this frontier are much threatened. —
Particularly
the methodists — Baptists, (
of the lowest
part of this
uncharitable to say, they bear the signature of
erroneous
erroneous teachers
It will undoubtedly give you
informed that this
Viz. drs
Congregation, in what was formerly called
This
for the numerous settlements in this quarter, who
are destitute
of a preached Gospel, to apply for
aid
miles,
can receive an
Our
a favourable idea of the gospel
ministry
tance; Their attendance only upon two
ordinations,
in the neighbourhood,
came as delegates, or
Last week had several Conferences with Indians who
came to
Lords day — an in the evening rode 20 miles to meet
the
westward,
some Indians from
Several Indians ha
letter has been wrote from
with
complaints against me,— and that r
Sergeant
by one of r
and Ex-parte evidence dont wear the aspect of
candour, nor the complexion of
integrity. —
As it was formerly said, our "law does not
condemn a unheard, I trust the
le
of their letter, before they
act upon it.
My informants,
upon the subject, but to wait
would be
They ved
affection — and as yet have not
single word of their private letter. —
There are several of
the french party —
that are
fallen under
bitter against me; —
r
obliged to reprove,
their
I had,
I shall write you again
e'er
Subject.— I cannot add to the respect
with
which I am, dr
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