Yours of
27.th
Apr.l
laſt, came ſafe with the Cheſt of
Books for
this School
&c.
y.e
20.th of laſt month; and I take
them as an Anſwer of Prayer, and a renewed Teſtimony of God's
Favour for this Infant Inſtitution; and by God's Help I will
diſcharge the Sacred Truſt (for So I look upon it) in the beſt
manner. The Collection I eſteem very valuable and well calcu
lated for the Deſign proposed. May God reward the pious Do
nors a thouſand fold for this and all their Abundant Charities
and Labours of Love for the periſhing Souls of men, as I truſt
he has, and forever will your dear Brother, who was the principle
Inſtrument in procuring this Benefaction.
The Expreſsions of Kindneſs in yours refreſh and incourage my Heart. tho' the preſent Rupture with the Indians has drawn a Cloud over the whole Deſign, but I truſt it is not abiding. it looks like a dying Struggle, and I hope will prove to
be the
lasſt Effort of Satan to Secure those who have been for ſo long a Time peacibly in his Chains.
Sam.l
Aſhpo, an Indian of the
Mohegan
Tribe, who has
been for a Time in
this
School, and was examined and approved by
a number of Miniſters of this Government laſt
May, Sat out on
his Miſsion, y.
e
6th of laſt month. and as I have heard nothing
from him ſince, I conclude he has got
[gap: stain] into the Indian Country.
And
as he deſigned to go among them in Indian Habit, I
hope he will not fall a Sacrifice to
[gap: stain] their Rage. and who
knows how much Good God may make him an Inſtrument
of. and if God Should mercifully
[gap: stain][guess: Succeed] his Endeavours
at Such a Time, when no engliſh
Miſsionary dares to goe
among them, it muſt needs raiſe the Reputation of the
Plan we have been purſuing.
M.r Charles Jeffry Smith, an excellent Youth was ordained
in my
Pulpit
June 30. and Sat out on a Miſsion to remote
Tribes.
July 4.th, was driven back from the
Six
Nations to
Albany, by an alarm of an Army of the Enemy
approaching.
but it proved to be made by a few bad Fellows among themſelves
and Whether
M.r Smith had returnd to those Nations, or not I can't
tell.
M.r Occom
Sat out on his Miſsion, and, I hear, went as far as to
the
Mohock Country but the Apprehenſions of Danger were Such
that he returned. The Combination among the Nations is very
extenſive, and their Rage very bitter; but by the laſt accounts
they have met with Such Repulſes, as give us Hopes that they will
now Soon be diſcouraged.
I have Sent M.r
De Berdt Some Materials by Gen.l Lyman and Col.o Dyar, in order to obtain the Royal Favour of an Incorporation, and a Grant of Lands in the Indian Country in Favo.r of this Deſign. You have likely heard or will hear Something of it. If this Suit Should
be Succeſsful, I truſt God will also put it into the Hearts of Friends to contribute to the
Furtherance of the
Deſign of Introducing Religion, and Learning among them and, as a means thereof
to lead them into an underſtanding of Agricul ture & Manufacture &c.