I wrote you via.
Boſton a few Days ago,
[gap: worn_edge]thing now to write but to y.
e Same Purpose.
Mr Kirtland
returnd from his long Tour to the
Senecas,
may. 19th Accompanied by
Tekanande the cheif
Warior of that Tribe, and one
Whose Influence in that Tribe is great. He appears
to be of pregnant
Genius, an Affable Temper, benevolent, Steady, judicious,
manly,
and has always been friendly to the Engliſh. a Protector and Steady
Friend to dear
Mr Kirtland
amidſt Perils, & Dangers too many & great
to relate &
Deſcribe in a Letter. They came to
Hartford,
While the
Genl
Aſsembly were Setting;
The Govern.r
& Company Shewed him great
Reſpect, made a handſome Entertainment for him.
The Govern.r Delivered him a Speach, and received his Anſwer,
Mr Kirtl[gap: worn_edge][guess: and] bein
[gap: worn_edge][guess: g] their Interpreter, much to the Satiſfaction and Admiration of the
Whole Aſsembly. After this they made them a Preſent of £20.
The black General was much affected with their Kindneſs
&
Reſpect,
and marveled much to find the Country So peopled. He was lame with
a
Gout or Rhumatiſm, or he would have gone to
Boſton.
He Seemd much affected with My Repreſentation of the wretched
&
miſerable Condition of his Nation &c. And gave in to it, (I beleive
heartily) that we were the people Whom God Loves; & that they ha
dve
been caſt off by him, of a long Time.
IHe Said, he would go and tell
his
Nation What I had Said, and What he beleived; but, Said he
[gap: worn_edge]
againſt me, When I
[gap: worn_edge]
^So^ we cloathed him
[gap: worn_edge]
[gap: worn_edge] on a
[gap: worn_edge][guess: Sprightly] H
[gap: worn_edge][guess: Horſe] (inſtead
[gap: worn_edge] one which he bro.
t with him). He was
[gap: worn_edge][guess: greatly pleaſed]
[gap: worn_edge] my School; and was often So affected with the Igno
[gap: worn_edge][guess: rance]
[gap: worn_edge] of his own people that he would ſometimes talk with
Mr Kir[gap: worn_edge][guess: tland
and] weep a great part of y.
e night; and Sometimes Seemd
almoſt o
[gap: worn_edge][guess: ver]whelmd with Sorrow. Now, Said he, 'I find all the things Which
M[gap: worn_edge][guess: .r] Kirtland had told
himme,
and a great deal more,
illegible True. he often
Spake of the Corruption of Manners among the Indians, Since their
acquaintance
with our Traders &
Soldiars. And indeed it Seems, these
have made them Sevenfold worſe than the Devil could make them.
Mr Kirtland was ordaind
19th
ult.o and a Solomn Aſsem
bly indeed we had on that Occaſion.
David Fowler, after being detaind
abo.
t 3. Weeks by Sick
neſs, returned from
Onoyada,
27.th
ult. in company
[gap: worn_edge][guess: with]
Moses one who kept a School among
the Mohocks
laſt
year, and
William one of his Own Schollars. and would
have been also accompanied by one of the Cheif men of y.
t Tribe, had he not been detaind
byto
^condole^ the Death of his uncle
y
e
Cheif
Warior of That Nation,
David also gave Acco.
t of Several Murders of Indians com
mitted by the Engliſh, which
Sir William Johnſon
feard would
baffle all his Endeavours for peace, as he writes me by
David,
illegible This
[gap: worn_edge]
[gap: worn_edge][guess: accompa]nied by Meſs
rs
Chamberlain,
Kirtland,
[gap: worn_edge]
Miſsionaries.
[gap: worn_edge]
Sam.l
Johnſon, and
McCluer. (engliſh Youths)
Hez. Calvin,
Jacob Fowler,
and
Joseph Johnſon (Indians) appointed to the reſpective
Services & Places following, unleſs
Gen.l
Johnſon
&
Mr
Pomroy Should
See occaſsion to make a Different Diſposal of them viz.
Mr Kirtland to preach to the Indians at
Canawarohare in
Onoyada.
Mr
Kenne at
Old Onoyada about 6 miles Diſtant.
McCluer to
Continue with
M.r Kirtland to learn the Language &
Aſsiſt
Joſeph
Johnſon in keeping
Davids School, s.
d
Johnſon to take s
d School under
M.r Kirtlands Direction 'till
David returns,
and then to Officiate as Usher
under
David; as the School
will likely conſiſt of 40 Children, and be imployment
[gap: worn_edge][guess: enough] for them both
—
Mr Chamberlain to preach at
Canajohare and
Fort Hunter
—
Hezekiah to keep his Old School at
Fort Hunter —
Sam.l
Johnſon
&
Jacob Fowler to teach the two ſchools
which the
two Abrahams kept laſt year. &
little Abraham to go to
Will[illegible][guess: keſke] a new Settlement of Indians about 8. or 10
miles below
Fort Stanwix, who have invited him to
teach
their Children.
M.r
Pomroy is appointed to inſpect
& conduct
the Affair of Settling these Schools — and particularly lay a Found
dation for
Hezekiah's Settlement and
continuance with the
[gap: worn_edge] which
[gap: tear][guess: he
is]
deſtined.
[gap: worn_edge]
ſeem
[gap: worn_edge][guess: s] to think that
this Diſposal of them is much
[gap: worn_edge] to have Sent a number
[gap: worn_edge]
[gap: worn_edge] was proposed if y.
e Way had not been Thus, as
[gap: worn_edge][guess: that] would
likely
^[illegible][guess: having]^ been improved as an Occaſion to Strengthen their Jeaſo
^u^ſies
that we have their Lands in View; whereas they have it not to
Say now, y.
t Parties are Neglected who have no Lands. —
When I was at
Boſton
laſt Spring I heard that Some had wrote
Home from thence againſt my Plan; but what they had wrote I
could not learn; I have Since been informd that it has been repre
ſented that I am acting in Opposition to
the Commiſsioners there.
I Should be glad to be informd of the Truth of that Report if
you are able to do it,
& by Whom Such Repreſentation has
been made I am perſwaded the Man, Whoever he be, will not
be able to gain credit for Such a Report
among any Who have
been Acquainted with my Conduct from firſt to laſt in this Affair.
nor do I fear what Such can do againſt a cauſe that is God's.
Bleſsed be God, I have a hiding Place, a Safe, a Sweat, a bleſsed
Retreat. in Which I can
^Sometimes^ bid Defiance to
all y.
e Powers of Darkneſs.
My dear Sir, pray that I may live upon
Godhim, who is my Rock
my
Strength, and my Salvation, every Day.— Bleſsed be his Name!
my Situation has been Such, as has conſtraind me to live upon him,
nor can I live any other Way. but I fear leſt my Heart be unhinged
from Such Dependance, and myſelf of Courſe deprived of the Bleſsedneſs
of tr
[gap: worn_edge][guess: u]ſting in God alone, When I See any other Fund Provided for the
[gap: worn_edge] My [illegible][guess: dear]
ſir, [gap: worn_edge] been Some time [gap: worn_edge][guess: so]licitous What Return of Gratitude to Ma[gap: worn_edge]to, but
^&^ can think of none; ^illegible^ So that I have
nothing to Say [gap: worn_edge]
onlybut ^only^ this, and that ^but
this —^ is Enough, that your Work, and Re[gap: worn_edge][guess: w]ard [gap: worn_edge] with the Lord; "who
is not unrighteous to forget your Works & Labo[gap: worn_edge][guess: urs] of
Love Which you have ſhewed towards his Name" — + I know Who I am Writing to, and if Some Expreſions I have dropd above ſeem too free; and Savour of Oſtentation, I truſt you have a
manlle large enough to cover, and Love &
Faithfulneſs enough to point out, reprove or correct what ever may require it, in him Who is. with much Affection. + ^I
am^
Rev.d
& dear Sir,
+ P.S.
^[left]July 26^
Sam.l
Aſhpo
this Day [illegible]
^[left][illegible]^Sat
[illegible]out on his Miſsion to
Jeningo,
26.th
^inſtant^
for Several Days.
deſigning if
Proſpects are encouraging to
tarry there a Year.+