Brother in the Lord —
We the Muhheacunnuk Tribe, will now manifiſt to you — our opinions Deſires and veiws of the Chriſtian Religion. we believe that there is but one, the only true and living God,
And that he is the Maker and preſerver of our lives, and upholder of the Same — that he has Send his only
begotten Son into this w[illegible]orld, to be the
Saviour of mankind, and we believe that this God has brought u[illegible]s up
in to this wilderneſs — where we might begin to Serve him in Sincerity and in truth —
Further we believe that this God has raiſed you u[gap: tear][guess: p] and
have kept you alive untill this time. and that he has Send you up as an Ambaſsador into this wilderneſs upon this purpoſe that you might be the firſt
inſtrument or means to Stir up you own Nation — to try embrace His whole
Religion. And the, ^resons^ why we have such thoughts becauſe we have felt a great weight of your errand — And in coming such a
manner, and from such a quarter — as we did not expect — when we look
back, and Consider, what poor progreſs the Re[illegible]ligion of Jeſus
Chriſt, has made
amongſt the Natives of this Continent not withſtanding
^of^ the great pains, that have taken with them in some Places
the Indians appeared well and promiſing, but soon decay. — and now it looks very dark upon us, all helps from a Broad are gone — and we are now brought to look about [gap: tear][guess: and]
Conſider of our Situation and we bel[gap: tear][guess: ieve] that this will be the laſt. that God will make a trial with us — if this w[gap: tear]
not set us to contrive for our own souls — God will leaves us to our [illegible] own Deſtruction — Theſe and other conſiderations
induceth us — to believe that God d[illegible]oes
require from our own hands — to contrive — and to try to bigin to support and maintain Religion among us — we therefore, a Number of
us chearfully agreed to begin to purſue what we bilieve to be our Duty since we have felt and ex= =perience the great goodneſs of God — for raiſing and fiting one of our own Collour — to be inſtrumental to build up the Cauſe and the Kingdom of our Lord Jeſus
Chriſt — we therefore feel in duty
[gap: tear][guess: boun]d to come to requeſt you to come and settle with us — and to take the charge over us
— and to die with us. in Conjunction with
Brotherton if it be agreable to them. so that we may enjoy all the
Previlidges and ordinances of the Goſpel which our Saviour has left us in his word — So we the Subſcribers wittingly to begin with twenty shillings — in firſt year and so in proportion that we shall increaſe in Number and Subſtance — till we shall be able to support you fully — so we done at present what
we feel to be our duty and the reſt
^we^ will submitt to Gods will and pleaſure —
Joſeph Sauquethquaut
Hendrick Aupaumut
Joſeph Quonnekanut
Peter Pohquannop[illegible]eet
David Neſhoonnuhhuk
John Pohpmon
John Baldwin
Samuel Pa[illegible][guess: uphaun]hum
David N[illegible][guess: aun]annuknuck
Rev.d Mr
Samson Occom
New Stockbridge
Auguſt
29th 1787 —
N. Stockbridge
confeſsion of Faith
1787 ^[left]Call^