No. 9

I spent 33 days on the reservations of those
six remnants of tribes still residing in this state;
visited them from house to house, eat at their
tables and lodged under their roofs; sat with
them in their meetings, Pagan, Political, and
religious; visited their schools, heard the chil-
dren read examined in Arithmetic
and Geography and saw their writing and
composition, distributed tracts amongst them
and conversed with them on the opperations
of the two Spirits which works on the mind
and produces good or bad results; they
listened with attention and appeared more
than usually thoughtful. I also called
divers meetings with both Pagan an Christian
parties, conversed with them on their moral
and religious obligations towards each other
and towards God their Father & Preserver
and God the son as their savious and Redeemer
and God the Holy Ghost as their visitor, to
reprove, instruct, and comfort them; and
I have reason to believe that there are many
honest and upright intentions amongst the
pagans, but I cannot help lamenting over
their strong prejudices against an acquaintan-
ce with the content of the bible. Many of
both parties expressed their unity with me
and what I had said to them and promised
to think about it in my absence,
said they were much pleased to hear about
their red brothers living in the far west,
and about the good schools they had for
the education of their children; hoped that