Miss ——: I will say sumthing a bout the subjeck it is to great for me to hold my peace I will call upon all the teachers poticler I belive they are chosen that the blessed lord has call to show the slave race the true way for me myself cannot say much but my deser are great I belive I can see your butful light and understand all your blessed words I will praye to the blessed lord to help all the blind race to see your white shell (shield) work and understand your butif words Mothers and fathers are cring about the disgrace the young race are bringing upon them I will beg you once more please don’t get werry weary I belive the blessed lord will help you.
Miss ——: I will take great plesure to write you a fee lines a boutt subject consern the miss acshon in riten them colar boys and the white men It was very great you cannot speak too much about that subjet that princlbum are a bout to cover the citty in that low degree with our colar girls please to study the stronges subjet that your brains can hold and tounge can utter I umbel beg for jeus sake I belive the lord will help you and bless the many words you speak this is my heart desirer I umbel beg all the teachrs to help this is a great subjet very much needen with the scool girls I will do all I can in the name of the blessed lord.
THE INDIANS.
OUR DEACON.
“Young men, never despair of the hardest case,” were the words which were spoken to some of us, while in Hartford Theological Seminary, more than fifteen years ago, by a missionary from Africa, and he gave us some illustrations to prove his point. I was forcibly reminded of this a few weeks ago as we elected two Indians to serve as deacons, the first Indians ever chosen to fill that place in the history of this church, for during the first eleven years of its existence there have been white men connected with it who have filled that office acceptably. Some time ago, however, the last one left us, and after waiting a while in vain to see if some other men would not come, who would serve in this capacity, we decided that it was best to choose Indians for the place.
One of these has had a remarkable history. About thirty years ago or more he was baptized a Catholic, but when, after a short stay, the Catholic priest left these Indians, not to return again, he, with the rest of these Indians, relapsed to their heathenish ways.
Twelve years ago he was noted for drinking and for the sly ways in which he could procure his liquor. In 1876 he had great trouble with his wife and wished to leave her, but the Agent would not allow it. A long trouble followed, in which the Agent and prominent Indians tried every way they could think of to make them live peaceably together. One day the Agent with two friendly Indians went to arrest him, but, with the help of his uncle, he knocked down the Agent, broke out a window and got away. He was pursued all day, but was not taken, and at night was helped off by his relations, and he ran a long way off. For this his relations were locked up in jail, which brought them to terms, and they induced him to return so that they could be let out, and he served six months in jail.