ormerlyknownasYellowLakeMissio
Yellow Lake Mission turned into Pokegoma -> moved to be closer to the impressionable Natives
ormerlyknownasYellowLakeMissio
Yellow Lake Mission turned into Pokegoma -> moved to be closer to the impressionable Natives
houldyougotothisstationyouwouldbeexpectedtoteachtosomeextent,todidintakingcareofthesecularaffeirsofthefamily,andtobewiththeIndiana,asmuchascircumotencsewouldpermit,aidingthemcomeintheirattemptstobecomesettled&cul—tivatetheground,persuadingthemtoattendmeetingt,andsendtheirchildrentoschool,impartingreligiousinstructionasforasyoucould,bymeansofinterpretersorotherwise.Youmightalsodidsomeinprovidingcomfortablebuildingsforthefamily,iftheyshouldnotyetbefurniehod,andperhapsituiohtbeadvisableforyoutoaidoccasionallyatoneortwooftheotherattioneinthatvicinity,inthesamen
What Mr. Town would be expected to do at Yellow Lake
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Mr. Greene breaks down to Mr. Town who all is located at Yellow Lake
aidhe"wishedhiechildrentolearntheBookbutnottoreceiveourreligion["].
this is about Dr. B's children - Dr. B is a Chief among the Yellow Lake bands
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wants two males missionaries so that one can be a traveling preacher essentially
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Ayer anticipates at least 60 families can be converted by a Mission at Yellow Lake
Onaccountofthoextremencmrcityofnrovinioneherotheycouldnotremainion-er
the school on the Yellow Lake Mission doesn't have provisions for students to stay long
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Ayer expects Ely to close his Mission near Sandy Lake because not many Natives settle there and requests that Ely be sent to Yellow Lake because he has similar views to the Ayer Mission Family
willbeverydesirableundersuchcircumtttnoeeinourunsettleditetetohaveamolefella:laborrwhoinadditiontoschooltoohingwillsuperintendtheconcorno0hi.Iall]ainstructtheIndia
Ayer requests another male for the Mission to teach and superintend while he [Ayer] is away
referdenyingour—selveotheuseofthemnodiminishourexpensesandhavemoretobestowupontheneedyIndiana
the Mission Family decides not to spend money on clothing, tea, coffee, pies, cakes, butter, lard, or fancy dishes in order to give more to "the needy Indians"
Thebilloftrans-portation&provisionsaregreatastheynecessarilymuetbeforafamilysofarintheinteri
expensive for a Mission Family to live so deep in the region
IhaveoftennoughtdirectidnxoftheLordandampersuadedthatthein-terestofthemissionnonldventuallybemuchpromotedifweshouldobtainthissituation."
this remark indicates that Ayer is primarily concerned with improving the condition of the Natives through the building of a Mission in this region
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Yellow Lake Mission has to be build almost entirely in the winter because of the availability of men to help build
heIndiansfrequentedthoselakestotakefishmuchmorebeforetheestablishmentofthetradinghouse(3yearseince)thannow.IffishShauldincreasetheIndianscouldbemoreeaeilyinducedtolocateherethannee
Ojibwe bands around Yellow Lake fish less after trading post is established - higher population of fish could entice them to move into a Mission more now than it has in the past
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Ayer suspects the Yellow Lake band won't give up land on the St. Croix because it is good hunting ground
eplanwhichwehaveformedwouldplaceourordainedmissionary&hiswife,withaninterpreterafemaleteachers,&perhapsanotherfemalehelper,atLaPointe;acatechistandafemaleteacheratYellowLake;&anordainedmissionary&amaleteacheratSandyLake,withtheexpectationthattheformerwillvisitLeechLake,&perhaps,spendaconsiderableportionoftheyearthere,preparingthewayforapermanentestablishmenttherenext
proposed division of labor for the various missions: ordained missionary, his wife, an interpreter, female teachers (La Pointe): catechist, female teacher (Yellow Lake): ordained missionary, male teacher (Sandy Lake and Leech Lake)
LacduFlanbeaumightbeapproachedbytheOuisocuein;YellowLake,bytheSt.Groin;andSandyLake,LeechLakeandalmostalltheIndianbandsinthatdirection,bytheMississippianditsuppertributa
how to access each band via waterway