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heérspeakerthenreplied"Itistree&wedonotwishyoutoleavethecount
the Ojibwe understand that if the Missionaries leave the area they will most likely die
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eshouldnotbesurprizedifthedisaffectedstateoffeelingamongtheIndiansshouldsoincreasethatitwouldheunadtisaiietoreestablishatLeechLake,buteventoabandonPokegc
It sounds like Ayer and Ely want to be done
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10nothavebeen,butfortheconfidentempectationthatweshouldhavebeensustainedbymorelabourers.Weought,atleastsomeofus,tohavebeensofreefromotherengagements,thatwecouldhavemadeitourfirst,andalmostexclusiveobjecttoacquiretheOjibwalan—guageasperfectlyaspossible.Butinsteadoffindingtimeforthisweallfoundourselvesinvolvedincaresandlaboursofvariouskinds,whichforbadourgivingourundividedattentiontothisobject.Henceourmeansofintercoursewiththepeeplehasbeenlimited.Wehaveneverbeenabletoprocureefficientinterpreters.Wehavebeenwork—ingh
Hall feels like the missionaries jumped into everything too soon, or bit off more than they could ever chew
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omeofmybrethren,Ifear,aregettingdiscouraged.R
Hall thinks some of the missionaries are getting discouraged at the mission
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uttheycarelittleforamission-'ary,unlesshewillfeedandclothethem
according to Hall, natives see traders as good and missionaries as bad unless the missionaries will provide for them
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Ihavegivenmyselftotheheathen.Iam.willingtostaywiththemifIcandothemanygo
Hall claims to have "given" himself "to the heathen"
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r5-teachers,thoughtheyupsetallcornersoftheIndiancoun-trywithlargebribesandrichpresents,havenotbeenabletoerectasizablemissionanywhereamongtheIndia
reasons why Protestants haven't been able to establish a lasting mission in the NW
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orthpresentembarrassedstateofthetreasury,whichislittle,ifatallrelievedfromtepressurefeltlastsummer,wouldnotwarranttheCommitteeinsendingoutayadditionalmissionaries,unlessthecallinProvidencewasverypec
the Board won't send out anymore missionaries until they get their financial situation in check
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ThefollowinghoweverIthinkoughttonbe]possessedinsomegoodde-greebyeverymissionaryandmissionary'srifeamongtheheathen,judgingfromthelittleexperienceIhavehadamongourIndianmis-eione
Sproat describes what he feels are the qualities necessary for missionaries
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ncreoeverhereare5familiessettledbyuschemwe5333helpinagricultur
Ayer argues that Pokegoma deserves a higher ration of money because they have more missionaries and more natives that need help with agriculture
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heywillgrantit.
Greene grants Cooke permission to leave missionary work
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naformerletterImentionedthsfEeasy-ourInnerprcterwishedtobeconsideredasandesistennhiseionary.Recenteventsrelatingtohiswifeandherconnexionsrendereditexpedienhthatheshoulddissolvehisimmeddeneconnictionwiththe-Missionandsettledownb
Henry (Ayer's interpreter) had to leave suddenly and Ayer is left alone for preaching and all other affairs
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ytimeggghttg_b§.whollydevotedtogivingreligiousinstruction,translating,andperfectingmyselfintheknowledgeofthenativelanguage,togetherwithcollectingmatarialsforavocabularyandgrammarofit
Hall's opinion is that he is wasting his own time doing manual labor and not preaching
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Wedonothateyou--wehatethosewhosentyouhere
Natives at Fon du Lac not highly receptive to missionary presence
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WeallfeelthatbothLeechLakeandRedLakegg§§_beoccupiedimmodalate
all the current missionaries want Leech Lake and Red Lake occupied immediately
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ohelpcan.uoll»bo39paxodatpresentfrouLayointotofoxmanewstation.Theno.iaao’uuchtobedonetharokaiaoreaontasthemia¢aionaricacanwelldo,includingtheireffornsinpreparingbooksforprinting.Thereismoreencouragementtolabourtherenowthanatal»mostanytimesincetheetanionwa
Seems to suggest that these proposed new missions will need an entirely new set of people, because all the current missions require too much work
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PomschristianawhereWevisitedlabtSummertho'tthatifthachurchtowhichnheybelongeag.could,incampanywithtwoorthreeotherchurchessuppart-a.é£ationamongtheIndians&keepupacor»respondenoewith.themissionarieaatthatstation,theyshoulddomuchmore&taksaiar‘deaper‘tnterestthantheyshouldtosendwhattheyraised_ngrtheBeardnotknowingwhereitwasappropriated.whatwouldyou;committeathinkofta
Mrs. Ely offers a suggestion to Mr. Greene about a sort of collection of churches in the area supporting the Natives and doing missionary work as a whole
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MayGodgrantthemarewardinturningthesepeoplefromdarknessto_ligh
Author goes on about the piety of the missionaries in the region
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seeno~wayinwyion_£ufedénourexpénaes‘muchbelowthisestimate,exceptthemissignaxiesleavetheirworkandengageconsiderableinmanuallabo
The reasons the missions are so expensive is because the missionaries don't want to spend much time on the manual labor needed to sustain the mIssion
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fyounhinkIhaveaann£92morenhanycuaanéifordua,yénmnénle&ve9f?the'Booka.ThoughWeneednhemwecand0betteéwithautthem,(nhagehoolbooksexcept?ed),nhantheotherthing
It is interesting that the missionaries keep "complaining" about their ability to perform well for the school, yet continue to put the school last - either things are very bad, or they are not devoted to the original task anymore
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ThereligiouswantsofthispeopledemandallthetimeandstrengthofonedevotedMissiona
the Natives at Pokegoma want enough religious instruction to require a missionary whose full time job would be preaching
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nIdoBay,thatIthinkinthedutyofIbelieveauxcourseisonward;Gantherebeanydaubtofthosewhoaxeherenestay.here,andnhaxitistheQunyoftheenurabaea30tosustainthembytheirprayers,andsympathy)andeonnribuanionathattheyshallnotbeprasaedtoaeathinbadyandspirit
Hall thinks all current missionaries should stay in the field, yet he almost seems to imply that no new individuals should join them? But he just asked for manual labor help
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nfidenhthat1%isnetyethopel
unlike the other missionaries, Hall doesn't want to quit (or is it reverse psychology??)
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m-1.34M-1321613-wemaybeidlethat1.163116.askismmesanunng,butthemwemaydewgtaan:timeandan:energydirect;1yt0eifoztsfoxtheaalvatienofthispeapl
Hall is asking for money so that he can focus his energy where he feels it actually belongs
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Butwehavenotstrengthtoendureitmuohlong
Hall is speaking for all missionaries when he says that they are almost out of energy to continue
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istoubgnggbuged=tn'mpendso-muehnime&n¢atxangthinmanuallabour.asmuchneluvtarnupnmyaparopxiane‘dutiasa3amissionaryandminisner.ThisIjghavedameanddonebeeauseIthoughtitautyned9
Hall is also finding himself spending (in his opinion) too much time on manual labor and not enough time preaching
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rewecalledtobefarmersinsteadofM
"Are we called to be farmers instead of missionaries?" seems to be the over arching questions of all the missionaries right now
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utIthinkthatasystemorhabitofdoingthiswouldbeunjudicious,andattendedwithvariousevilsmorethanoutweighing,inthelongrun,allthegoodwhichitwouldeffe
Mr. Greene doesn't want the missionaries giving out gifts often because it taints the message
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whoaimataradicalintellectual&moralimprovementitcan
the missionaries want to establish a radical intellectual & moral improvement
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ightitnotbefortheinterestofthecausetocalloneofushomefortwoorthreemonths,ofwecanbespared,toconsultwiththeCommitteeandmakeeffortstoobtainlabourersforthisne
Hall is suggesting sending missionaries back to Boston for a few months to have them talk to the committee and obtain new people for labor
he also wants to keep the newly built houses in the hands of the committee and lend them to the Natives
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heinnuencetheCatholicsareexertingisbecomingmoreapparenteveryyea
the missionaries believe that the Catholic influence is increasing every year
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hopeofhavingapermanentmissionaryintheirlocalitypleasedthemimmesely.Theyshowedmetheplacewheretheywishedtohavethemissionchurchndthehomeofthemissionary
Baraga claims that the Natives at Fond du Lac desperately want a missionary to reside there permanently
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cannotlabormuchinwinter,atthetimethatthepportunityoffereditselfIhadnothingint
Baraga states that the winter months are essentially useless to missionaries
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Largeandshowyplatesanswerthemostvaluablepurpos
the fact that the missionaries need colorful plates to get the Natives attention suggests that the Natives are not truly interested in being converted
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TwonativeyoungmenoftheMethodistconnexionarespendingthewinteratthisplace.Theyareinvaluableassistantsninourwork.TheyweresentoutbytheMethodistEpiscopalSocietyasnativemissionariesorexhorte
two Native missionaries sent out by the Methodist Episcopal Society
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Andbythebye,I.havenotmention-edthatI.hadahelper.TheMethodistssentout3YoungmentogotoLac.Courterei
Ely has 3 helpers for working the school
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precedenthasbeenestablished,&theScripturesarebeingdailyreadtot
precedent of reading scripture to Natives every night
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ostundividedattentiontothelanguage
the learning of the Ojibwe language should be paramount to at least one of the present missionaries
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Thehabitsoflifeandcharacte
The nomadic lifestyle of the Ojibwe means that preachers must travel from house to house
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FondduLacistherefo
Fond du Lac is without missionaries in September 1835
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anuscriptsRelatingtotheDavidGreenetoS.Hall,IamgladtonndthatyoudcdespondingalightasMrFewithMr.StuartduringthevgreatestanxietynowisI‘E‘Sptcatechists.Ididhopetosendespairofnowsendingonewithoutapreacher;&theheforareleasebeforeanotherNorthwestMission
The Northwest missions are low on men, and the church, while willing to provide funds, does not attempt to provide actual missionaries
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reinthehabitofkeepingamistres
Missionaries should not live alone because it will be assumed that they have taken a mistress - this is why most missionaries are actually Mission Families
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Butexperiencehadtaughtme,thattoresideinatradersfamily,howeverImightbecalledaMissionary,yetitwasimpossibletoremovetheimpressionfromtheInds.Mind,thatIwasinterestedinthetrad
The Ojibwe don't separate between missionaries and traders
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esicknccnwhichprevailedamongtheIndian038lastsummerwasinconaequcnoeofourcomingintothecountryandthothehissionaricewouldbringsick—noesupontheIndianaaloe"
Natives believe missionaries bring sickness
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urruilty,ruinedstatebynatureIendoau-ouredtosetbeforehim,andtoTh0?hintheabsolutenecessityofrepentance&theinfinito14:0rtnnooofit
insight into what Missionaries tell the Natives about God
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neanydevoteconaid-arableof113timetoscatteringabnnndtheaecddnflir
wants two males missionaries so that one can be a traveling preacher essentially
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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)
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Itisthereforeofthefirstimportancethatthemission—ariessenttothiscountryshouldpossessthemselvesoftheOjibwalanguageassoonaspossible
missionaries should speak Ojibwe
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hemissionaryshouldfollowtheIndian’inhiswanderingsandpreachtohimthegospel
it should be the job of the missionary to travel with the Native and preach
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heheadtradersundertheA.F.Companywouldgenerallyfavourmissionsinthiscountry.Mostofthemwouldencouragemissionariestocomehere,andsomeofthemwouldcontributeconsiderabletotheirsupp
traders encourage missions and missionaries
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thereforemucheasiertoproducesuchaconversionastheCatholicsaimtoeffect,thantoconvertthemtrulytothegosp
it will be easier for the missionaries to convert just the image of the Native to Christian, rather than to convert their actual faith
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ehavefoundthemosteffectualwayofpreachingtotheIn-dianstobefromhousetohous
visiting houses is the most effective way for the missionaries to Christianize
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Seneoas,Oneidas&StockbridgeInd
Missionaries also currently at villages in Canada, as well as with the Senecas, Oneidas, and Stockbridge Bands
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pisnopaluhuguhLJvct«r'1'31..1ricuhave,(ousraJones&Cochran.ErJonesisaSolohmun,¢mwdoftalents,&officiataaaschaplainforthsdudaonaBayCompa
Red River Settlement as two Episcopal Missionaries: M Jones (who is a wolohuan (Man of Talents) and chaplain for the Hudson Bay Company) and M Cochran
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AboutItA.H.hieut.Allencameup,havingenoampedsome13or14ms.inourrear.At3P.X.IpreachedinEnliahtoaboutonethirdofourpartyxAt59.3.mostofthemenassembledtowhomhrJohnstonreadaportionofScript.inFrenchfromabioh.Iremarked.HeafterwardsreadthetractentitledLooden;Chiming.Alllistenedwithmuchapparentintatght.ButIsoonwitnessedthatourroading&preach-ingN15ofbutlittleavail.Themensoongtéthihégitéfthoifsports,5..lv:heavingthequoit&treetling
expedition preaches and reads scripture to 13 or 14 Natives - they listen, but then return to their "sports"
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Theremustnotbelargesecularestablishments,agriculturalormechanical,connectedwiththecontemplatedmission.Theseestablishments,generally,incaseswheretheyhavebeenconnectedwiththestations,havescarcelysupportedthemselves;whiletheyhaverenderedlargemissionfamiliesnecessary,giventothestationsanappearanceofwealthandostentation,occasionedmuchperplexity&labor,&inmanycases,jealousies&dissentions.Ourmissionariesaregenerallywearyofthem,&disposedtorelinquishthem
the mission itself shouldn't be large or have agricultural goals for itself, it's too much work and causes tension
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tis,infact,onlyaswecanadvancetheirspiritualimprovement,thatwehaveanysurefoundationforamelioratingtheircivilconditio
missionaries saw "spiritual improvement" as the only way to civilize the Natives
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WeshallneverneedalargemissionfamilyheretoconductthestationonthepresentplanoftheBoard
only need / is sustainable for a small missionary family
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benentstheywouldderivefromhavingschoolsandinreceivingthegospel,andtoldthemtheadvantagesoftheircultivatingtheirland.TheysaidthatwhatIhadtoldthemwasalltrue,andverygood.
objectives: schools, gospel, land cultivation
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