68 Inasmuch 



John Eliot, the &quot;Apostle of the North American 

 Redman&quot; wrote to the Hon. Robert Boyle, con 

 cerning the printing of the second edition of his 

 famous Indian Bible : &quot;I desire to see it done before 

 I die, and I am so deep in years, that I cannot 

 expect to live long; besides we have but one man, 

 viz., the Indian Printer that is able, to compose 

 the sheets, and correct the press with under 

 standing.&quot; The Indian Printer, or James Printer, 

 or James-the-Printer for his name or title ap 

 pears in all three forms the son of Naoas, was 

 instructed at the Indian Charity School at Cam- 



lese bridge, and &quot;was put apprentice to Samuel Green, 



to learn the printers business.&quot; This child of the 

 forest remained in the musty printers den of 



1675 Samuel Green, for sixteen years and then ran 



away. Of this incident an old writer remarks, 

 &quot;He had attained some skill in printing, and 

 might have attained more, had he not, like a 

 false villain, ran away from his master before his 

 time was out 



Congress at At a congress held at Lancaster, between the 

 Government of Virginia and the Five Nations, 

 the Indians were told that, if they would send 

 some of their young men to Virginia, the English 

 would give them an education at their college. 

 A tribal orator replied as follows : We know that 

 you highly esteem the kind of learning taught in 

 those colleges, and that the maintenance of our 

 young men, while with you, would be very ex 

 pensive to you. We are convinced, therefore, 

 that you mean to do us good by your proposal, 



