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LETTER FROM REV. GILBERT ROCEWOOD TO HENRY B. 

 SCHOOLCRAFT. 



Tuscarora Mission, August 1, 1845. 



Sir: — In the following communication yon can 

 make use of such statements as you may deem pro- 

 per. If all the statements should not be necessary 

 for your official objects, yet they may be interesting 

 to you as an individual. 



This mission was comn^enced about fifty years 

 since, under the care of the " New York Missionary 

 Society." It was transferred to the "United For- 

 eign Mission Society," in 1821, and to the American 

 Board of Com. for Foreign Missions," in 1826, 



The church was organized in 1805, with five 

 persons. The whole number of native members 

 who have united since its organization is o«e hun- 

 dred and twenty -three. The present number of 

 native members is fifty-three ; others five, total fifty- 

 mght 



Between July 1st, 1844^and July 1st, 1845, there 

 were only three admissions, two by profession, and 

 one by letter. 



About one-third of the population attend meeting 

 on the Sabbath. Their meeting house was built by 

 themselves, with si little assistance from abroad. 



They have also a school house, the expense of 

 which was nearly all defrayed by themselves. There 

 is but one school among them, which is kept the 

 year through, with the exception of the vacations. 

 The teacher is appointed by the American Board. 



