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on the 30th of March, it was to enable Mr. "Wesley by 

 exchange of appointments to visit his brother Charles 

 in his sickness, which it was thought might prove 

 fatal. After Mr. Wesley's return from Frederica to 

 Savannah, on the 20th of April, it was thought best, in 

 view of the missionary work contemplated among the 

 Indians, that Mr. Ingham should remain at Savannah 

 and learn their language. He accordingly arranged 

 to spend three days a week in taking lessons from a 

 half-caste woman (Mrs. Musgrave), and the other 

 three in teaching what he had learned to Mr. "Wesley 

 and to Mr. Nitschman, the Moravian bishop. He 

 agreed to teach Mrs. Musgrave's children to read, and 

 to make her whatever additional recompense she might 

 require for her trouble. The Creek chief, Tomo-Chiche, 

 and his queen, Sinouki, desired him also to teach the 

 young prince, and to check and keep him in, but not 

 to strike him; for the Indians never strike their chil- 

 dren, neither will they suffer it to be done by others. 

 They gave Mr. Ingham a plot of fruitful ground in the 

 midst of which was a small cone-shaped hill, on the 

 top of which a house was built for an Indian school 

 called Irene. 



When Charles Wesley came from Frederica to 

 Savannah, on the 16th of May, Mr. Wesley left at once 

 to take his place, and reaching Frederica Sunday 

 morning, the 23d of May, remained till the 23d of 

 June. He began at once to execute at Frederica the 

 plan of usefulness which had been adopted at Savan- 

 nah. When Governor Oglethorpe gave orders on Sun- 

 day, the 20th, that none should profane the day by fish- 

 ing and fowling, and Mr. Wesley summed up what he 

 had seen in Frederica inconsistent with Christianity, 

 and consequently with the prosperity of the place, 



