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from England, the latter remaining for three years. The Rev. 

 Thomas Barclay succeeded him, remaining from 1708 to 17 12, 

 and was followed by the Rev. William Andrews, staying three 

 years more. He reported over 60 regular attendants and 38 

 communicants. He had a church and school at Fort Hunter, 

 and went also to Oneida, far to the west. The work was dis- 

 couraging, and, when he left it in 1718, he said: " Heathen they 

 are, and heathen they will still be." 



In 173 1 the Rev. John Miln, of Albany, was to visit the Mo- 

 hawks quarterly, staying five days each time. By him the Rev. 

 Henry Barclay was appointed catechist at Fort Hunter, who 

 reported 58 communicants in 1741. Two years later there were 

 few unbaptized. In 1750 the Rev. John Ogilvie went periodically 

 to the JMohawks from Albany, " amid great discouragements and 

 in the very outskirts of civilization." The Rev. John Jacob Oel 

 was his assistant, laboring at Canajoharie and among the Onei- 

 das and Tuscaroras. The Rev. Henry Munro also did some work 

 among the Mohawks previous to 1770, when the Rev. John Stuart 

 became a resident missionary, giving all his time to the work, 

 which was interrupted by the war. Before it was over he went 

 to Canada. 



The Rev. John Sergeant, a Congregationalist, had founded an 

 Indian mission at Stockbridge ^lass., in 1736, visiting the Sus- 

 quehanna in 1744. The Rev. David Brainerd came to the same 

 valley for a short time, and it has been thought that he visited 

 Oquaga in 1745. The Rev. Elihu Spencer went there in 1748, 

 ; remaining till the next spring and translating the Lord's Prayer. 

 \ Two of his converts were Peter Agwrondougwas, or Good Peter, 

 and Isaac Dakayenensese. The former was an eloquent Oneida 

 i chief, and both sometimes conducted public services. 

 I There w^ere 55 students in Timothy Woodbridge's Indian 

 [school at Stockbridge in 1753, some being from Oquaga. That 

 year Gideon Hawley and Woodbridge went to that place, visiting 

 ji Johnson on the way. Woodbridge did not remain long and 

 iHawley returned in 1756, on account of the war, a fort being l)uilt 

 there that year. After his departure Good Peter carried on mis- 



