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the school house, which has been recently built 

 at the expense of the New England corpora- 

 tion, under the superintendance of Mr. Brandt, 

 he expressed a warm interest in educating the 

 children of his tribe, and when surrounded by 

 about thirty more, who had assembled to meet 

 me, and who had engaged to send their chil- 

 dren to the school, he spoke on the subject in 

 a most impressive and emphatic manner :— 

 ( Brother,' said he, c we are all glad to see you 

 here this day, and we are thankful to the Great 

 Spirit, for preserving your life throughout your 

 long journey, and for putting the desire in your 

 heart to visit us in the wilderness. We are 

 poor, and we want instruction— we wish to see 

 our children grow up in the right way, and we 

 are thankful to the company, in your country, 

 for sending money to our great chief, Mr. 

 Brandt, for building the school-house, and 

 paying the schoolmaster, to give knowledge 

 to our children. Brother ! the light is breaking 

 in upon us, after a long darkness. We hope 

 the Great Spirit will send a good man to live 

 among us, as our teacher, and guide in the 

 light of what is true. Brother, we want a good 

 minister at the Mohawk church, to preach the 

 gospel of J esus Christ. We should be glad if 

 you would stay with us — may be, you cannot 



