,a plain and faithful ,,narrative ,,of ,,the ,original ,design1 ,rise1 ,progress and present ,state ,,of ,,the ,indian ,charity-,school ,at ,,lebanon1 in ,,connecticut4 ,illustration ,by ,eleazar ,wheelock1 ,a4,m4 ,,pastor ,,of ,a ,,church ,,in ,,lebanon4 ,illustration ,the ,liberal deviseth liberal ,things1 and by liberal ,things shall he stand4 ,,isai4 xxxii4 #h4 ,the liberal ,soul shall be made fat1 and he that watereth shall also be watered himself4 ,,prov4 xi4 #be4 ,illustration ,,boston3 ,printed by ,,richard and ,,samuel ,,draper1 in ,newbury-street4 ,m4,,dcc4,,lxiii4 ,,to ,,the ,,right ,,honourable ,,william1 ,,marquis ,,of ,,lothian4 ,may it please your ,lordship1 ,that ,,charity and disinterested ,,care for the ,souls of ,men1 which make so amiable a ,part of your ,lordship's ,character1 and give a ,lustre and ,grace to all those worldly ,honours with which ,god has dignified you1 and entitle you to the kindest ,wishes1 and sincerest ,prayers of all who love our ,lord ,,jesus ,,christ1 and long for the ,enlargement of his ,kingdom in the ,world2 do now embolden me to inscribe the following ,narrative to your ,lordship1 as a ,testimonial of my ,gratitude1 for that repeated ,liberality1 whereby you have testified your ,approbation of our feeble ,attempts in the important ,affair here related1 and given your ,sanction to the ,plan we have been prosecuting4 ,and as you have animated and encouraged our small ,beginnings1 when we had most need of such ,countenance and ,assistance2 so your ,condescention and ,generosity have made me solicitous how to manifest my ,gratitude suitably to a ,personage of such ,distinction4 ,but as your ,lordship could propose no other ,end1 besides that which we were pursuing1 when you thus opened your ,hand for our ,assistance therein1 while it was yet small and obscure2 so ,i may reasonably suppose1 nothing ,i can return will give your ,lordship more ,satisfaction1 than a plain1 and concise ,account of the ,progress of it1 and our still growing and encreasing ,prospects of those good ,effects1 which will be the only ,reward which your ,lordship could have in ,view4 ,and though it be presented to your ,lordship in a very plain and unfashionable ,dress1 agreeable to the ,country from whence it comes1 yet ,i am perswaded your ,lordship will not despise it on that ,account1 since the ,dress1 plain and unfashionable as it is1 does so much excel the savage1 and sordid ,habit1 and ,appearance of those miserable ,creatures1 who have so moved your ,lordship's ,compassion as to become the ,objects of your ,charity and ,beneficence4 ,nor will ,modesty itself under such endearing and inviting ,expressions of your ,lordship's ,condescention and ,goodness1 forbid our reposing ,confidence in you as our ,patron1 or indulging the animating ,expectation of future ,benefit by your ,smiles on this infant ,institution4 ,may the ,blessing of many1 who shall1 in the present and succeeding ,generations1 reap the ,benefit of your generous ,donations1 come upon you4 ,and that ,god may graciously lengthen out your valuable and important ,life1 to refresh the ,bowels of his ,saints1 and encourage ,,this1 and every ,attempt to make known the ,name of ,,christ1 and manifest the ,savour of his ,knowledge in every ,place1 and late confer upon you a ,crown of ,life with distinguished ,honours1 is the earnest ,prayer of1 ,may it please your ,lordship1 ,your ,lordship's much obliged1 and most obedient humble ,servant1 ,eleazar ,wheelock4 ,,lebanon1 ,dec4 #af4 #agfb4 ,illustration ,a ,,narrative ,,of ,,the ,original ,,design1 ,,rise1 ,,progress and ,,present ,,state of the ,,indian ,,charity-,,school in ,lebanon4 ,understanding there are ,numbers of religious and charitably disposed ,persons1 who only wait to know where their ,charities may be bestowed in the best ,manner for the ,advancement of the ,kingdom of the great ,redeemer2 and1 supposing there may also be in some1 evil ,surmisings about1 and a ,disposition to discredit a ,cause which they don't love1 and have no ,disposition to promote2 ,i have1 to gratify the one1 and prevent the ,mischiefs of the other1 thought it my ,duty to give the ,publick a short1 plain1 and faithful ,narrative of the ,original ,design1 ,rise1 ,progress1 and present ,state of the ,charity-,school here1 called ,moor's ,indian-,charity ,school1 c4 ,and ,i hope there is need of little or nothing more than a plain and faithful ,relation of ,facts1 with the ,grounds and ,reasons of them1 to justify the ,undertaking1 and all the ,pains and ,expence there has been1 in the ,prosecution thereof4 ,and to convince all ,persons of ,ability1 that this ,school is a proper ,object of their ,charity2 and that whatever they shall contribute for the ,furtherance of it1 will be an ,offering acceptable to ,god1 and properly bestowed for the promoting a ,design which the ,heart of the great ,redeemer is infinitely set upon4 ,the ,considerations first moving me to enter upon the ,design of educating the ,children of our ,heathen ,natives were such as these2 viz4 ,the great ,obligations lying upon us1 as ,god's ,covenant-,people1 who have all we have better than they in a ,covenant ,way1 and consequently are under ,covenant-,bonds to improve it in the best ,manner for the ,honour and ,glory of our liberal ,benefactor4 ,and can such ,want of ,charity to those poor ,creatures1 as our ,neglect has shewn2 and1 our ,neglect of that which ,god has so plainly made to be the ,matter of our ,care and ,duty2 and that which the ,heart of the great ,redeemer is so set upon1 as that he never desired any other ,compensation for all the ,travail of his ,soul1 can it1 ,i say1 be without great ,guilt on our ,part8 ,it has seem'd to me1 he must be stupidly indifferent to the ,redeemer's ,cause and ,interest in the ,world2 and criminally deaf and blind to the ,intimations of the ,favour and ,displeasure of ,god in the ,dispensations of his ,providence1 who could not perceive plain ,intimations of ,god's ,displeasure against us for this ,neglect1 inscribed in ,capitals1 on the very ,front of divine ,dispensations1 from ,year to ,year1 in permitting the ,savages to be such a sore ,scourge to our ,land1 and make such ,depredations on our ,frontiers1 inhumanly butchering and captivating our ,people2 not only in a ,time of ,war1 but when we had good ,reason to think 7if ever we had7 that we dwelt safely by them4 ,and there is good ,reason to think1 that if one half which has been1 for so many ,years past expended in building ,forts1 manning and supporting them1 had been prudently laid out in supporting faithful ,missionaries1 and ,school-,masters among them1 the instructed and civilized ,party would have been a far better ,defence than all our expensive ,fortresses1 and prevented the laying waste so many ,towns and ,villages3 ,witness the ,consequence of sending ,mr4 ,sergeant to ,stockbridge1 which was in the very ,road by which they most usually came upon our ,people1 and by which there has never been one ,attack made upon us since his going there2 and this notwithstanding there has been1 by all ,accounts1 less ,appearance of the saving ,effects of the ,gospel there than in any other ,place1 where so much has been expended for many ,years past4 ,and not only our ,covenant ,bonds1 by which we owe our all to ,god1 and our divine ,redeemer--our ,pity to their ,bodies in their miserable1 needy ,state--our ,charity to their perishing ,souls--and our own ,peace1 and ,safety by them1 should constrain us to it2 but also ,gratitude1 ,duty1 and ,loyalty to our rightful ,sovereign4 ,how great the ,benefit which would hereby accrue to the ,crown of ,great-,britain1 and how much the ,interests of ,his ,majesty's ,dominions1 especially in ,america1 would be promoted hereby1 we can hardly conceive4 ,and the ,christianizing the ,natives of this ,land is expressly mentioned in the ,royal ,charter granted to this ,colony1 as a ,motive inducing ,his ,majesty to grant that ,royal ,favour to our ,fathers4 ,and since we are risen up in their ,stead1 and enjoy the inestimable ,favour granted to them1 on this ,consideration2 ,what can excuse our not performing to our utmost1 that which was engaged by1 and reasonably expected from1 them8 ,but that which is of greatest ,weight1 and should powerfully excite and perswade us hereto1 are the many ,commands1 strong ,motives1 precious ,promises1 and tremendous ,threatnings1 which fill so great a ,part of the sacred ,pages2 and are so perfectly calculated to awaken all our ,powers1 to spread the ,knowledge of the only true ,god1 and ,saviour1 and make it as extensive and common as possible4 ,it is a ,work1 in which every one in his ,place1 and according to his ,ability1 is under sacred ,bonds to use his utmost ,endeavours4 ,but for ,brevity sake1 ,i omit a particular ,mention of them1 supposing none have read their ,bibles attentively1 who do not know1 that this is a darling ,subject of them2 and that enough is there spoken by the ,mouth of ,god himself1 to obviate and silence all the ,objections which ,sloth1 ,covetousness1 or ,love of the ,world can suggest against it2 and to assure them it is not a ,course to ,penury1 and outward ,want1 but to ,fulness1 and worldly ,felicity2 while they are at the same ,time laying up a ,treasure to be remitted by ,,christ himself1 a ,thousand ,fold1 when he shall say to them on his ,right-hand1 come ye blessed of my ,father1 inherit the ,kingdom prepared for you--,for ,i was an hungred1 and ye gave me ,meat1 c4 ,if denying ,food and ,raiment1 when we have them in our ,power1 to supply the bodily ,necessities of the ,poor and ,needy1 does in the ,apostle's ,account1 evidence1 that the ,love of ,god is wanting in our ,hearts2 how much more does the ,neglect of the precious ,souls of our ,fellow-,creatures1 who are perishing for lack of ,vision1 when we have such ,fulness to impart1 fall below our high ,profession of ,love to ,,christ4 ,can the ,objection that there is extraordinary ,expence and ,difficulty in accomplishing it1 be esteemed weighty enough to excuse and justify our ,neglect1 in a ,case of such ,necessity and ,importance8 ,and especially if we consider1 there is not so much necessary hereto1 as would render the ,attempt any ,thing like an intolerable ,burden1 or a ,burden to be felt1 if those who are concerned therein1 i4 e4 the ,christian ,world1 were in any ,measure united and agreed in it4 ,and considering further1 that the ,advantage thereby to the ,crown of ,great-,britain 7supposing the ,success of ,endeavours should be only in ,proportion as have been1 the ,successes of feeble ,endeavours in ,times past7 would abundantly compensate all the ,expence1 besides all those temporal and eternal ,rewards of such ,charity and ,liberality1 which are secured in the many great and precious ,promises of ,god4 ,these were some of the ,considerations which1 ,i think1 had some ,influence to my making an ,attempt in this ,affair2 though ,i did not then much think of any ,thing more than only to clear myself1 and ,family1 of partaking in the public ,guilt of our ,land and ,nation in such a ,neglect of them4 ,and as there were few or none who seemed so much to lay the ,necessity and ,importance of the ,case to ,heart1 as to exert themselves in earnest1 and lead the ,way therein1 ,i was naturally put upon ,consideration and ,enquiry what ,methods might have the greatest ,probability of ,success2 and upon the whole was fully perswaded that this1 which ,i have been pursuing1 had by far the greatest ,probability of any that had been proposed1 viz4 by the ,mission of their own ,sons in ,conjunction with the ,english2 and that a ,number of ,girls should also be instructed in whatever should be necessary to render them fit1 to perform the ,female ,part1 as ,house-wives1 ,school-mistresses1 ,tayloresses1 c4 and to go and be with these ,youth1 when they shall be hundreds of ,miles distant from the ,english on the ,business of their ,mission3 ,and prevent a ,necessity of their turning savage in their ,manner of ,living1 for want of those who may do those ,offices for them1 and by this means support the ,reputation of their ,mission1 and also recommend to the ,savages a more rational and decent ,manner of ,living1 than that which they are in--,and thereby1 in ,time1 remedy and remove that great1 and hitherto insuperable ,difficulty1 so constantly complained of by all our ,missionaries among them1 as the great ,impediment in the ,way to the ,success of their ,mission1 viz4 their continual rambling about2 which they can't avoid so long as they depend so much upon ,fishing1 ,fowling1 and ,hunting for their ,support4 ,and ,i am more and more perswaded1 that ,i have sufficient and unanswerable ,reasons to justify this ,plan4 ,as1 #a4 ,the deep rooted ,prejudices they have so generally imbibed against the ,english1 that they are selfish1 and have secret ,designs to incroach upon their ,lands1 or otherwise wrong them in their ,interests4 ,this ,jealousy seems to have been occasioned1 nourished1 and confirmed by some of their ,neighbours1 who have got large ,tracts of their ,lands for a very inconsiderable ,part of their true ,value1 and1 it is commonly said1 by taking the ,advantage of them when they were intoxicated with ,liquor4 ,and also1 by unrighteous ,dealers1 who have taken such ,advantage to buy their ,skins and ,furrs at less than half ,price1 c4 ,and perhaps these ,jealousies may be1 not a little1 increased by a ,consciousness of their own ,perfidy and ,inhumanity towards the ,english4 ,and it seems there is no ,way to avoid the bad ,influence and ,effects of these ,prejudices1 at present1 unless it be by the ,mission of their own ,sons4 ,and it is reasonable to suppose their ,jealousies are not less1 since the late ,conquest in this ,land1 by which they are put into our ,power1 than they were before4 #b4 ,an ,indian ,missionary may be supported with less than half the ,expence1 that will be necessary to support an ,englishman1 who can't conform to their ,manner of ,living1 and who will have no ,dependance upon them for any ,part of it4 ,and an ,indian who speaks their ,language1 it may reasonably be supposed1 will be at least four ,times as serviceable among them1 supposing he be otherwise equally qualified as one who can communicate to or receive nothing from them1 but by an ,interpreter3 ,he may improve all ,opportunities not only in ,public1 but1 when he fits in the ,house1 walks by the ,way1 when he lies down1 and when he rises up3 ,and speak with as much ,life and ,spirit as the ,nature and ,importance of the ,matter require1 which is very much lost when communicated by an ,interpreter4 #c4 ,indian ,missionaries may be supposed better to understand the ,tempers and ,customs of ,indians1 and more readily to conform to them in a thousand ,things than the ,english can2 and in ,things wherein the ,nonconformity of the ,english may cause ,disgust1 and be construed as the ,fruit of ,pride1 and an ,evidence and ,expression of their ,scorn and ,disrespect4 #d4 ,the ,influence of their own ,sons among them will likely be much greater than of any ,englishman whatsoever4 ,they will look upon such an one as one of them1 his ,interest the same with theirs2 and will naturally esteem him as an ,honour to their ,nation1 and be more likely to submit patiently to his ,instructions and ,reproofs than to any ,english ,missionary4 ,this is quite evident in the ,case of ,mr4 ,occom1 whose ,influence among the ,indians1 even of his own ,tribe1 is much greater than any other ,man's2 and when he shall settle and live decently1 and in ,fashion1 among them1 will likely do more to invite them to imitate his ,manner of ,living1 than any ,englishman4 #e4 ,the ,acquaintance and ,friendship which ,indian ,boys from different and distant ,tribes and ,places1 will contract and cultivate1 while together at ,school1 may1 and if they are zealously affected will1 be improved much for the ,advantage and ,furtherance of the ,design of their ,mission2 while they send to1 hear from1 or visit one another1 confirming the ,things which have been spoken4 ,and this without so much ,ceremony to introduce one another1 as will be necessary in the ,case of ,english ,missionaries2 and without the ,cumber and ,expence of ,interpreters4 #f4 ,indian ,missionaries will not disdain to own ,english ones1 who shall be ,associates with them1 7where the ,english can be introduced7 as elder ,brethren2 nor scorn to be advised or reproved1 counselled or conducted by them2 especially so long as they shall be so much dependent upon the ,english for their ,support2 which will likely be till ,god has made them his ,people2 and then1 likely1 they will not stand in such need of ,english ,guides and ,counsellors4 ,and they will mutually help one another1 to recommend the ,design to the favourable ,reception and good ,liking of the ,pagans1 remove their ,prejudices1 conciliate their ,friendship1 and induce them to repose due ,confidence in the ,english4 #g4 ,in this ,school1 ,children of different ,nations may1 and easily will learn one another's ,language1 and ,english ,youth may learn of them2 and so save the vast ,expence and ,trouble of ,interpreters2 and their ,ministry be much more acceptable and edifying to the ,indians4 ,but1 #h4 ,there is no such thing as sending ,english ,missionaries1 or setting up and maintaining ,english ,schools to any good ,purpose1 in most ,places among them1 as their ,temper1 ,state and ,condition have been and still are4 ,it is possible a ,school may be maintained to some good ,purpose1 at ,onohoquagee1 where there have been heretofore several faithful ,missionaries1 by the ,blessing of ,god upon whose ,labours the ,indians are in some ,measure civilized1 some of them baptized1 a ,number of them in a ,judgment of ,charity1 real ,christians2 and where they have a ,sachem1 who is a ,man of ,understanding1 ,virtue1 ,steadiness1 and entirely friendly to the ,design of propagating the ,gospel among them1 and zealous to promote it4 ,and where the ,hon4 ,scotch ,commissioners1 ,i hear1 have sent two ,missionaries1 and have made some ,attempt to set up a ,school4 ,but at ,jeningo1 a little beyond1 they will by no means admit an ,english ,missionary to reside among them4 ,and tho' they were many of them under great ,awakenings and ,concern1 by ,god's ,blessing on the ,labours of a ,christian ,indian from these ,parts2 yet such was the violent ,opposition of ,numbers among them1 that it was thought by no means safe for an ,englishman to go among them1 with ,design to tarry with them4 ,and like to this is the ,case with the ,parties of ,indians1 for near an hundred ,miles together1 on the ,west ,side of ,susquehanah ,river4 ,another ,school or two may possibly be set up with ,success among the ,mohawks1 where ,mr4 ,ogilvie and other ,episcopal ,missionaries have bestowed much ,labour1 to good ,purpose2 and where they have got into the ,way of cultivating their ,lands for a ,living1 and so have more ,ability to support their ,children1 and less ,occasion to ramble abroad with them4 ,but even in these ,places we may find it more difficult than we imagine before the ,trial be made 7though ,i would by no means discourage the ,trial of every feasible ,method for the accomplishing this great ,design7 but by ,acquaintance with the ,schools which the ,hon4 ,london ,commissioners have with pious ,zeal1 set up and maintained among the several ,tribes in these ,parts1 ,i am much confirmed in such ,sentiments4 ,these ,parties live amongst1 and are encompassed by the ,english1 have long had good ,preaching1 and ,numbers of them appear to be truly godly4 ,yet such is the savage ,temper of many1 their want of due ,esteem for ,learning1 and ,gratitude to their ,benefactors1 and especially their want of ,government1 that their ,school-,masters1 tho' skilful and faithful ,men1 constantly complain they can't keep the ,children in any ,measure constant at ,school4 ,mr4 ,clelland the ,school-,master at ,mohegan has often told me what unwearied ,pains he has taken by visiting1 and discoursing with their ,parents1 c4 to remedy this ,evil1 and after all can't accomplish it4 ,the ,children are suffered to neglect their ,attendance on ,instruction1 and waste much ,time1 by which means they don't learn so much in several ,years as they might1 and others do in one1 who are taken out of the reach of their ,parents1 and out of the way of ,indian ,examples1 and are kept to ,school under good ,government and constant ,instruction4 ,i the rather mention this ,instance1 because of the well-known ,fidelity and ,skill of that good ,gentleman1 and because that ,tribe are as much civilized1 and as many of them ,christianized1 as perhaps any ,party of them in this ,government4 ,and by all ,i can learn1 it is no better in this respect with any other4 ,they are so disaffected towards a good and necessary ,government1 that as gentle an ,exercise of it as may be1 and answer the ,design of keeping up ,order and ,regularity in any ,measure among them1 will likely so disgust them as to render the ,case worse rather than better4 ,captain ,martin ,kellog complain'd of this as his great ,discouragement in the ,school at ,stockbridge1 notwithstanding he understood as well as any ,man the ,disposition of ,indians1 and had the ,advantage of knowing their ,language and ,customs1 having been so long a ,captive among them1 and was high in their ,affection and ,esteem2 yet he was obliged to take the ,children home to ,weathersfield with him1 quite away from their ,parents1 before he could exercise that ,government which was necessary in order to their profiting at ,school4 ,but as to most ,places1 there is no such thing at present as introducing either ,english ,school-,masters or ,missionaries to continue with them2 such are their ,prejudices in general1 and such the malevolent1 and ungovernable ,temper of some1 that none but an ,indian would dare venture his ,life among them4 ,and besides all this1 they are so extremely poor1 and depend so much upon ,hunting for a ,livelihood1 that they are in no ,capacity to support their ,children at ,school1 if their ,disposition for it were ever so good4 ,mr4 ,occom informed me by a ,letter from the ,oneida ,country last ,summer1 and the same ,account ,i had also from the young ,man which ,i sent there1 that the ,indians were almost starved1 having nothing to live upon but what they got by ,fishing1 ,fowling and ,hunting1 that he had no other ,way to come at them1 to preach to them1 but by following them from ,place to ,place in their ,hunting4 ,and though the ,condition of all may not be quite so indigent as of these1 nor the ,condition of these at all ,times quite so bad as it was then1 yet it is well known that they universally depend upon ,roving and ,hunting mainly for their ,support2 and whoever has heard the constant ,complaint of ,missionaries1 and the ,matter of their ,discouragement1 or has only read what the ,reverend ,messi'rs4 ,sergeant and ,d4 ,brainerd have wrote upon this ,head1 can't charge me with writing without sufficient ,evidence1 and good ,authority1 if ,i had no other but theirs4 ,and what are a few ,instances1 where ,schools may possibly be maintained to some good ,purpose1 compared with those ,tribes and ,nations of them1 where there are no ,circumstances at present1 but their ,misery and ,necessity1 to invite us so much as to make the ,trial4 ,by the ,blessing of ,god on his late ,majesty's ,arms1 there is now1 no doubt1 a ,door opened for a hundred ,missionaries2 and 7unless we can find such as can speak to them in their own ,language7 for as many ,interpreters2 and perhaps for ten ,times that ,number1 provided we could find such as are suitable for the ,business1 and such as may be introduced in a ,way agreeable to the ,savages1 and so as to avoid the bad ,effects of their ,prejudices against the ,english4 ,but1 #i4 ,there are very few or no ,interpreters1 who are suitable and well-accomplished for the ,business1 to be had4 ,mr4 ,occom found great ,difficulty last ,year in his ,mission on this ,account4 ,and not only the ,cause1 but his own ,reputation suffered much by the ,unfaithfulness of the ,man he employed4 ,i suppose the ,interpreters now employed by the ,hon4 ,commissioners are the best that are to be had at present4 ,but how many ,nations are there for whom there is no ,interpreter at all1 except1 it may be1 some ignorant and perhaps vicious ,person1 who has been their ,captive1 and whom it is utterly unsafe to trust in ,matters of such eternal ,consequence4 ,and how shall this ,difficulty be remedied8 ,it seems it must be by one of these two ,ways1 viz4 either their ,children must come to us1 or ours go to them4 ,but who will venture their ,children with them1 unless with some of the civilized ,parties1 who have given the strongest ,testimonies of their ,friendship8 ,if it be said1 that all the ,natives are now at ,peace with us3 ,it may be1 their ,chiefs1 and the better-temper'd ,part of them are so4 ,but who does not know that their ,leagues and ,covenants with us are little worth1 and like to be so till they become ,christians8 ,and that the tender ,mercies of many of them are ,cruelty8 ,who is so unacquainted with the ,history of them1 as not to know1 there is ,reason to think1 there are many among their lawless ,herds1 who would gladly embrace an ,opportunity to commit a secret ,murder on such ,english ,youth8--,even ,mr4 ,occom1 though an ,indian1 did not think it safe for him1 being of another ,tribe and ,language1 and in such ,connections with the ,english1 to go among the numerous ,tribe of the ,seneca's1 where he had no ,avenger of his ,blood for them to fear4 ,when1 and as soon as the ,method proposed by the ,rev'd ,mess4 ,sergeant and ,brainerd1 can be put into ,execution1 viz4 to have ,lands appropriated to the ,use of ,indian ,schools1 and prudent skilful ,farmers1 or ,tradesmen1 to lead and instruct the ,boys1 and ,mistresses to instruct the ,girls in such ,manufactures as are proper for them1 at certain ,hours1 as a ,diversion from their ,school ,exercises1 and the ,children taken quite away from their ,parents1 and the pernicious ,influence of ,indian ,examples1 there may be some good ,prospect of great ,advantage by ,schools among them4 ,and must it be esteemed a wild ,imagination1 if it be supposed that well-instructed1 sober1 religious ,indians1 may with special ,advantage be employed as ,masters and ,mistresses in such ,schools2 and that the ,design will be much recommended to the ,indians thereby2 and that there may be special ,advantage by such1 serving as occasional ,interpreters for ,visitors from different ,nations from ,time to ,time2 and they hereby receive the fullest ,conviction of the ,sincerity of our ,intentions1 and be confirmed and established in friendly ,sentiments of us1 and encouraged to send their ,children1 c48 ,i am fully perswaded from the ,acquaintance ,i have had with them1 it will be found1 whenever the ,trial shall be made1 to be very difficult if not impossible1 unless the ,arm of the ,lord should be revealed in an eminent ,manner1 to cure them of such savage and sordid ,practices1 as they have been inured to from their ,mother's ,womb1 and form their ,minds and ,manners to proper ,rules of ,virtue1 ,decency and ,humanity1 while they are daily under the pernicious ,influence of their ,parents ,example1 and their many ,vices made familiar thereby4 #aj4 ,i have found by ,experience1 there may be a thorough and effectual ,exercise of ,government in such a ,school1 and as severe as shall be necessary1 without ,opposition from1 or ,offence taken by1 any4 ,and who does not know1 that ,evils so obstinate as those we may reasonably expert to find common in the ,children of ,savages1 will require that which is severe8 ,sure ,i am1 they must find such as have better ,natures1 or something more effectually done to subdue their vicious ,inclinations1 than most ,i have been concerned with1 if it be not so4 ,and moreover1 in such a ,school1 there will be the best ,opportunity to know who has such a ,genius and ,disposition1 as most invite to bestow extraordinary ,expence to fit them for special ,usefulness4 #aa4 ,we have the greatest ,security we can have1 that when they are educated and fitted for it1 they will be employed in that ,business4 ,there is no likelihood at all that they will1 though ever so well qualified1 get into ,business1 either as ,school-,masters or ,ministers1 among the ,english2 at least till the ,credit of their ,nations be raised many ,degrees above what it now is1 and consequently they can't be employed as will be honorable for them1 or in any ,business they will be fit for1 but among their own ,nation4 ,and it may reasonably be supposed1 their ,compassion towards their ,brethren according to the ,flesh will most naturally incline them to1 and determine them upon such an ,employment as they were fitted and designed for4 ,and besides all this1 abundant ,experience has taught us1 that such a change of ,diet1 and manner of ,living as ,missionaries must generally come into1 will not consist with the ,health of many ,englishmen4 ,and they will be obliged on that ,account to leave the ,service1 though otherwise well disposed to it4 ,nor can this ,difficulty be avoided at present 7certainly not without great ,expence47 ,but there is no great ,danger or ,difficulty in this ,respect as to ,indians1 who will only return to what they were used to from their ,mother's ,womb4 ,and there may also be admitted into this ,school1 promising ,english ,youth of pregnant ,parts1 and who from the best ,principles1 and by the best ,motives1 are inclined to devote themselves to that ,service2 and who will naturally care for their ,state4 ,divine ,skill in ,things spiritual1 pure and fervent ,zeal for the ,salvation of ,souls1 shining ,examples of ,piety and ,godliness1 by which ,pagans will form their first ,notions of ,religion1 rather than from any ,thing that shall be said to them1 are most necessary ,qualifications in a ,missionary2 and promise more real ,good than is to be expected from many ,times the ,number who have never known the ,terrors of the ,lord1 and have no experimental1 and therefore no right ,understanding of the ,nature of ,conversion and the ,way wherein it is wrought4 ,such were never under the governing ,influence of a real ,sense of the ,truth1 ,reality1 ,greatness and ,importance of eternal ,things1 and therefore will not be likely to treat them suitable to the ,nature and eternal ,consequences of them1 surely they will not naturally do it4 ,and how sad are like to be the ,consequences to those who are watching to see whether the ,preacher himself does really believe the ,things which he speaks4 ,in such a ,school their ,studies may be directed with a special ,view to the ,design of their ,mission4 ,several ,parts of ,learning1 which have no great ,subserviency to it1 and which will consume much ,time1 may be less pursued1 and others most necessary made their chief ,study4 ,and they may not only learn the ,pagan ,languages1 but will naturally get an ,understanding of their ,tempers1 and many of their ,customs1 which must needs be useful to ,missionaries4 ,and instead of a delicate ,manner of ,living1 they may by ,degrees1 as their ,health will bear1 enure themselves to such a ,way of ,living as will be most convenient for them to come into when on their ,mission4 ,and if the one half of the ,indian ,boys thus educated shall prove good and useful ,men1 there will be no ,reason to regret our ,toil and ,expence for the whole4 ,and if ,god shall deny his ,blessing on our ,endeavours1 as to the general ,design1 it may be these particular ,youth may reap eternal ,advantage by what we do for them2 and if but one in ten does so1 we shall have no ,cause to think much of the ,expence4 ,and if a ,blessing be denied to all1 we shall notwithstanding be unto ,god a sweet ,savour of ,christ in them that perish4 ,after the ,trial ,i made of this ,nature some ,years ago1 by the ,assistance of the ,honourable ,,london ,commissioners1 in the ,education of ,mr4 ,samson ,occom1 one of the ,mohegan ,tribe1 who has several ,years since been a useful ,school-,master and successful ,preacher of the ,gospel to the ,indians at ,montauk on ,long-,island1 where he took the ,place of the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,horton1 ,missionary2 and was1 under ,god1 instrumental to cure them1 in a good ,measure1 of the ,wildness they had been led into by some ,exhorters from ,new-,england1 and in a ,judgment of ,charity was the ,instrument of saving ,good to a ,number of them4 ,he was several ,years ago ordained to the sacred ,ministry by the ,reverend ,presbytery of ,suffolk ,county on said ,island2 and has done well1 so far as ,i have heard1 as a ,missionary to the ,oneida ,nation1 for two ,years past4 ,may ,god mercifully preserve him1 amidst loud ,applauses1 from falling into the ,snare and ,condemnation of the ,devil6--,i say1 after seeing the ,success of this ,attempt1 ,i was more encouraged to hope that such a ,method might be very successful4 ,with these ,views of the ,case1 and from such ,motives as have been mentioned1 above ,eight ,years ago ,i wrote to the ,reverend ,john ,brainerd1 ,missionary in ,new-,jersey1 desiring him to send me two likely ,boys for this ,purpose1 of the ,deleware ,tribe3 ,he accordingly sent me ,john ,pumshire in the #adth1 and ,jacob ,woolley in the #aath ,years of their ,age2 they arrived here ,december #ahth4 #aged1 and behaved as well as could be reasonably expected2 ,pumshire made uncommon ,proficiency in ,writing4 ,they continued with me till they had made considerable ,progress in the ,latin and ,greek ,tongues2 when ,pumshire began to decline1 and by the ,advice of ,physicians1 ,i sent him back to his ,friends1 with ,orders1 if his ,health would allow it1 to return with two more of that ,nation1 whom ,mr4 ,brainerd had at my ,desire provided for me4 ,pumshire set out on his ,journey1 ,november #adth4 #agef1 and got ,home1 but soon died4 ,and on ,april #ith4 #ageg1 ,joseph ,woolley and ,hezekiah ,calvin came on the ,horse which ,pumshire rode4 ,the ,decline and ,death of this ,youth was an instructive ,scene to me1 and convinced me more fully of the ,necessity of special ,care respecting their ,diet2 and that more ,exercise was necessary for them1 especially at their first coming to a full ,table1 and with so keen an ,appetite1 than was ordinarily necessary for ,english ,youth4 ,and with the ,exercise of such ,care1 as one who understands the ,case1 and is willing to take the ,trouble of it1 may use1 ,i am persuaded there is no more ,danger of their ,studies being fatal to them1 than to our own ,children4 ,there have been several long ,fits of ,sickness of one and another in this ,school1 with a nervous ,fever1 ,pleurisies1 ,dysenterys c4 but perhaps not more than have been among so large a ,number of common labouring ,people in so long a ,time4 ,sometime after those ,boys came1 the ,affair appearing with an agreeable ,aspect1 it being then a ,time of profound ,peace in this ,country1 ,i represented the ,affair to ,colonel ,elisha ,williams1 ,esq2 late ,rector of ,yale-,college1 and to the ,rev'd ,messi'rs ,samuel ,moseley of ,windham1 and ,benjamin ,pomeroy of ,hebron1 and invited them to join me2 they readily accepted the ,invitation2 and a ,gentleman learned in the ,law supposed there might be such an ,incorporation among ourselves as might fully answer our ,purpose4 ,and ,mr4 ,joshua ,moor1 late of ,mansfield1 deceased1 appeared to give a small ,tenement in this ,place1 for the ,foundation1 ,use and ,support of a ,charity-,school1 for the ,education of ,indian ,youth1 c4 ,but it pleased ,god to take the good ,colonel from an unthankful ,world soon after the ,covenant was made and executed1 and thus deprived us of the ,benefit of his singular ,learning1 ,piety and ,zeal in the ,affair4 ,notwithstanding1 a ,subscription was soon made of near 4#ejj lawful ,money1 towards a ,fund for the ,support of it at #f per ,cent4 ,but several ,gentlemen of the ,law1 doubting of the ,validity and ,sufficiency of such an ,incorporation2 several ,steps were taken to obtain the ,royal ,favour of a ,charter1 but none effectual4 ,the ,war soon commenced1 and the ,reports from ,day to ,day of the ,ravages made1 and ,inhumanities and ,butcheries committed by the ,savages on all ,quarters1 raised in the ,breasts of great ,numbers1 a ,temper so warm1 and so contrary to ,charity1 that ,i seldom thought it prudent so much as to mention the ,affair4 ,many advised me to drop it1 but it appeared to others so probable to be the very ,method which ,god would own1 that ,i thought better to scrabble along with it1 as well as ,i could1 till divine ,providence should change the ,scene4 ,the ,prospects1 notwithstanding our outward ,troubles1 seemed to be increasing3 ,such was the orderly and good ,behaviour of the ,boys1 through the ,blessing of ,god on ,instruction and ,discipline1 that ,enemies could find but little or nothing that was true wherewith they might reproach the ,design2 and those whose ,sentiments were friendly1 observed with ,pleasure the good ,effects of our ,endeavours3 ,and the ,liberalities1 especially of ,gentlemen of ,character1 encouraged me more and more to believe it to be of ,god1 and that he designed to succeed and prosper it1 to the ,glory of his own great ,name2 and that ,i ought in ,compliance with such ,intimations of ,providence from ,time to ,time1 proportionably to increase the ,number4 ,i have had two upon my ,hands since ,december #ahth4 #aged1 and ,four since ,april1 #ageg1 and ,five since ,april #agei1 and ,seven since ,november1 #agfj1 and ,eleven since ,august #ast4 #agfa1 and after this ,manner they have encreased as ,i could obtain those who appeared promising4 ,and for some ,time ,i have had ,twenty-five devoted to ,school as constantly as their ,health will allow1 and they have all along been so1 excepting that in an extraordinary ,croud of ,business1 ,i have sometimes required their ,assistance4 ,but there is no great ,advantage1 excepting to themselves1 to be expected from their ,labour1 nor enough to compensate the ,trouble of instructing them in it1 and the ,repair of the ,mischiefs they will do1 while they are ignorant of all the ,affairs of ,husbandry1 and the ,use of ,tools4 ,the principal ,advantage ,i have ever had in this ,respect has been by ,david ,fowler and ,joseph ,woolley1 and more by ,david than all the rest3 ,these ,lads will likely make good ,farmers1 if they should ever have the ,advantage of ,experience in it4 ,three of this ,number are ,english ,youth1 one of which is gone for a ,time to ,new-,jersey ,college1 for the sake of better ,advantage for some ,parts of ,learning3 ,he has made some ,proficiency in the ,mohawk ,tongue3 ,the other two are fitting for the ,business of ,missionaries4 ,one of the ,indian ,lads is ,jacob ,woolley1 who is now in his last ,year at ,new-,jersey ,college1 and is a good ,scholar2 he is here by the ,leave and ,order of the ,president1 designing to get some ,acquaintance with the ,mohawk ,tongue4 ,two others are sent here by the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,brainera1 and are designed for ,trades2 the one for a ,blacksmith 7a ,trade much wanted among the ,indians7 and is to go to his ,apprenticeship as soon as a good ,place is ready for him2 the other is designed for a ,carpenter and ,joiner1 and is to go to an ,apprenticeship as soon as he has learned to read and write4 ,another of the ,indians is ,son to the ,sachem at ,mohegan1 and is ,heir-aparent2 he is somewhat infirm as to his bodily ,health3 ,for his ,support last ,year ,i have charged nothing more than #ajl4 lawful ,money1 granted by the ,hon4 ,london ,commissioners4 ,several of my ,scholars are considerably well accomplished for ,school ,masters1 and #g or #h will likely be well fitted for ,interpreters in a few ,years more4 ,and four of this ,number are ,girls1 whom ,i have hired ,women in this ,neighbourhood to instruct in all the ,arts of good ,housewifery1 they attending the ,school one ,day in a ,week to be instructed in writing1 c4 till they shall be fit for an ,apprenticeship1 to be taught to make ,men's and ,women's ,apparel1 c4 in order to accompany these ,boys1 when they shall have ,occasion for such ,assistance in the ,business of their ,mission4#a ,and six of them are ,mohawks1 obtained pursuant and according to the ,direction of the ,honorable ,general ,assembly of the ,province of the ,massachusetts-,bay1 and are learning to speak1 write1 and read ,english3 ,and the most of them make good ,proficiency therein4 ,i have1 by the good ,providence of ,god1 been favoured with religious1 faithful and learned ,masters1 in general1 from the first setting up of this ,school1 at the ,expence of about 4#ef lawful ,money per ,annum1 i4 e4 4#c per ,month1 with their ,board1 and all ,accommodations1 and a ,horse kept or provided when needed2 which ,i suppose can't be esteemed less than the ,sum which ,i mention3 ,and if this seems to any to be large1 ,i have only this to say1 that ,i could not have the ,choice of ,masters at less ,expence4 ,but the ,expence for ,tuition will likely be saved for some ,time1 by the ,generosity of a young ,gentleman1 who proposes to keep it gratis a few ,months4 ,the ,method of conducting this ,school has been1 and is designed to be after this ,manner1 viz4 they are obliged to be clean1 and decently dressed1 and be ready to attend ,prayers1 before ,sun-rise in the ,fall and ,winter1 and at #f o',clock in the ,summer4 ,a ,portion of ,scripture is read by several of the ,seniors of them3 ,and those who are able answer a ,question in the ,assembly's ,catechism1 and have some ,questions asked them upon it1 and an ,answer expounded to them4 ,after ,prayers1 and a short ,time for their ,diversion1 the ,school begins with ,prayer about #i1 and ends at #ab1 and again at #b1 and ends at #e o',clock with ,prayer4 ,evening ,prayer is attended before the ,day-light is gone4 ,afterwards they apply to their ,studies1 c4 ,they attend the publick ,worship1 and have a ,pew devoted to their ,use1 in the ,house of ,god4 ,on ,lord's-,day ,morning1 between and after the ,meetings1 the ,master1 or some one whom they will submit to1 is with them1 inspects their ,behaviour1 hears them read1 catechises them1 discourses to them1 c4 ,and once or twice a ,week they hear a ,discourse calculated to their ,capacities upon the most important and interesting ,subjects4 ,and in general they are orderly and governable3 ,they appear to be as perfectly easy and contented with their ,situation and ,employment as any at a ,father's ,house1 ,i scarcely hear a ,word of their going ,home1 so much as for a ,visit1 for ,years together1 except it be when they first come4 ,and the ,success of ,endeavours hitherto1 the general ,approbation of great and good ,men1 and the ,testimonies many have given of it1 by their seasonable ,liberality towards its ,support1 have seemed to me such evident ,tokens of a ,divine ,hand in ,favour of it1 and so plain ,intimations of the ,divine ,will concerning it1 that ,i have1 as ,i said before1 thought it ,duty1 notwithstanding all ,discouragements1 to pursue the ,design1 and endeavour to keep ,pace with the ,providences of ,god in ,favour of it as to their ,number1 and trust in ,him1 whose the ,earth is1 and the ,fulness thereof1 for further ,supplies4 ,and ,i have hoped this would be esteemed sufficient to clear me of the ,imputation of ,presumption and ,rashness in risquing my own private ,interest1 as ,i have done4 ,the ,honourable ,,london ,commissioners hearing of the ,design1 enquired into it1 and encouraged it by an ,allowance of #abl4 lawful ,money1 by their ,vote ,november #ab4 #agef4 ,and again in the ,year #ageh they allowed me #bjl4--and in ,november #dth1 #agfj1 granted me an annual ,allowance of #bjl4 for my ,assistance--and in ,october #hth1 #agfa1 they granted me #abl4 towards the ,support of ,isaiah ,uncas1 ,son of the ,sachem of ,mohegan1 and #ajl4 more for his ,support the following ,year4 ,in ,october #agef1 ,i received a ,legacy of fifty-nine ,dollars of ,mrs4 ,ann ,bingham of ,windham4 ,in ,july #agfa1 ,i received a generous ,donation of ,fifty ,pounds ,sterling from the ,right ,hon4 ,,william1 ,marquis of ,lothian4 ,and in ,nov4 #agfa1 a ,donation of #bel4 ,sterl4 from ,mr4 ,hardy of ,london--and in ,may #agfb1 a second ,donation of #ejl4 ,sterl4 from that most ,honorable and noble ,lord1 the ,marquis of ,lothian2 and at the same ,time #bjl4 ,sterl4 from ,mr4 ,samuel ,savage1 ,merchant in ,london3 ,and a ,collection of ,ten ,guineas from the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,a4 ,giffords in ,london3 ,and #ajl4 ,sterl4 more from a ,lady in ,london1 unknown1 which is still in the ,hands of a ,friend1 and to be remitted with some additional ,advantage1 and to be accounted for when received4 ,and also for #g ,years past ,i have1 one ,year with another1 received about #aal4 lawful ,money ,annually1 ,interest of ,subscriptions4 ,and in my ,journey to ,portsmouth last ,june1 ,i received in private ,donations #ffl4 #ags4 #g;d4 #a-dth4 lawful ,money4 ,i also received for the ,use of this ,school1 a ,bell of about #hj lb4 weight1 from a ,gentleman in ,london4 ,in ,november #agfa1 the ,great and ,general ,court or ,assembly of the ,province of ,massachusetts-,bay1 voted1 ,that ,i should be allowed to take under my ,care six ,children of the ,six ,nations1 for ,education1 ,clothing and ,boarding1 and be allowed for that ,purpose1 for each of said ,children1 #abl4 per ,annum for one ,year1 which ,boys ,i have obtained1 and they have been for some ,time in this ,school4 ,the ,honourable ,,scotch ,commissioners in and near ,boston1 understanding and approving of the ,design of sending for ,indian ,children of remote ,tribes1 to be educated here1 were the first ,body1 or ,society1 who have led the ,way in making an ,attempt for that ,purpose4 ,which because of the ,newness and remarkable ,success of it1 and because it may encourage such a ,design in time to come1 ,i suppose it may not be disagreeable1 if ,i am a little particular in my ,account of it3 ,while ,i was in ,boston they passed a ,vote to this purpose1 ,may #g1 #agfa1 ,that the ,reverend ,mr4 ,wheelock of ,lebanon be desired1 to fit out ,david ,fowler1 an ,indian ,youth1 to accompany ,mr4 ,sampson ,occom1 going on a ,mission to the ,oneidas1 that said ,david be supported on said ,mission for a ,term not exceeding #d ,months2 and that he endeavour on his ,return to bring with him a ,number of ,indian ,boys1 not exceeding three1 to be put under ,mr4 ,wheelock's ,care and ,instruction1 and that #bjl4 be put into ,mr4 ,wheelock's ,hands to carry this ,design into ,execution2 and that when said ,sum shall be expended1 he advise the ,treasurer of it1 and send his ,accounts for ,allowance4 ,pursuant to this ,vote ,i cloathed and furnished said ,david with ,horse and ,money1 for his long ,tour into the ,wilderness1 which he set out on ,june #ajth1 in ,company with ,mr4 ,occom1 by the ,way of ,new-,york2 in which ,journey he rode above a thousand ,miles1 and by the ,advice1 ,direction and ,assistance of ,sir ,,william ,,johnson1 obtained three ,boys of the ,mohawk ,nation1 who were willing to leave their ,friends and ,country and come among ,strangers of another ,language1 and quite another ,manner of ,living1 and where1 perhaps1 no one of their ,nation then living had ever been2 and among a ,people of whom their ,nation have been of a long ,time inclined to entertain ,jealousies4 ,their ,names were ,joseph1 ,negyes1 and ,center4 ,they arrived here ,august #ast1 #agfa1 but had so much ,caution in the extraordinary ,enterprize1 that they brought each of them an ,horse from their own ,country4 ,two of them were but little better than naked1 and could not speak a ,word of ,english4 ,the other being of a ,family of ,distinction among them1 was considerably cloathed1 ,indian-fashion1 and could speak a few ,words of ,english4 ,they let me know1 as soon as ,i could understand them1 that ,sir ,,wm4 ,,johnson had told them they should return and visit their ,friends in the ,fall of the ,year4 ,i took speedy ,care to cleanse and cloath them4 ,they many ,ways discovered some ,jealousies respecting the ,design of their coming2 but by ,acquaintance and ,freedom with other ,indians in the ,school1 and by constant ,care for them and ,kindness to them1 those ,jealousies seemed in a little ,time to wear away1 and they appeared to feel and enjoy themselves as though they had been at home in a ,father's ,house4 ,daily ,care was exercised for them1 and particular ,caution that they might in no ,instance appear to be1 thro' ,disrespect1 distinguished from any in the ,school4 ,such ,distinction1 or any thing which they apprehend to be so1 ,i find will at once occasion ,jealousies and ,disaffection4 ,and this seems to be agreeable to a settled ,principle among themselves1 7according to which they are wont to treat their ,captives7 viz4 that those who take the ,patronage of ,children1 not their own1 shall treat them in all respects as their own4 ,center's ,countenance1 as ,i thought when he came1 discovered that he was not in ,health4 ,my ,suspicions increased1 and the ,issue proved they were not groundless4 ,he continued with me till the ,fall1 when the ,physician ,i employed advised me1 that his ,disorders threatned his ,life1 and prevailed to such a ,degree that he looked upon him to be incurable1 and that he judged it best to send him back to his ,friends1 and that soon1 or it would be too late to send him at all2 and according to this ,advice ,i sent him away with ,negyes1 having furnished them with ,money for their ,journey into the ,mohawk ,country1 on the #bc;d ,day of ,october4 ,joseph tarried longer to accompany young ,kirtland1 who was learning the ,mohawk ,language of him1 and whom ,i sent into that ,country to obtain six ,boys of those ,nations1 to partake of the ,benefit of ,sir ,,peter ,,warren',s ,legacy1 according to the ,instructions of the ,general ,assembly of the ,province of ,massachusetts-,bay1 before mentioned4 ,center reached home1 but died soon after4 ,negyes1 ,i hear1 was captivated by a young ,female and married4 ,mr4 ,kirtland and ,joseph set out for the ,mohawk ,country ,november #dth1 and returned ,november #bgth1 and brought two ,mohawk ,lads with them1 viz4 ,moses and ,johannes1 by whom ,sir ,,wm4 ,,johnson informed me that he expected to be able to send the ,rest when they came in from hunting4 ,i informed the ,hon4 ,commissioners of the ,state of the ,case1 and by a ,letter from the ,reverend ,dr4 ,,chauncy1 ,chairman of their ,committee1 in the ,name of the rest1 was desired to let them have in their ,pay and under their ,direction these two who came last with ,joseph1 which ,i consented to1 provided they would remit the necessary ,charges which ,i had been at in procuring and cloathing them1 and give me as ,i afterwards charged them for their ,support and ,tuition1 upon which ,conditions they took them4 ,i immediately sent to ,sir ,,wm4 ,,johnson for other six to partake of ,sir ,,peter ,,warren',s ,legacy4 ,these three1 viz4 ,joseph1 ,moses and ,johannes1 continued with me in the ,pay of the ,commissioners till ,may #bg1 #agfb1 when ,i offered said ,committee my ,accompt1 the whole ,amount of which1 that is1 for cloathing and furnishing ,david with ,horse and ,money for his ,support in his long ,journey of several ,months1 the ,expence of the ,boy's ,journey home above #bjj ,miles4 ,the ,expence of ,kirtland's ,journey 7excepting his ,horse7 into that ,country to bring down ,moses and ,johannes4 ,the pasturing the ,horses of the first three the time they continued here1 in a dry and difficult ,season2 the cloathing all five1 and repairing their ,cloathing the whole ,time they tarried2 the ,boarding and ,schooling them1 finding ,washing1 ,lodging1 ,firewood1 ,candles1 ,books1 ,paper1 c4 ,i say1 the ,amount of the ,expence for the ,five and in the whole ,affair for near twelve ,months1 ,errors excepted1 was but just #ehl4 #ags4 #g;d4 #a-dth4 ,sterling4 ,but in this ,accompt ,i charged nothing for several expensive ,journeys in this ,government1 taken by myself1 and another preparatory and necessary to the ,design of ,david's ,mission1 nor for any ,labour1 ,care or ,pains of my own therein from first to last--,for their ,board1 ,washing and ,lodging but #es4 per ,week2 the lowest common ,price in these ,parts was #fs4 ,l4 ,m4 ,what ,cloathing1 c4 they had of me1 ,i charged at the lowest ,cash-price1 and what ,i got for them of our ,traders1 ,shoemakers1 ,taylors1 c4 ,i charged just as they charged me1 without any ,advance in one ,instance4 ,i charged nothing for extraordinary ,trouble and ,care for ,center1 in his declining ,state2 nor did the ,physician charge for what he did for him4 ,and there were other ,provisions made to prevent ,expence of ,money in their ,journeyings more than is common1 for which there was nothing charged1 by all which the ,accompt was somewhat less than it would otherwise have been----,but then on the other ,hand it may be considered1 #a4 ,that ,provisions of all ,sorts were then1 and still are1 at an higher ,price than ever before in these ,parts1 occasioned by the preceeding ,wars and extreme ,drought4 ,when they are reduced to their usual ,price1 the ,expence of educating ,indian ,youth will be much less4 #b4 ,the ,circumstances of this ,undertaking were extraordinary1 and the necessary ,expences of it were consequently so1 and such as there may never be such ,occasion for again4 ,this was the opening a ,door which never had been opened for such a ,purpose to these ,nations2 and it was thought by many who knew their great ,fondness for their ,children1 that it could not be soon accomplished1 i4 e4 to make either ,parents or ,children willing to comply with an ,invitation to come such a vast ,length1 and under such ,circumstances as have been mentioned4 ,but the ,report of ,david confirmed by the ,boys on their ,return1 has given such ,conviction of the ,sincerity and ,kindness of our ,intentions towards them1 as has removed all ,objections4 ,and nothing more is now necessary to our obtaining as many well-chosen ,boys and ,girls as we please1 but to employ some faithful ,missionary among them for that ,purpose4 ,i have been the more particular in this ,account1 because ,i would remove the unreasonable ,prejudices raised against this ,method1 by partial and unfair ,accounts1 and a ,cry of enormous ,expences1 c4 ,and to let the ,world know there is nothing in it worthy to be objected by one who is in earnest to accomplish this great and important ,design4 ,what ,i have done for this ,school since its ,beginning1 in many expensive ,journies2 7for none of which have ,i ever charged any ,thing at all72 in constant ,care for their ,health1 in ,endeavours to cure their savage ,disposition1 and form their ,minds and ,manners to right ,rules of ,virtue and ,religion1 in extraordinary ,care and ,trouble for several of them in ,sickness1 in ,expences by ,company1 not only of ,english but ,indians at my ,house1 occasioned thereby2 and incidental ,charges in many ,instances1 none are able justly to estimate1 or likely so much as to think of many of them1 but one who is intimately acquainted with the ,business3 ,in ,consideration for which ,i have had the ,assistance of several of them a few ,times in an extraordinary ,croud of ,business2 and of late some ,advantage by the ,school to two of my own ,children4 ,which ,reward ,i suppose impartial ,judges will not think to bear a very considerable ,proportion to these ,expences which are not charged1 and which in my ,judgment is not the one ,tenth ,part of them4 ,,mr4 ,,moor',s ,grant contains about two ,acres of ,pasturing1 a small ,house and ,shop2 for the ,use of which from the first ,i have received about 4 #d lawful ,money1 clear of the ,charge of ,repairing1 which is not equal to the ,money ,i have paid to ,physicians which is not charged4 ,i have professed to have no ,view to making an ,estate by this ,affair3 ,what the ,singleness and ,uprightness of my ,heart has been before ,,god1 he knows2 and also how greatly ,i stand in need of his ,pardon4 ,my ,accompt with the ,school has been charged after the following ,manner1 viz4 ,for the whole ,expence of ,cloathing1 ,boarding and ,tutoring the ,boys from ,december #ahth4 #aged1 to ,november #bfth4 #agfj4 at the ,rate of 4 #af lawful ,money per ,annum1 for each2 but when their ,number was so increased ,i found it necessary to come nearer to the true ,value of it1 and have since used greater ,exactness2 but have never charged higher than at the lowest ,money ,price for what they have had of me1 and for what ,i have bought for them of our ,traders1 ,shoemakers1 ,taylors1 c4 ,i have charged just what ,i have given1 and no more4 ,i have charged for their ,tuition1 as for ,english ,scholars1 i4 e4 for ,latin ,scholars1 and such as were savage and needed much ,care and ,instruction1 at #bs4 ,l4,m4 per ,week1 or 4 #d #ajs4 per ,annum2 and for others proportionally4 ,the whole ,school1 one ,year with another1 has not quite cleared my ,expence for the ,master4 ,last ,year it did a little more2 and since the #bgth of ,may last1 it has over-done my ,expence for the ,master #aes4 #h;d4 besides the ,tuition of the ,girls4 ,i have charged for the ,girls but #d;d4 per ,week1 i4 e4 for one ,day's ,schooling and ,dinner2 and the whole ,expence for their ,education will be but little more than their ,cloathing4 ,the total ,amount of all my ,disbursements in this whole ,affair1 for near ,eight ,years1 that is1 since ,december #ah4 #aged1 to ,november #bg4 #agfb1 charged in the ,manner1 and after the ,rate before-mentioned1 is1 7,errors excepted7 4 #eff #bs4 #e;d4 ,sterling4--,and the total ,amount of all the ,donations before-mentioned1 together with smaller ones1 which ,i suppose needless to mention particularly1 received within the said ,term1 is1 7,errors excepted7 4 #eji #bs4 #e;d4 ,sterling4 ,and as this ,school was set up when there was no ,scheme devised1 or ,plan laid1 which this could be in ,opposition to2 so it is not continued in ,opposition to any other ,measures which are proposed or pursued by others4 ,and1 blessed be ,,god that he has put it into the ,hearts of a ,number of ,gentlemen of ,ability in and near ,,boston1 to contribute so liberally towards the ,furtherance of the general ,design4 ,and is it not a ,pity that ,christians of all ,denominations should not unite their utmost ,endeavours for the ,accomplishment of it2 and especially now while the ,door is so widely opened for it8 ,and what a ,pity is it that any ,time should be lost8 ,and how exceeding mean1 and infinitely beneath those noble ,sentiments1 and that generous ,love to the ,souls of ,men1 and to our ,,king and ,country1 which true ,religion inspires1 will it be to fall into ,parties2 and on ,account of differing ,opinions reflecting the most probable ,methods for accomplishing the ,end1 to obstruct and hinder one another therein8 ,there is enough for all to do2 and the ,affair is of so great ,importance1 that it calls for the ,trial of every ,method that has the least ,probability of ,success2 and different ,methods may greatly subserve and assist one another4 ,we can none of us boast such ,perfection of ,understanding and ,skill in the ,affair as to set up safely for ,infallibility4 ,many ,attempts have been made by wise and good ,men2 and the ,issue has taught them their ,want of that ,knowledge which is got by ,experience2 and that their pious ,labour and ,expence had been in a great ,measure lost for want of it4 ,and ,i would take this ,opportunity to express my ,gratitude for those generous ,benefactions whereby this ,infant ,institution has been hitherto supported2 and ,i hope through the ,blessing of ,,god upon our our ,endeavours1 those pious ,benefactors will have ,occasion for the most easy and comfortable ,reflections1 as having made an ,offering acceptable to ,,god1 and bestowed it well for the ,advancement of the ,kingdom1 and ,glory of the great ,,redeemer3 ,and that the ,blessing of many of our ,american ,heathens1 who shall in the present and succeeding ,generations1 reap the ,benefit thereof1 may come upon them3 ,and that others understanding that this ,school stills lives1 under ,,god1 upon the ,charity of good ,men1 will be moved to open their ,hands to minister further1 and necessary ,supplies for it4 ,illustration ,,hebron1 ,december #ca4 #agfb4 ,to the ,,printers4 ,we having been informed that the ,rev'd ,eleazar ,wheelock of ,lebanon has lately prepared and sent to your ,press1 ,a ,narrative of the ,,indian ,charity ,school under his ,care2 and being willing to contribute to the ,furtherance of that truly noble and charitable ,undertaking1 which1 though new and untried before he entered upon it1 appears to us to have the greatest ,probability of ,success1 and to afford the most encouraging ,prospect of spreading the ,gospel far and wide among our ,american ,pagans1 of any ,method that has yet been attempted3 ,and we can't but hope that a recommendatory ,letter1 which was some ,time since sent to a private ,friend1 signed by a ,number of neighbouring ,ministers1 may serve to satisfy the ,world1 ,that the charitable ,design which that ,gentleman is pursuing1 is1 in the ,judgment of his ,neighbours1 who are well acquainted with him1 and with the ,affair of his ,school1 neither selfish1 nor enthusiastic2 nor the ,plan proposed so expensive1 as may be any reasonable ,objection against making a thorough ,trial thereof3 ,and we having consulted several of the ,subscribers who join with us 7as we believe all wou'd do if they had ,opportunity for it7 in desiring that said ,letter might be published at the ,end of said ,narrative2 that so far as the ,credit and ,reputation of the ,clergy in this ,neighbourhood will influence thereto1 all ,prejudices may be removed from the ,minds of ,christians of every ,denomination1 and all be excited to unite their ,endeavours according to their ,ability to encourage and promote so noble and important an ,undertaking3 ,wherefore please to give said ,letter 7a ,copy whereof you will receive with this7 a ,place at the ,close of said ,narrative1 and you will oblige ,your's to serve1 ,benjamin ,pomroy1 ,elijah ,lothrop1 ,nathaniel ,whitaker4 ,illustration ,illustration ,,copy of the ,,letter4 ,,chelsea1 in ,norwich1 ,july #aj4 #agfb4 ,,sir1 ,we ,ministers of the ,gospel1 and ,pastors of ,churches hereafter mentioned with our ,names1 having for a ,number of ,years past heard of1 or seen with ,pleasure1 the ,zeal1 ,courage and firm ,resolution of the ,reverend ,,eleazar ,,wheelock of ,lebanon1 to prosecute to ,effect a ,design of spreading the ,gospel among the ,natives in the ,wilds of our ,america1 and especially his ,perseverance in it1 amidst the many peculiar ,discouragements he had to encounter during the late ,years of the ,war here1 and upon a ,plan which appears to us to have the greatest ,probability of ,success1 viz4 by the ,mission of their own ,sons4 ,and as we are verily perswaded1 that the ,smiles of divine ,providence upon his ,school1 and the ,success of his ,endeavours hitherto1 justly may and ought to encourage him and all1 to believe it to be of ,,god1 and that which he will own and succeed for the ,glory of his own great ,name in the ,enlargement of the ,kingdom of our divine ,redeemer1 as well as for the great ,benefit of the ,crown of ,great-,britain1 and especially of his ,majesty's ,dominions in ,america2 so we apprehend1 that the present ,openings in ,providence ought to invite ,christians of every ,denomination to unite their ,endeavours1 and lend a helping ,hand in carrying on the charitable ,design2 and we are heartily sorry if ,party ,spirit and ,party ,differences shall at all obstruct the ,progress of it1 or the old ,leaven in this ,land ferment upon this ,occasion1 and give a watchful ,adversary ,opportunity so to turn the ,course of ,endeavours into another ,channel1 as to defeat the ,design of spreading the ,gospel among the ,heathen4 ,to prevent which1 and encourage ,unanimity and ,zeal in prosecuting the ,design1 we look upon it our ,duty as ,christians1 and especially as ,ministers of the ,gospel1 to give our ,testimony1 ,that1 as we verily believe1 a disinterested ,regard to the ,advancement of the ,redeemer's ,kingdom1 and the ,good of his ,majesty's ,dominions in ,america were the governing ,motives which at first induced the ,reverend ,mr4 ,,wheelock to enter upon the great ,affair1 and to risque his own private ,interest as he has done since in carrying it on2 so we esteem his ,plan to be good1 his ,measures prudently and well-concerted1 his ,endowments peculiar1 his ,zeal fervent1 his ,endeavours indefatigable for the accomplishing this ,design2 and we know no ,man like-minded who will naturally care for their ,state4 ,may ,god prolong his ,life1 and make him extensively useful in the ,kingdom of ,,christ6 ,we have also some of us at his ,desire examined his ,accounts1 and find that besides giving in all his own ,labour and ,trouble in the ,affair1 he has charged for the ,support1 ,schooling1 c4 of the ,youth1 at the lowest ,rate it could be done for1 as the ,price has been and still is among us2 and we apprehend the generous ,donations already made1 has been1 and we are confident will be laid out in the most prudent ,manner1 and with the best ,advice for the ,furtherance of the important ,design4 ,and we pray ,god abundantly to reward the ,liberality of any upon this ,occasion2 and we hope the ,generosity1 especially of ,persons of ,distinction and ,note1 will be a happy ,lead and ,inducement to still greater ,liberalities1 and that in ,consequence thereof the wide extended ,wilderness of ,america1 will blossom as the ,rose1 ,habitations of ,cruelty become ,dwelling-,places of ,righteousness1 and the ,blessing of ,thousands ready to perish come upon all those whose ,love to ,christ1 and ,charity to them1 has been shown upon this ,occasion1 which is the hearty ,prayer of1 ,,sir1 ,your sincere ,friends and humble ,servants1 ,ebenezer ,rosseter1 ,pastor of the #ast ,church in ,stonington4 ,joseph ,fish1 ,pastor of the #bnd ,church in ,stonington4 ,nathaniel ,whitaker1 ,pastor of the ,church at ,chelsea1 in ,norwich4 ,benjamin ,pomroy1 ,pastor of the #ast ,church in ,hebron4 ,elijah ,lothrop1 ,pastor of the ,church of ,gilead1 in ,hebron4 ,nathaniel ,eells1 ,pastor of a ,church in ,stonington4 ,mather ,byles1 ,pastor of the #ast ,church in ,new-,london4 ,jonathan ,barber1 ,pastor of a ,church in ,groton4 ,matt ,graves1 ,missionary at ,new-,london4 ,peter ,powers1 ,pastor of the ,church at ,newent1 in ,norwich4 ,daniel ,kirtland1 former ,pastor of the ,ch4 at ,newent1 in ,norwich4 ,asher ,rosseter1 ,pastor of the #ast ,church in ,preston4 ,jabez ,wight1 ,pastor of the #dth ,church in ,norwich4 ,david ,jewett1 ,pastor of the #bnd ,church in ,new-,london4 ,benjamin ,throop1 ,pastor of a ,church in ,norwich4 ,samuel ,mosely1 ,pastor of a ,church in ,windham4 ,stephen ,white1 ,pastor of a ,church in ,windham4 ,richard ,salter1 ,pastor of a ,church in ,mansfield4 ,timothy ,allen1 ,pastor of the ,church in ,ashford4 ,ephraim ,little1 ,pastor of the #ast ,church in ,colchester4 ,hobart ,estabrook1 ,pastor of a ,church in ,east-,haddam4 ,joseph ,fowler1 ,pastor of a ,church in ,east-,haddam4 ,benjamin ,boardman1 ,pastor of the #dth ,ch4 of ,christ in ,middletown4 ,john ,norton1 ,pastor of the #fth ,ch4 of ,christ in ,middletown4 ,benjamin ,dunning1 ,pastor of a ,ch4 of ,christ in ,marlborough4 ,n4 ,b4 ,the ,names of the ,subscribers stand in the same ,order in which they subscribed1 and not according to ,seniority2 and it is hoped any ,inaccuracies observable in the ,draught will be excused1 at least not charged upon more than one of the ,number1 inasmuch as they signed separately1 not having the ,advantage of a ,convention for that ,purpose4 ,illustration ,,the ,,end4 ,illustration ,,footnote #a ,this ,part of my ,plan seems to be abundantly justified by that which the ,rev ,dr ,colman of ,boston1 and the ,rev ,mr4 ,sergeant of ,stockbridge1 have wrote upon this ,head4 ,see ,mr4 ,sergeant's ,letter to the ,doctor1 printed at ,boston #agdc4 ,page #ae4 ,the ,doctor writes thus3--,another thing suggested by ,mr4 ,sergeant1 and a most wise and necessary one in the present ,case is--his taking in ,girls as well as ,boys1 if ,providence succeed the ,design1 and a ,fund sufficient to carry it on can be procured3----,i must needs add on this ,head1 that this ,proposal is a ,matter of absolute ,necessity1 wherein we are not left at ,liberty1 either as ,men or ,christians2 for there cannot be a ,propagation of ,religion among any ,people1 without an equal ,regard to both ,sexes2 not only because ,females are alike precious ,souls1 form'd for ,god and ,religion as much as the ,males2 but also because the ,care for the ,souls of ,children in ,families1 and more especially in those of low ,degree1 lies chiefly upon the ,mothers for the first #g or #h ,years3 ,which is an ,observation or ,remark which ,i had the ,honour to make unto my dear and honoured ancient ,friend1 ,henry ,newman1 ,esq2 ,secretary to the ,hon4 and ,rev4 ,society for promoting ,christian ,knowledge2 which when he had communicated to them they put into ,print1 and sent it to the ,directors of the #agfd ,schools2 7if ,i have not miscounted7 that so a greater ,proportion of ,girls might be taken into them to receive a religious ,education for the sake of their ,posterity1 and therein for the more effectual answering the very ,end of their ,charity ,schools4---- ,,transcriber',s ,,notes -,obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected4 -,archaic spelling has been retained as printed4