In the early part of last year, I experienced much dis-
couragement in one part of this mission, where I had established
a regular statioii, for tlie exercise of my ministry, once every
fortnight, adjoining the township of Ekfrid. I dare say, the
novelty of seeing and hearing a missionary of the Church of
England for the hrst time, attracted many in the neighbourhood,
who hitherto, as far as I can learn, never en joyed the ordinances
of any Clmrch, or the privileges wliich the Sabbath presents, as
prized in more favoured lauds. Their attendance at this place
had so fallen off after regular \'isits on my j)art for twelve months,
that, on one occasion, having seen only a few of them assembled
in a barn (this being the Cliurch pro. tern.) I took the opportu-
nity, after divine service, of acquainting them, that if twelve
of their families agreed to assemble statedly, and promised me
to that eifect, I would feel it my duty to continue my visits to
them, but as I did not receive any such proposal, I tliencefoi*th
determined through the Divine aid, to visit the Pagan Indians
settled on the Thanies, about seven miles distant from that
place, and to give them a similar trial at least for the same
period of time. But here I would remark, that the settlers in
the*above quarter embraced only a few Church of England
persons, and those, alas ! app«>ar to me so lost to all semblance,
much more sense of religion, that they really outstript their no-
professing Yankee neighbours in every thing that evinces a
bankruptcy in religion. I do, indeed, recognize the hand of the
Most High in directing my steps to the poor untutored Indians,
by whom, on my iirst visit, I was well received. They immedi-
ately met and giive me an audience, — tJieir unsophisticated
minds being as yet free from the grosser vices of tlie ungodly
white people. Their superintendent, Col. Clynch, had previously
infonued me, that in his opinion, they would never join any
of the American Sectaries, as tliese had often tried to eft'ect it,
and that ?/ they iconld listen to awy, he must be a minister of the
Church, which tlieir great Father, the King, professes.
