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 1832-05-20 DETROIT MICH TERR---AFTER ARRIVING FROM SAULT ST MARIE DATELINED MAY 13, 1832---CHIPPEWA COUNTY CDS---RATED 52 CENTS(50 CENT FOR DOUBLE WEIGHT AND 2 CENTS FOR THE SHIP CAPTAIN)-SHIP IN RED---AHMS LETTER 193/---REV. JERAMIAH PORTER,REV BINGHAM,BAPTIST MISSIONARY, JOHN SUNDAY, METHODIST NATIVE CHIPPEWA PREACHER HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE,REV CAMERON OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH ...PRINTING THE OJIBWA NEW TESTAMENT TRANSLATED BY DR. E. JAMES OF FORT BRADY IN THIS PLACE---A DAY OF FASTING & PRAYER WAS SET FOR 21 MARCH 1832. IT WAS A DAY OF STORMS, THE SNOW DRIVING FROM LAKE SUPERIOR WITH ALMOST IRRESISTIBLE FORCE. FIVE OFFICERS FROM FORT BRADY WERE PRESENT. MANY OFFICERS & THEIR WIVES HAVE BECOME BELIEVERS. FORT BRADY IS NOW TRULY A "HOUSE OF PRAYER"THE DRINK OF THE SOLDIER IS THE PURE WATER OF LAKE SUPERIOR & COFFEE ACCOMPANIED WITH A CLEAR MIND & HEALTH OF BODY---MANY A WIDOW MOTHER WILL REJOICE, & MANY PARENTS BEST BE GLAD TO HEAR OF THE CONVERSION OF THE PRODIGAL SON AT FORT BRADY.PRAYER & BLESSING IS IMPLORED AT THE TABLE IN EACH MESS ROOM. PUBLIC EVENING PRAYER IS HELD IN ONE OF THE BARRACKS ROOMS.AND MY BIBLE CLASS ARE HELD ON THREE OR FOUR EVENINGS IN THE WEEK---I HAVE PASSED A DELIGHTFUL WINTER IN THE FAMILY OF MR SCHOOLCRAFT, THE GENEROUS FRIEND OF YOUR CAUSE & THE CAUSE OF GOD. MR SCHOOLCRAFT LIKE THE FRIEND OF ST LOUIS WISHES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL BY PROXY & FOR THIS REASON HAS DONE WHAT HE HAS FOR THE GOOD OF THIS PEOPLE---IN FOX SCHMALZRIEDT 1957 AUCTION LOT 42 PRICE $31.00---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan----NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---WEATHER----GENEALOGY---7PG----AND PRIVATELY OWNED Date: 1832-05-20 , Associated Pages:(7)