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 1826-01-04 GREEN BAY M T---#MANUSCRIPT--BROWN CO---ADDRESSED TO DOCTOR WILLIAM R. POWER AT LEWISTOWN, MIFFLIN CO. PENNSYLVANIA---FORWARDED TO WILLIAMSPORT FEB. 28---MARKED "SHOULD THE DOCTOR BE ABSENT FROM LEWISTOWN THE POST MASTER IS REQUESTED TO FORWARD THIS LETTER TO HIM WITHOUT DELAY"---FROM REV. N. NASH AT GREEN BAY---DESCRIBES WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING SINCE HE ARRIVED AND HIS MISSION---MENTIONS MR. ELLIS AND MR. WILLIAMS; MR. KELLOGG OF LEWISTOWN; REV. R.F. CADLE OF DETROIT; AND MRS. FERRY AT MACKINAW---"BUT AS A GENERAL THING THE STANDARD OF MORALS HERE IS VERY LOW. THE FRENCH ROMANS COME TO HEAR ME OCCASIONALLY, AND I HAVE COMMENCED PREACHING TO THE NATIVES BY AN INTERPRETER. BUT WHAT SHALL STOP THE TIDE OF RUIN, WHEN OUT OF A WHOLE NATION OF PEOPLE THERE CANNOT BE FOUND ONE ADULT OF EITHER SEX WHO IS PROOF AGAINST THE ALLUREMENTS OF INTEMPERANCE."---HE IS PREPARING A SCHOOL FOR THE CHILDREN OF HIS "INDIAN FRIENDS" AND URGES HIS FRIENDS TO COME HELP HIM---4 PAGES---NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY---PRIVATELY OWNED---COURTESY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR - N Date: 1826-01-04 , Associated Pages:()