daughter of Mrs. Seeley, born on the Sth of August, the day on which we fell the first tree for our store-house, departed this life when not quite two months old. A son of Mrs. Montgomery, born on the 27th of October, expired the next morning; and the mother survived him only a few hours. A son of Mrs. Belcher lived two or three days, and died on Saturday last. Her case is yet critical.

The fever and ague is our prevailing disease; and I believe none of us have entirely escaped it. Under ordinary circumstances, this disorder is not considered dangerous; but, in cases like Mrs. Montgomery's, it often proves mortal. We have to endure more with it than we should have done, had we the proper medicine. Peruvian bark is almost a sovereign remedy; but, of this article, the quantity we brought with us has proved greatly insufficient, and after all our exertions we have been unable to procure an additional supply.

We suffer much for want of sufficient

buildings, and our females especially

for want of a kitchen. Sister Jones was brought nigh unto death by excessive fatigue in kitchen work, in the most rainy part of the season. The fire was at one end of a tent, and the ground around it continually covered with mud and water. She is now slowly regain

ing her health, and has not the ague. Most of the Sisters have suffered severely from the same cause. Our sick also suffer for the want of suitable food, our provisions being mostly salt, and having been injured by heat and the loss of brine. The Indians occasionally bring us a little fresh venison, but the supply is quite insufficient. We shall have no vegetables until we can raise them next summer.

Thus I have given you the dark side of the picture. But, for this, shall we turn back and curse the Lord? Or, rather, have we not reason for gratitude, that this, instead of a more malignant disease, has been our lot? We might have been smitten with a fever

that would have swept off half our number!

Our cabins will be ten in number, each 14 feet square, fronting the east. Between each two, there is a space of seven feet, designed to be covered, when time will allow. In the rear of the centre is to be the kitchen, 26 by 20 feet; and directly in the rear of that is the store-house, now finished, and under lock and key, with most of our goods stowed away.-I must now close, wishing you grace, mercy, and peace, in the Lord Jesus. Adieu.

OTIS SPRAGUE. P. S. Sabbath, Nov. 11.-Mr. Dodge's youngest son died of the lung fever.

In justice to the Board of Managers, we deem it proper to remark, that, in fitting out this family, they committed the medical department entirely to the judgment of a number of respectable Physicians and Druggists, without any limitation as to quantity or kind. And we believe, every thing named in the list of medicines, medical books, and surgical instruments, furnished by those gentlemen, was packed up and sent forward with the heavy baggage of the Mis

sion.

TUSCARORA MISSION.

Rev. Mr. Crane to the Domestic Secretary.

DEAR SIR.-It is with pleasure, and with gratitude to our dear Redeemer, that I again assure you that the Lord's goodness and grace are still manifested among the Indians of this Tribe. Those who were seeking the salvation of their souls, at the time I last wrote, are still much engaged. The influence of their conduct is felt by many. Some of the most obstinately wicked are restrained, and appear ashamed to pursue their vicious practices in the face of such examples. I had just seated myself to write to you, when one of this descrip

tion came in ; and, to my astonishment, appeared to be under much distress of mind. Before he said any thing, I made some observations about his state, and inquired what his reflections on this subject were at the present time, when he saw some of the young people turning from their sins. He replied-" For three days, my heart has been burning so that I have had no rest." He appears, for the present, to be deeply impressed. Mrs. Crane and Sister Brown are talking with him, while I am now writing. Should this one become a follower of the Lord Jesus, we shall have peculiar reasons for exclaiming "Is not this a brand plucked from the fire."

All of our meetings are still well attended, and the spirit manifested in them is very encouraging.

Since the winter has set in, our school has been increasing.

We expect the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered soon after the new year. I will then write to you again.

I am, Sir, with respect and affection,
Yours, &c.

JAMES C. CRANE.

SENECA MISSION.

Rev. Mr. Harris to the Domestic
Secretary.

DEAR SIR,-As it relates to the general interests of this Mission, we think there is reason to believe that the prospect is brightening rather than otherwise. With the exception of trials of an inferior kind, almost every thing is succeeding, in the good providence of God, in accordance with our own feelings, and, we would humbly hope, to the entire satisfaction of the Board. Most of the natives appear pleased with the idea of a preached Gospel, and with the instrument chosen by the Board, to dispense among them the word of life. May it please the great Head of the Church to make it to them "a savour of life unto life, and not of death unto death."

The house, which the Board have ordered to be erected for the accommo-. dation of the Minister and school, is well on towards a state of completion. We hope to occupy it some time before the middle of next month. We shall be barely comfortable, as the house is not plastered. We shall now have considerable room for the accommodation of children of both sexes, provided the Board choose to go to the expense of having them embodied, which, we understood, is their determination. To us the way now seems open for this important measure.

I am, Sir, yours most respectfully,
THOMSON S. HARRIS.

JOURNAL, &c.

Monday, Dec. 3.-The Chiefs met for council to-day at the Mission-house. On entering the house, they learned from the Interpreter, that the family had devoted the day, (it being the day for the Monthly Concert,) to fasting, humiliation, and prayer. They then asked whether it would be more convenient for me to assist them in the transaction of a little business if they called on another day, or to attend to it at the present time. Having been more particularly informed, that we had set apart the day for religious duties, that any business of a secular kind would interrupt us in the worship of God, and that at any other time I would attend with them, they begged to be excused for calling now, as they were not aware of these circumstances; and after joining us in singing and prayer, they bade us good afternoon, and departed.

Monday, Dec. 10.-Was this day called to officiate in the burial of a child of John Snow, one of the Chiefs, and one of the most respectable men of the nation. I was surprised to see their regularity, and their willingness to have the funeral conducted according to the Christian mode; and almost imagined

ayself in the midst of a pious, orderly congregation. This evening, I had the pleasure of an interview with Little Beard, the principal Chief at Tonewanta. He appears to be an honest and candid man. He said he was very glad to see me, and wished to inform me that his people desired a schoolmaster from the Board, but thought it a long time to wait for one. On being told that it was their duty to wait with patience until the Board could find a good teacher, he replied-"My people want a good christian man-one that will not be lasy, but swift-one who knows a good deal, and who will not set an example to their boys by which they would be induced to drink rum." He added with emphasis-" This no good."

Tuesday, Dec. 11.-Was gratified this morning with an interview with Young King. He said, among other things

Ten years ago, Indians no work-no make fence-no cattle-no corn. Now, good many cattle-and boys, some work-by and by they will make good fence, and straighten the road to Buffalo." He appeared to be very much pleased with the prospect of improve

ment.

Wednesday, Dec. 12.-A number of the people met this evening with a view to engage in singing and prayer. They came immediately from a general

Council, which is composed of Chiefs from all the Reservations. After the singing, several Chiefs remained some time, and conversed on religious subjects.

Friday, Dec. 14.-Two of the Chiefs, with the Interpreter, called, expecting a Council, but no others came. In the mean time, I asked Seneca White whether many of the nation are now hunting for their winter's subsistence. He replied, that there were ¡a great many absent. On being asked, whether he approved the plan, he said he did not like the practice--the disadvantage was very great-they wear out a great many clothes-and it often happens that they seek for game a long time before they find it—and they frequently have cattle at home which perish for the want of their attendance. Besides this, he added, they are punishing themselves, and their wives and children, in their encampments in the woods.

Tuesday, Dec. 25.-We were visited this day by great numbers of this people, who called to receive their Christmas cakes. It is surprising to see how much they are gratified by attentions of this kind. All appeared pleased with the feelings of kindness manifested, especially after being told that it was expected we should meet together for the purpose of strengthening the chain of friendship, and of interchanging expressions of affection. Such was the tide of mutual good will, that one who had recently exhibited some symptoms of unfriendliness, was carried along with the current.

THE following interesting letter, representing the spiritual wants of an extensive district of country, we recommend to the attention of Domestic Mis

sionary Societies in this and the adjacent States. It is addressed to JOHN NITCHIE, Esq. Secretary of the "Young Men's Missionary Society of New

York." The first paragraph sufficiently explains the occasion on which it was written:

Spring-Ville, Erie County,

Jan. 4, 1822.

DEAR SIR,-Your kind letter has been gratefully received; and Mr. FITCH, your Missionary to this region, arrived about two weeks ago. He has preached two Sabbaths in this town, and several times during the week. The meetings, usually, have been fully attended; and on the Sabbath, our places of public worship have been crowded. Many of the people came, from ten to fourteen miles, through the snow and severe cold. Great anxiety is manifested by all classes and all denominations, to hear the word from the lips of your Missionary. His personal deportment and public ministrations, obtain general approbation. All are not only well satisfied, but highly pleased, and fre quently we hear the remark from those who have heretofore disregarded religion, "if we could be favoured with such preaching, we would not only attend it, but also aid in supporting the Preacher." The attention of the people is generally excited, and the pros. pect of the good which may result from the labours of your Missionary, is truly encouraging.

While we express our unfeigned gratitude to your Society for sending us a Missionary, we earnestly solicit your prayers for the cause of Zion in the midst of us. Our situation, in a religious point of view, has long been deplorable. The inhabitants of this part of the state are generally emigrants from NewEngland, who were accustomed to attend the ministry of well-educated clergymen. But, in consequence of being long destitute of ministerial labours, they have become negligent in the observance of religious duties, and in a great measure indifferent to the injunctions and privileges of the Gospel. There are. in this region, people

of almost every religious denomination; and, for the want of competent Teachers, many have adopted the sentiments of the universalists or of deists.

This country began to be settled in 1808, and the population is rapidly increasing. It has lately been ascertained, that, within an extent of one hundred miles by fifty, there are forty Churches which have been, and still are, entirely destitute of the regular ministrations of the word and ordinances of salvation. They have not, on an average, heard four sermons a year from a minister of their own denomination, nor have they partaken of the holy Sacrament more than once a year. Meetings for reading and prayer, have, however, been usually maintained on the Sabbath, and sometimes conferences on other days of the week. These Churches contain from eight or ten to forty members each. It would be almost impossible to describe to you the difficulties they have had to encounter in their struggles for existence--without a pastor to break to the sheep and lambs of the flock the bread of life-without a teacher to instruct and guide them-without a watch. man to watch over and manage their spiritual interests-and, in frequent instances, without persons feeling themselves able to lead in social prayer, or suitable books to read in their religious meetings. The best friends and firmest supporters of these Churches, have sometimes been almost disposed to give over their cause as hopeless, and to exclaim Our Churches must languish and die! Our Zion must become desolate! Oh! who will pity our low condition, and extend to us the hand of relief! Will our Christian brethren at the East still neglect to send us faithful Missionaries of the Cross!"

One Missionary only has been stationed among these Churches, and he has not been able to visit each oftener than once or twice a year. Missionaries have indeed passed us on their way to the West, but they have not laboured much among us. Upon some of our

Churches, however, the Spirit of God has been poured out. In some instances, very considerable accessions have been made, and this without the instrumentality of the Ambassadors of Christ. These Churches have, we trust, been planted by the Lord's right hand. Hitherto they have been supported and nourished by him without the ordinary means. Many of them have flourished and increased; and, notwithstanding we sometimes feel discouraged, we cannot believe that they will be suffered to become extinct

The truth is, our people are generally very poor. Our produce brings very little, and that little can scarcely ever be obtained in money. In consequence of these disadvantages, we are unable to support entirely a preached Gospel. We are able, however, to do something towards it; and our people generally manifest a disposition to do what they can in aid of supporting the Missionary whom you have been so kind as to send among us. And we are persuaded, that, were two or three adjacent Churches to unite their efforts, they might contribute one half, or two thirds, to the maintenance of a Minister and his family, by supplying him with the produce of the country. In this way, many Ministers, if they could be obtained, might soon be comfortably supported. We entreat you, therefore, to continue your aid in building up these waste places of Zion. We also earnestly request you to intercede for us with other Missionary Societies, and to urge young men who are entering the ministry, and looking for places of settlement, to direct their views to this destitute section of country. Here, souls are famishing for the bread of life. Here, an extensive field, ripe for the harvest, presents itself to the friends of Zion who are anxious to help forward the Redeemer's kingdom, and to the faithful Minister, whose desire is to win immortal souls to Christ.

May the Lord prosper your exertions to edify and build up the body of Christ,

and to multiply the trophies of the Cross; and may he give you a rich reward in the benefits you shall have been instrumental in conferring upon your fellow-men, and in the bestowment of a crown of life that fadeth not away. We are, Sir, in the hope and fellowship of the Gospel,

Yours, &c.

SAMUEL BRADLEY, JOHN RUSSELL.

REVIVALS OF RELIGION. [From the Boston Missionary Herald.]

From a letter written by the Rev. J. Witherspoon, dated Hillsboro', N. C. Oct. 16, 1821, it appears, that there has been considerable religious inquiry, and great solemnity, at several places in that vicinity, during last summer, and the early part of autumn. Meetings for religious worship were much frequented --and hundreds of persons manifested a deep concern for the salvation of their souls. Aged Christians at Hawfields thought the work greater than had ever been known in that part of the country; not excepting the great revival of 1802 and 1803.

Ontario County, N. Y.

The Rev. D. R. Dixon, of Mexico, Ontario county, N. Y. in a letter to the Editor of the Missionary Herald, dated Nov. 1, 1821, mentions revivals of religion in that town, and several other towns of the same county; particularly New-Haven, Volney, Williamstown, and Constantia. The work commenced in New-Haven, about the middle of January last, was very powerful, and almost confined to heads of families. About 45 were added to the Church, which before consisted of not more than 30 members. In Mexico, the commencement of the work was small, and its progress slow at first. By the middle of March, meetings were crowded every evening of the week. They were still and solemn. "The Lord is in this place," seemed to be impressed on every heart. Now the joyful news of sinners awakened was brought daily to the