CHAPTER LIII.

Indications of a moral revolution in the place--Political movements at

Detroit--Review of the state of society at Michilimackinack, arising

from its being the great central power of the north-west fur trade--A

letter from Dr. Greene--Prerequisites of the missionary

function--Discouragements--The state of the Mackinack Mission--Problem

of employing native teachers and evangelists--Letter of Mr.

Duponceau--Ethnological gossip--Translation of the Bible into

Algonquin--Don M. Najera--Premium offered by the French

Institute--Persistent Satanic influence among the Indian

tribes--Boundary dispute with Ohio--Character of the State Convention.

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