cleave to Jesus. This Indian appeared to me to be one of
the most heavenly minded men I ever saw, not an able speaker but
with a peculiar nervousness in his words, spoken with energy and
pathos that deeply affected us all.

_May 13th--Sunday._--I spent the last week in assisting the Indians
in their agricultural pursuits. They are teachable, willing, and
apt to learn. This constant change of employment debars me from
literary and theological improvement, and leaves me less qualified
to expound Scripture to refined assemblies. Thus I am perplexed to
know what is best for me to do. The Lord direct me in this
momentous matter!

_May 14th._--The temporal and spiritual interests of the Indians
bring upon me much care, and weigh me down. I experienced some
comfort in the class meeting. Spoke in Indian, and for the first
time repeated the Lord's prayer in Chippewa. Many of my dear
brethren praised the Lord.

_June 9th--Sabbath._--This day we held quarterly meeting at
York--about twenty Indians present. I am informed that some of the
Indians on Lake Simcoe are hungering for the bread of life, and
that twelve of them were at worship at Newmarket, and expressed a
desire to become Christians. Sixteen Indian children attend a
Sabbath-school established there whose parents encamp near, for
that purpose. Several of these children learnt the alphabet in four
hours. This awakening arose through four of the Rice Lake Indians
influenced by the divine love, traversing in their canoe the back
lakes to tell their benighted brethren about Jesus, and exhorting
them to become Christians.

_June 7th._--The first quarterly conference ever held amongst
Indians in British America was held to-day. After deliberating on
several subjects, that of sending some of their pious and
experienced men on a missionary tour to Lake Simcoe, and the Thames
was proposed for consideration. Four of them soon volunteered their
services. Their hearts seemed fired at the thought of carrying the
news of salvation to their benighted brethren. At their own
suggestion $12 was soon taken up to help pay expenses.

_June 10th._-About fifty converted Indians from Rice Lake, Scugog
Lake, Mud Lake, and the Credit, assembled in York to-day for the
purpose of worshipping God. The Rice Lake In