nd gained a diploma; and when he became a subject of religious
influence, he laid all his honors and learning at the foot of the cross.
He began his labors at Wupperthal, in South Africa, in which country are
several missionaries, and four stations.
Missions Of The Roman Catholic Church.
We regret that it is not in our power to record the missionary efforts of
the Roman Catholics. Suffice it to say that their missions extend to all
countries, and that they are ardent in their zeal, indefatigable in their
labors, and unsparing in their expenditures, in the propagation of the
doctrines of this ancient church.
Jews' Missionary Society.
This association was formed in England, in 1808. It is patronized chiefly
by ministers and members of the established church. It has forty-nine
missionaries and agents, who occupy twenty-three stations in Asia and
Europe. Of these missionaries, twenty-four are Jewish converts. Its
receipts in 1839 were upwards of eighty thousand dollars. Three or four
thousand Jews have been converted, by this and other instrumentalities,
within a few years.
In England, there is an institution for the purpose of receiving Jewish
converts, and teaching them a trade. A considerable number have enjoyed
its privileges.
Indians.
As great efforts are making, by almost all classes of Christians to spread
the benign influence of the gospel among the red men on our borders, it
may not be amiss to state their locations, numbers, &c. &c.
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Mr. McCoy, in his valuable "Annual Register of Indian Affairs," published
at Shawanoe, in the Indian Territory, makes many important statements
respecting this highly-interesting people.
He says that the number of Indians north of Mexico may be fairly estimated
at one million eight hundred thousand. He estimates the population of the
tribes east and west of the Mississippi as follows:--
Tribes East Of Mississippi River.
Indians in New England and New York 4,715
Indians from New York, at Green Bay 725
Wyandots, in Ohio and Michigan 623
Miamies 1,200
Winnebagoes 4,591
Chippewas 6,793
Ottawas and Chippewas of Lake Michigan 5,300
Chippewas, Ottawas, and Putawatomies 8,000
Putawatomies 1,400
Menominees
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