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Ybu,§reprobablyawarethat‘odhastakentwoofournhreechildrent
two of Ely's children died
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oaso'ourIndianashouldgointothewoods,itmaybeexped-ientthatImwinto;itFondulaaratherthanatLepoin
Ely doesn't know whether he will need to be at Fond du Lac or La Pointe for the winter yet
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hichtheywillpayinlabour,beag¢ing,fish,&
to keep the Natives in his area, Ely bought them fishing and hunting supplies, to be repaid through labor and game
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owIamtryingtowritewithSarahHallWitchingabout.Ihavehadsomuchchargeofhersheisasmuchathomewithmeaswithher
This author has Hall's daughter
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ehavehadnonewsfrom3Qg_ggg;g_aincelastfall.Weexpectbutlittletillthebreak—ingupofourlongwinter.Ihaveaeennopapa:ofadateearlierngggJthanSept.last
Hall and La Pointe have not heard from Greene or the Board since September 1841
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ostofthegoodaaredesigned.fonthepaymentofhelp;andsuchotherexpensesasmustotherwisebepaidin
Most of the things Hall asks for are for other families around La Pointe
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2nextSpringtoreturnornoasGodinhisprovidencesshalldictat
Ayer formally asks to leave the mission
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TheostensibleobjectofthevisitwastoleaveourtwoSonsinChristianfamiliestobeeducat
Ayer wants to leave his sons with Christian families in the city (ie in "civilization")
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willnowgiveyouafewitemsofourdomestichistoryforafewmonthspast
Boutwell's account of encountering the Ojibwe as they fled the Sioux
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Thedisease(whichprovedtobetheDysentary)soonassumedamalignanttypeandragedwithgreatsever-fity1:111it.terminatedthelivesofin-r"oldestchild(alittlegirlof3years)andMrB3youngestchild(20monthsofage)nnefornerlivedoneweekfromitsfirstattach,thelatter10d
Dysentery kills Ely's oldest and Boutwell's youngest
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Wethinkitexpedientonthewholethatthe"praying‘lndiansushoulddependonusasformerlyforaid,asthePaganpartyseekeverypossibleoccasiontoSpeakevilofthemandaccusethefarnerandBlacksmithofpartialitytowardthem[1j
There is a pagan person at Pokegoma who is helping with agriculture. This makes Ayer uncomfortable because he believes the pagans will use any opportunity to "un-christianize" the Natives
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heevidencesthatthispeopleareadvancingtowardacivilizedstatebothintheoryandfactarebecomingmoreand[more]numerous,andtheidea—soprevalentamongIndiansthatmanuallabordegradestoalmostalevelwiththeSlaveorbruteislooseningitsstrongholdonthemindsofm
The Natives at Pokegoma are becoming more civilized, according to Ayer
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wecannotreportasinglecaseofwhatwesupposetobegenuineconvers
Now Ayer is saying that Pokegoma is not doing well as far as the actual mission of conversion goes
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Thepreopootsofthismissionaredark&discouragingsofarastheInda.areconosrne
While Pokegoma seems to be doing rather well, Boutwell suggests that La Pointe is struggling to stay afloat
The longer these letters go on, the less successful the Missions appear to be
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Wefealthatanimportantpointhasbgengainedinbreaksinguptheirinveneratehabinofbegging&intméducingthatoflabcrinitsstead
Boutwell and Ayer started using a system of labor for the Natives to receive food, rather than them "begging"
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shouldhope,whilet‘rav'elungandvisiting,tocom-FmnunoaneintelligencerespeoningtheseIndians,whichwouldawakenadeeperinterestinthooommunifyintheirbehaif,andinbehalfofmissionsgenerally.It
Hall wants to spread word about the intelligence of the Natives
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WeshouldthereforebeundertheneEcelesityoftravellingattheexpenseoftheBoard,unlessindi—viéueismightbenisposodtogiveussomethingforthispurp
Hall wants to spend the whole winter in the NE states with his family at the expense of the Board
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he.15underhiscareforthepnese
Hall's daughter is being completely supported by Boutwell
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Hall wants for the Board to give La Pointe $1000 for the year to come (1841)
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tonetimealmostalloftheadult.partoftheCongregationwereawakendtoaseriousattentiontoeter—nalthings.T
Ayer is describing a huge religious awakening for the congregation at Pokegoma
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Wehavereducedthenumberofourstockaboutonethirdhavingkilledsomeandsoldothers,purposingtokeepmerelyenoughtomeetthewantsoftheMissionwithoutregardtoraisingcalvesorkeepingateamfortheIndiansasheretofore..Itiswethinkbettertokeepayokeofoxenand4or5cowsbothasahatterofcomfortandec—Ionomy
Ayer is reducing the stock at Pokegoma, possibly because he senses the end coming?
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MrEly8timewillbewhollyoc-cupiedinschool,thereforeallthesecularbusinessdevolvesonmeandwouldrequiremyWholetim
Ayer doesn't want to the "regular work" at Pokegama
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hinkheeughttohav6somehalptosharenheneocssarylabeursofourfamalea
Hall requests more female help at La Pointe
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MrElyarrivedfromLePoin1months.HeisnowinSCllOOwinter.Itisina
at Pokegoma, Ely is making the school thrive
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endafewmonthswithherfriend
While Hall isn't asking to be done, he is asking for a break
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nIdoBay,thatIthinkinthedutyofIbelieveauxcourseisonward;Gantherebeanydaubtofthosewhoaxeherenestay.here,andnhaxitistheQunyoftheenurabaea30tosustainthembytheirprayers,andsympathy)andeonnribuanionathattheyshallnotbeprasaedtoaeathinbadyandspirit
Hall thinks all current missionaries should stay in the field, yet he almost seems to imply that no new individuals should join them? But he just asked for manual labor help
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nfidenhthat1%isnetyethopel
unlike the other missionaries, Hall doesn't want to quit (or is it reverse psychology??)
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m-1.34M-1321613-wemaybeidlethat1.163116.askismmesanunng,butthemwemaydewgtaan:timeandan:energydirect;1yt0eifoztsfoxtheaalvatienofthispeapl
Hall is asking for money so that he can focus his energy where he feels it actually belongs
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Butwehavenotstrengthtoendureitmuohlong
Hall is speaking for all missionaries when he says that they are almost out of energy to continue
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istoubgnggbuged=tn'mpendso-muehnime&n¢atxangthinmanuallabour.asmuchneluvtarnupnmyaparopxiane‘dutiasa3amissionaryandminisner.ThisIjghavedameanddonebeeauseIthoughtitautyned9
Hall is also finding himself spending (in his opinion) too much time on manual labor and not enough time preaching
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ngagajdnbOurexpendituresf9?theyearneeama,lzealaop~strainedneaskferamareliberalgrantnemeetnhgm,than.1anKnQforlastyear
Hall needs more money to keep La Pointe afloat
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avidGreenetoJohnSymour,Boston,9Octob
the Board releases Seymour, but suggests that he not study divinity
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whenGodconvertsthemtheywillflocktotheirfarms&houaes,butifwearetowaituntilnocanassembleacongregationbytheprocessofcolonization,I.feartheOjibuenationwillfallintotheglove&hellbeforetheyheartheSoape
Ely seems to be saying that God should just convert the Ojibwe, because if the missionaries try to do it, it will never happen
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havedevotednotimeexcetontheSabbath,toimpartingreligiousinstruction&nonetoschoolteaching0thestudyofthelanguage,exceptthreemonthsofmynrstyearatMackina
Seymour has been so busy doing manual labor at Pokegoma that he hasn't taught any religious instruction or school
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rElyhasnotbodilystrengthsufficienrforanylaboriousbusines
Ely is weak
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iarrhoeafor4or5.dhysp
Ayer has been ill
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DavidGreenetoDelia
Okay so it appears that Greene says the Board doesn't recommend that Cooke return to La Pointe, but that if she wants to still, they might let her?
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et,ifyouwentthereinobeiencetowhatappearedtoyoutobethecallsofGod'sprovidenceandhaveonestlylaboredthereforhim,youmaybesurethathehadsomeWisepurposeisendingyouthere,andthathehasnotcalledyoutoremovefromthatpost,untitheworkwhichhehadinviewwasaccomplish
Greene essentially tells Ely that he and his family are staying at Fond du Lac until it develops
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IhadlittlehopeoftheFonduLacstationfromthebegin'ning,thoughIhardlyknowwhatreasontoassignforit,exceptthestrengthofpaa1innuencether
Greene believes that the original failure of Fond du Lac was caused by the influence of Catholicism there
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tterunderstandingofeachone'sappropriatedutiesinthemission
Articles of Agreement between Hall and Ely about what each other do
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elivermefromdealingwithsuchIndsasthese.
Ely doesn't want to occupy Fond du Lac anymore
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Thelabourofasinglefemalew0uldrelieveme&setmeatlibertytodevotemytimetodirectMissionarylabours--butnosuchhelpistobehadher
Hall expressed to Ely that he was in need of another woman at La Pointe because his wife was continually ill and he was doing all the housework
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feélsomuchirritatedattimeswhensomeoftheseScampspresentthemselves&commencetheirbegging,thatIfeelwretchedenough,untilIseetheirbacks,&eventhenfeelwretchedthatIhaze£§l1.§
Ely describes the needs of the Natives through his own eyes at Fond du Lac
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HetellsmehehastheVenerealdiseas
Eminaso (a Native in Ely's region) has a venereal disease
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IneversawtheseInds.halfsogivenuptoeveryspeciesofwicked-nes
According to Boutwell, the Ojibwe at Leech Lake are spiritually and moral less than any other he has seen
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hatIspokeloud&plain
Boutwell describes a conflict he had with some of the Natives in his area
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henmyfamilyweresosickthatIcouldnotwrit
Ayer family was sick as well
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henextthingisrevenge
Boutwell is put on a list of men suspected of stealing ammunition, and his cattle are killed by the Natives in the region
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Forbetterthanamonthmywifehardlypassedacomfortablehourinsleepbydayornight,fromapainintheear&teeth.Iwasconnnedmyselfabout20daysfromawoundinthefootbyastub&IwasobligedtoemployanInd.womantoprescribe
sickness was prominent in the Boutwell family, with both husband and wife being afflicted by something
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utIthinkthatasystemorhabitofdoingthiswouldbeunjudicious,andattendedwithvariousevilsmorethanoutweighing,inthelongrun,allthegoodwhichitwouldeffe
Mr. Greene doesn't want the missionaries giving out gifts often because it taints the message
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Mr. Greene seems to suggest that Mr. Town should abandon his post at the mission since he is gone from there so often anyway
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Chiefgavemehismedisinba
a chief at La Pointe gives his medicine bag to Joseph Town, except it's actually at Fond du Lac?
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Mywifeisquiteillwithasorethr
Boutwell's wife is illl and so is his child
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IammytimeathomewhichIoughttospendabroadotemanyhourstodomesticdutieswhichoug
Hall almost seems upset that he has to be at home caring for his children instead of travelling and christianizing the Natives
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WehavenofourChildren,betweenthebirthfnotwoofwhomwasthereabove18months.TheycannotlearntodosuchbusiesswithoutgoingtoCollege,Perhapshecan.B[u]tareallbabiesandrequiiscqnstantattention.Besideswhattheysufferfromneglectintheireducation,theysufferfromneglectinotherrespects.Thecareofsuchafamilyisenoughtophoweverstrongherconstienfeebledbydisease.Durimyself,exceptthekindassispartof[the]dayatatimeatassociateinthemission,dreofherownfamilydidnotpethanatherconnnementwitquitefeeble,shehasbeencagratitude.Thepromiseofstostratethehealth&stren[g]thofanyMother,ionmaybe;muchmoreonewhoseconstitutionismyWife'slastconnnement,sheha[d]nonursebuttancerenderedbyMrsNewtonwhoassistedusathreeorfourdifferenttimes.MrsTownourssedthechildafewtimes,butthenumerousdutiesrmithertodomore.Mywifehoweverwasbetterhanyofherotherchildren.Tho'herhealthisnowrriedthroughsofarinamannerthatcallsforspecialrengthequaltoourday,hasbeenverined.Mywifeoftenfeelsasifshecouldnotsustaintheconstantlabourswhichdevolvedup
there are four children at La Pointe in 1836, all of whom are considered babies that need constant care
Hall thinks that they are being neglected both in terms of education and actual care
the women are sick a lot and cannot care for the babies as well as mr. Hall thinks they should be
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Hall describes the Natives as having unstable character
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ightitnotbefortheinterestofthecausetocalloneofushomefortwoorthreemonths,ofwecanbespared,toconsultwiththeCommitteeandmakeeffortstoobtainlabourersforthisne
Hall is suggesting sending missionaries back to Boston for a few months to have them talk to the committee and obtain new people for labor
he also wants to keep the newly built houses in the hands of the committee and lend them to the Natives
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MissCookisnowatFondduLac.ShewentthereinMay&willprobablyremaintillnextspring.Heraidseemedtobeneededtheremorethanhere.MrElyiserectingsomesmallbuildingsfortheaccommodationofhisfamilyandschoo
Miss Cook is at Fond du Lac with Mr. Ely
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WehaveamoreformidablefoetoencounterinCathlolicismthaninheathenismitself
Hall believes that Catholicism is a bigger threat to the success of the missions than "heathenism"
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OneoftheseyoungmenspentthewinteratFondduLacwithMrEly
one travelling Native spent winter with Mr. Ely at Fond du Lac while travelling to Lac Courtiraille
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.GreenetoF.Ayer,MissionaryRooms,Boston,Jun
Greene suspects that soon the influx of white people into the "wilderness" will soon reach the missions in the Northwest
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AgreementbetweenNindipens&Ely,June16,18
Nindipens and Eninabonde make a deal with Mr. Ely that he can use all the grass and timber he pleases in the land that is his
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tseemsthatBoutwellisdepressed,andhasindicatedsuchtotheABCFMandtohisfamilybackeas
Boutwell is depressed
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Mr.Boutwellismoreinfaultthanyourself.Butinhemanwhomweemploytodothatbusinesswasaquentlytoinquirewhatheshoul
the tone of Hall's response suggests that he frustrated at the Mission and at Greene
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Youmustnotbefortsofthecatholics
Hall advises Greene not to let the Catholics upset him
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oallwhichwedesire,&whichwesupposedthatthedowhatweca
In response to Greene stating that abandoning the mission would be the next option, Hall says that it is their duty to do what they can
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rombelowarrived?Isfowhatarethey?Ifnotrecd:1whenissheexpected?ShouldIbedisappointedinaorderedcanyoufurnishmeandatwhatrate.Atwithgoods(principallydrygoods)?WhatistheknownwhentheRedRiverpeoplewillbedown.alvedandaretheydoingwell.IfIcouldnotleaveheretogoforthemtillthenrstofJunewouldnotthecareofthembetoomu
Mr. Ayer's questions for Henry Sibley, who resides at St Peters
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Oneonwhomandencecuthimselfseverelysomeweekssince—andavebeensicmorethanusual
help at Pokegama for the Ayer's family is low because of injury and sickness
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andmustbeforafewweeks—asourgroundforplantingisyetcoveredwithlogs&brush.
the Ayer's family arrived at Pokegama (?) and is unsettled due to house and land setbacks
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fheisneededmoreatFondduLac,oratsomeotherstationthanhere,hewillprobablylea
Sproat was supposed to go with Ely to Fond du Lac, but the sickness of Mrs. Hall made him stay at La Pointe to help Ms. Cooke with the school
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fIthoughtyouorLydiacouldbetion,AreyounotwillingtoserveChristinthisw
Hall essentially asks his sisters to come help at La Pointe
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Ihavebeenobligedtorenderilytotheneglectofimportantmissionarywor
because his wife is often sick, Mr. Hall has to do some housework, which takes away from the importance of missionary work
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Andbythebye,I.havenotmention-edthatI.hadahelper.TheMethodistssentout3YoungmentogotoLac.Courterei
Ely has 3 helpers for working the school
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Ifyoufind'DrSir,thatI.asktoomuch,Ihopeyouwillcheckm
Ely asks for a lot for the school in order to maintain the attention of attending students (scholars) and attract new members
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IknowtheIndian.Iknowhimwell,forIamanIndianmyself.Hethinkslittleandspeaksmuch.Hedoesnotlookbeyondthepresent,andhehatesyourobjectinhisheart,althoughitisoneofcharityandforthebenentofhimselfandchildren.
This is how the second chief of the Leech Lake band views Boutwell and his mission efforts
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MrElytcLJmenottosayanythingtoherbutwhipherdirectly,&thenadded,"sheneverdoessotome.Itisbecauseyouareslackinyourgovernment.Alas,Ifearitistootrue.Ifrequentlyspeaktoheroftenbeforesheminds.Imustbegin,adifferantcourse.Iwillspeaktoheronce,&ifshedoesnothear,speaktoheragain,&thencorrectherifshedisobeys.Some-timeswhentoldtodoathing,sheisheedlessaboutit&goesratherwnndslowlyIdonotknowwhattodointhatcase,ifsheunderstoodmoreitNbeverydiffere
Parenting styles
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836Jan.4MydearhusbandleftthismorningincompanywithanIn-dianboy,(Kucgetash)forLapoin
1/4/1836: Mr. Ely leaves for La Pointe with Kuogetash (Native boy)
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AmandthezealofPaul&thefaithofAbraham
Boutwell hired a Catholic Frenchman as a laborer, but feels that he is not a good representation of the faith, and has decided to do all laboring himself - he asks for a pious man to be sent to Leech Lake instead
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couldmarryanIndianwifebutsuchastepIampersuadedwouldcontributelittletomyinnuenceamongtheIndians—destroyforeveramongmyfriends—breaktheheartofanaffectionatemother&bringthegrayhairsofabelovedfatherwithsorrowtothegrav
Seymour is unaffective among the Ojibwe because he is unmarried (want to get married because of his "sense of duty"), but he feels that marrying an Ojibwe women would ruin his reputation
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ltthattheSpiritdirectedhi
Mr. Town will occupy Fond du Lac
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withhisfamily,toFondduLacinafewda
at the end of September the Ely family will return to Fond du Lac
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handedandthenrstyeardshimselfembarrassedandabletoadvancebutceneedstobere-enforced
Boutwell has been at Leech Lake for two years, working solo, so the progress is slow and needs to be re-enforced
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eretoassistMr.Hall.FondduLacistherefor
September 1835: Ely stays at La Pointe, Fond du Lac in unattended
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ourlettersofJuly7thtoMessrstreedaysagoandinformusthatwearetoreceiveno1eBoardthepresentseason
Mr. Greene is not sending any additional resources to the Missions in the Northwest
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onsecratedourdearbabeinbaptism.WecallherElizabethAntoinett
Boutwell and Crooks baptize their daughter Elizabeth Antoinette
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yhouse,whenIbegantooccupyit,hadadoor,threewindows&amudchimney,butneitherchair,stool,tableorbed-stead
Boutwell built his own house at Leech Lake
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heseventhdaythemessengerbroughtmeanmrmatlve[answer]&thenextdayIpackedupmyeffects,swungmypack&marched
In order to overcome suspicions of a mistress, Boutwell marries Hester Crooks
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ywifeisquiteillfrominnammationinoneofhereyes,whichissoswollenthatshecannotsee.Iamphysician,nurse,house-keeper.&c.whichoccupiesallmytimeandthoughts
When his wife is ill, Boutwell is forced to take care of the house
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esterCrookswasmarriedtoMrBoutw
Boutwell married Hester Cooks
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ywife,Innd,isnosmallcuriositytothispeople,thoughoneoftheirkindred,accordingtothenesh.HermannersanddressbeingthatofnAmericanwoman,whichmostofthenumberneversaw,excitesthestareandgazeofall,youngandold,maleandfemal
Boutwell's wife is an Ojibwe woman
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FondduLac.ReachedtisplBro.Hall,inlookingoverthMNHS.1Box.P2528aceabout2pm.Theafternoonwasoccupiedwithapremises.&c.withaViewtoapermanentlocationforamission,andinmakingarrangementsforBro.E.toremainherethepresentwinter.At8
Fond du Lac and Mr. Ely
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allseemedtodemandthatIshouldhaveawi
Mr. Boutwell's circumstances seem to him that he needs a wife
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houldyougotothisstationyouwouldbeexpectedtoteachtosomeextent,todidintakingcareofthesecularaffeirsofthefamily,andtobewiththeIndiana,asmuchascircumotencsewouldpermit,aidingthemcomeintheirattemptstobecomesettled&cul—tivatetheground,persuadingthemtoattendmeetingt,andsendtheirchildrentoschool,impartingreligiousinstructionasforasyoucould,bymeansofinterpretersorotherwise.Youmightalsodidsomeinprovidingcomfortablebuildingsforthefamily,iftheyshouldnotyetbefurniehod,andperhapsituiohtbeadvisableforyoutoaidoccasionallyatoneortwooftheotherattioneinthatvicinity,inthesamen
What Mr. Town would be expected to do at Yellow Lake
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hepo'sonsatthisstationno
Mr. Greene breaks down to Mr. Town who all is located at Yellow Lake
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WilliamTBoutwellPapers,MNHS.1Box.P2528March19[1834]Quiteillthismorning—withbile
Boutwell is sick
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nadditiontothearticleswhichIhaverequestedyouinformerletterstosendus,IwishyouwouldalsosendthreeorfourEnglishBiblesforgratitousdistribution,andan8vNewTestamentinlargetype.Alsoaflatfurcap,(thesizeshouldberathersmallforama3oruplainsuspenders,someshavingsoapasomecommonglassinkstands.Ihopetheshoeswillnotfailtoc
items that Mr. Hall requests from Mr. Greene
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Mr. Ely tells Mr. Boutwell that the first chief, La Gueule Plot, wants a school
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erequestthatHrSeymourorElymaybesenttoouraidnextspring"iftheLordwil
Mr. Ayer requests Mr. Ely or Mr. Seymour
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yIsupposeIam18yearsofag
Mrs. Ely is only 18
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Embarkedabout10o’ClkA.M.withmydearWife,onboardaboatbelongingtoA.M.F.Co,boundtoFondduLacinchargeofDoct.Borup....PeterAzhaniguonaccompaniesus.HeisaNativeofF.du.Lac—1/4/White,--ConvertedhaslabouredoneyearwiththeMethodistBrethren,&cameoutwithtwoIndianPreachers,toestablishaMissionatLacCourtereille.Itwasdeemedexpendeintbythemtoreturn&winteratLePointe.Br.HallemployedonasInterpreter--&Petercametoassistme.HespeaksonlyOjibue—reads&writestolerablywellmownlan
Mr. Ely and his wife are travelling to Fond du Lac
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amtobelocatedatSandyLake
Ely confirms he is to be located at Sandy Lake to teach
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rE.toteachtheschoolther
Mr. Ely will teach school at Sandy Lake
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ButIforbear,IhavealreadyraiserawarofexterminationifwhatIhavenowgivenyouismadepu
Boutwell knows these statement would cause the killing of many Natives if they were made public
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nInd.roullmostsurelytthesd—‘ventardofyourliberolity.Every
Boutwell sees the Natives as charity seeking
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hismightoperateasastimultuswiththemtocultivateafixavalueuponcorn,rice&0,atleastwithsuch,ascarstohavetheirohil.instructed,ratherthansquanderitinfeasts,&feedingsuchasaretooindolenttomakeagardenthemselve
Boutwell disapproves of the way the Natives handle food
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Ire—membered.tohavereadthe“servantienotabovehisMaster
how Boutwell views his relationship with the Ojibwe
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Thereisbutlittleprospectthatmanyofthemwillbebenefit—todmuchbyvhattheyheariftheycannotbeinducedtosettledown&cultivatethegroun
Ayer doesn't think Christianization will work unless the bands settle down and cultivate land rather than roaming for most of the year
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erewelefttochooseweshouldpreferhrE.ec‘woarewellacquaintedwithhim,andknowthatourvieweonthesubjectofplinlivingandvarioussubjectsconnect-edwithmissionaryOperationsharmoniz
Ayer expects Ely to close his Mission near Sandy Lake because not many Natives settle there and requests that Ely be sent to Yellow Lake because he has similar views to the Ayer Mission Family
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willbeverydesirableundersuchcircumtttnoeeinourunsettleditetetohaveamolefella:laborrwhoinadditiontoschooltoohingwillsuperintendtheconcorno0hi.Iall]ainstructtheIndia
Ayer requests another male for the Mission to teach and superintend while he [Ayer] is away
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IhaveoftennoughtdirectidnxoftheLordandampersuadedthatthein-terestofthemissionnonldventuallybemuchpromotedifweshouldobtainthissituation."
this remark indicates that Ayer is primarily concerned with improving the condition of the Natives through the building of a Mission in this region
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IthinkImntionedinmyformeroomntheun-dosirablanesaofnavina“lesion‘ttionintheneighbourhoodofatradingbonusona/oofthenoral3'tilonoothatreignsaroundthem
Ayer does NOT want a mission near a trading post because "of the moral pestilence that reigns around them"
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S.HalltoDavidGreene,LaPointe,November7,1833
Hall writes to Greene to tell him what the Mission needs: books, medicine, clothing, shoes
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hersthatLeechLakeistheplacetolocateamissionforthatIsectionofthecountry
I think this is saying that Mr. Ayer thinks Leech Lake, not La Pointe, is the best spot for a mission because so many different bands congregate there
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Mr.Warrenhasdoneallthisforusverycheerfully,butweoughtnottodependuponhimsomuchinfutureforthgesthing
the current mission at La Pointe is funded by Mr. Warren - local bands consider it his Mission instead that of the Board
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Mr.BoutnellremainayearatMackinaw,toassistHr.F.inthatmission,andtostudytheOjibwalanguage..Ou
Mr. Boutwell stayed at Mackinaw for a year to assist with the mission there and learn the Ojibwe language
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roceedtoMrWarren‘spost,atLaPoints,onLakeSuperior,whi
Mr. Hall, Mr. Ayer, Mrs. Hall, and Mrs. Campbell (interpreter) traveled to La Pointe on Lake Superior
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hispost133oncetheheadquartersof.hatiscalledthe“onduLac;opurtment.MrMorisonthanconotedtheInd,trdointhisDepartment&madethisplaoohishomeforsomeyearsprevioustohisleavingtheind.country.Thebuildingsarenewinamiserablestutu,consistoftwodwollinghouses,onefortheclerk&theotherforthomen,a-zmlllstable,&alargestorehouaeforgoodq&furs.Allrrubuiltoflogs&coveredwithcedarbark.‘r‘orisonenclosedaboutisor30auraswhichheimproved,inraisingcorn,potatoes&othervegetables.The3011larioh%easyofcultivation.11dhayinanyquantitynaybeobtainedfromtheprairiebanksofthet.Louis.Kr.H.Iamtoldkeptalargestockofcattle.HrCote,aFrenchman,13thenrosontclerk.
Mr. S comes to what was once Fon du Lao department where a Mr. Morison conducted trade with the Natives. it is now run down and run by Mr. Cote, a French man. The land is still good for agriculture.
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Mr. Warren helps provide for the mission; furniture, a cow, house space, firewood, produce from agriculture, labour
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Austen characterizes Mr. Parker as a man with immense pride towards his village. He boasts of the many benefits of Sanditon all while suffering from a sprained ankle.
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an additional burden
This sentence is particularly cruel towards Clara, and represents a shift through free indiret discourse from the narrator's perspective to the perspectives of one of the characters. However, it is difficult to determine whether or not the opinion is that of Lady Denham or Mr. Parker.
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- Apr 2018
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annotatingausten.sfsuenglishdh.net annotatingausten.sfsuenglishdh.net
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Day after day passed away without bringing any other tidings of him than the report which shortly prevailed in Meryton of his coming no more to Netherfield the whole winter
According to and article titled Courting the Victorian Women, "Courtship was considered more a career move than a romantic interlude for young men, as all of a woman's property reverted to him upon marriage". Mr. Bingley traveling is discussed as everyone's business, and "reports" are updated of his whereabouts. It's not that the town where the Bennet's live is gossipy, but rather so many young women are hoping to marry Mr. Bingley and wait for the opportunity to run into him conveniently, or can know how many times he has gone to see Jane Bennet etc.
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- Jan 2018
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www.juxtaeditions.com www.juxtaeditions.com
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declining and falling off the Rooshan Empire
Dickens evidently drew this idea from a note written earlier in his Book of Memoranda: "Gibbon's Decline and Fall. The two characters, one reporting to the other as he reads. Both getting confused as to whether it is not all going on now!" (21). Boffin and Wegg are reading Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. Dickens had an 1825 eight-volume edition.
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Teddy Boffin
In the manuscript, the first few times the name is corrected from 'Teddy." Dickens probably added the note below (Nicodemus. "Noddy Boffin") after he made the changes in the manuscript.
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naturally
In his Companion to Our Mutual Friend, Michael Cotsell notes that "Crude surgery and the Napoleonic Wars meant that wooden legs were not an uncommon sight in Dickens's lifetime" (50). See Cotsell for more on Dickens's possible sources for Wegg's wooden leg. The Companion to Our Mutual Friend. London: Allen & Unwin, 1986.
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Imaginary man.
his "Imaginary man" could possibly refer to the "French gentleman" in Mr. Venus's shop, but it most likely refers to Mr. Venus himself, an imaginary version of the taxidermist Mr. Willis, to whom illustrator Marcus Stone took Dickens for inspiration (see note above). In a letter to Stone on Februrary 28, 1864, Dickens wrote: "I have done the St. Andrew Street place, and have made it the last Chapter of the 2nd. No. I will send you a proof when I get it. It is very like, with an imaginary man and an imaginary place in the story." The full text of this letter is available on the Our Mutual Friend Scholarly Pages (University of California Santa Cruz) at http://omf.ucsc.edu/dickens/letters/marcus-stone.html.
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In which Mr Wegg looks after himself
Dickens told his illustrator Marcus Stone that “he had a personage who had just appeared upon the scene who was to have some eccentric calling, and that he could not find the calling that would suit him” (quoted in Michael Cotsell, The Companion to Our Mutual Friend [Allen & Unwin, 1986], 65). Stone took Dickens to see a taxidermist called Willis in Seven Dials in London, “an articulator of skeletons, a stuffer of birds, and dealer in bottled monsters.” "I suggested Mr. Willis, or rather his occupation, as an idea that might be suggestive," wrote Stone. "'It is the very thing that I want he said it couldn't be better.'" This real-life detour resulted in Mr. Venus’s appearance in the second installment. For more, see Michael Slater, Charles Dickens (New Haven: Yale UP, 2009), 524-25, and Francis Xavier Shea, "Mr. Venus Observed: The Plot Change in Our Mutual Friend," Papers on Language and Literature 4 (1968): 170–181, 170.
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Boffin’s Bower
The Boffins rename Old Harmon's place "Boffin's Bower," but it is otherwise known as "Harmony Jail" (see note above):
"Boffin's Bower is the name Mrs Boffin christened it when we come into it as a property. If you should meet with anybody that don't know it by that name (which hardly anybody does), when you've got nigh upon about a odd mile, or say and a quarter if you like, up Maiden Lane, Battle Bridge, ask for Harmony Jail, and you'll be put right."
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Certainly
Although the phrase "dust ground" does not appear in the installment, Dickens mentions the "dust mounds" in this chapter when Wegg visits Boffin's Bower. The mention of dust recurs at the end of the installment when Mr. Venus explains that Mr. Boffin brings him items he finds in the dust: "'The old gentleman was well known all round here. There used to be stories about his having hidden all kinds of property in those dust mounds."
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- Sep 2017
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lti.hypothesislabs.com lti.hypothesislabs.com
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An ideal man is an incomplete catalog of qualities waiting to be augmented, and in an ideal couple, each participant accrues from the partner precisely that which their relationship demonstrates each lacks alone. By this logic, falling in love catalyzes recognition of one’s short-comings, even as it promises to compensate for them.
But couldn't this definition of marriage, then, apply to Charlotte and Mr. Collins? Before their marriage, Elizabeth thought quite highly of Charlotte. Couldn't Charlotte's strong qualities improve Mr. Collins'? And though he is not an exceedingly charming character, I am sure he has a few qualities that Charlotte could be improved from.
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dickensnotes.com dickensnotes.com
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Boffin’s Bower
The Boffins rename Old Harmon's place "Boffin's Bower," but it is otherwise known as "Harmony Jail" (see note above):
"Boffin's Bower is the name Mrs Boffin christened it when we come into it as a property. If you should meet with anybody that don't know it by that name (which hardly anybody does), when you've got nigh upon about a odd mile, or say and a quarter if you like, up Maiden Lane, Battle Bridge, ask for Harmony Jail, and you'll be put right."
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In which Mr Wegg looks after himself
Dickens told his illustrator Marcus Stone that “he had a personage who had just appeared upon the scene who was to have some eccentric calling, and that he could not find the calling that would suit him” (quoted in Michael Cotsell, The Companion to Our Mutual Friend [Allen & Unwin, 1986], 65). Stone took Dickens to see a taxidermist called Willis in Seven Dials in London, “an articulator of skeletons, a stuffer of birds, and dealer in bottled monsters.” "I suggested Mr. Willis, or rather his occupation, as an idea that might be suggestive," wrote Stone. "'It is the very thing that I want he said it couldn't be better.'" This real-life detour resulted in Mr. Venus’s appearance in the second installment. For more, see Michael Slater, Charles Dickens (New Haven: Yale UP, 2009), 524-25, and Francis Xavier Shea, "Mr. Venus Observed: The Plot Change in Our Mutual Friend," Papers on Language and Literature 4 (1968): 170–181, 170.
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Certainly
Although the phrase "dust ground" does not appear in the installment, Dickens mentions the "dust mounds" in this chapter when Wegg visits Boffin's Bower. The mention of dust recurs at the end of the installment when Mr. Venus explains that Mr. Boffin brings him items he finds in the dust: "'The old gentleman was well known all round here. There used to be stories about his having hidden all kinds of property in those dust mounds."
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Imaginary man
his "Imaginary man" could possibly refer to the "French gentleman" in Mr. Venus's shop, but it most likely refers to Mr. Venus himself, an imaginary version of the taxidermist Mr. Willis, to whom illustrator Marcus Stone took Dickens for inspiration (see note above). In a letter to Stone on Februrary 28, 1864, Dickens wrote: "I have done the St. Andrew Street place, and have made it the last Chapter of the 2nd. No. I will send you a proof when I get it. It is very like, with an imaginary man and an imaginary place in the story." The full text of this letter is available on the Our Mutual Friend Scholarly Pages (University of California Santa Cruz) at http://omf.ucsc.edu/dickens/letters/marcus-stone.html.
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- Jun 2017
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www.musicalpassage.org www.musicalpassage.org
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Mr. Baptiste
We present one theory about who "Mr. Baptiste" might have been here. Given that all the information we have about this figure (as far as we now know) is what is printed on this page, does this theory seem convincing? What other possibilities might we consider?
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- Feb 2017
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static1.squarespace.com static1.squarespace.com
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There’s a self-seriousness that might not have been predicted from a show called Mr. Robot, but if viewers can run with it, it could be one of TV’s most surprising summer discoveries
For real tho!
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