1824.

in successful operation, Mr. Kingsbury and Mr. Williams left Brainerd, about the first of June 1818, for the Choctaw nation. They selected a site for their station, and about the 15th of August felled the first tree. "The place was entirely new, and covered with lofty trees; but the ancient mounds, which here and there appeared, shewed, that it, had been once the habitation of men." The station was named Elliot, in honor of the "Apostle of the American Indians." This mission has six stations.-Elliot, Mayhew, Bethel, Emmaus, and two which have not yet received names.

ELLIOT. Within the chartered limits of the state of Mississippi; on the Yalo Busha creek; about forty miles above its junction with the Yazoo; 400 miles W. S. W. of Brainerd; and 145 from the Walnut Hills, on the Mississippi.

Mr. Cyrus Byington, Licensed Preacher and Missionary; Dr. Wm. W. Pride, Physician; Mr. Joel Wood, Schoolmaster; and Messrs. John Smith, and Zechariah Howes, Farmers.

MAYHEW.-On the Ook-tib-be-ha creek, twelve miles above its junction with the Tombigbee, and 100 miles E. of Elliot. Commenced in the spring of 1820.

Rev. Cyrus Kingsbury, Missionary and Superintendent of the Choctaw Mission; Mr. William Hooper, Schoolmaster; Mr. Calvin Cushman, Farmer; and Messrs. Philo P. Stewart and Samuel Wisner, Mechanics.

BETHEL. On the Natchez road, southwest of Mayhew. A school was established here in November 1821.

Mr. Loring S. Williams, Schoolmaster. Mr. Stephen B. Macomber, Schoolmaster, resides here for the present.

EMMAUS.-About 140 miles south-easterly from Mayhew. Commenced near the latter part of 1822.

Mr. Moses Jewell, Schoolmaster, and Mr. Anson Gleason, Mechanic.

Mr. Elijah Bardwell, Farmer, and Mr. Anson Dyer, Schoolmaster, commenced preparations for a school near the centre of the Six Towns, during the summer past.

Rev. Alfred Wright, Missionary, resides in this district.

Mr. Adin C. Gibbs, Schoolmaster, has, also, commenced a school, recently, in the neighborhood of Mingo Moo-sha-la-tubbee, in the S. E. District of the nation.

Mr. Samuel Moseley, Licensed Preacher

and Missionary; Messrs. David Wright and David Gage, Schoolmasters; Messrs. William Holland and Josiah Hemmingway, Farmers; and Mr. Ebenezer Bliss, Mechanic, are on their way to Brainerd, where they will receive such an ultimate destination, as shall appear to be best when the Corresponding Secretary shall arrive there, on his contemplated visit to the stations situated on this side the Mississippi.

V. MISSION AMONG THE CHEROKEES OF THE ARKANSAW.

Commenced in the year 1820. There is only the station of

DWIGHT.-On the west side of Illinois creek; four miles north of the Arkansaw river; and 500 miles from the junction of the Arkansaw with the Mississippi, following the course of the river.

Rev. Alfred Finney and Rev. Cephas Washburn, Missionaries; and Messrs. Jacob Hitchcock, and James Orr, Farmers.

Mr. Asa Hitchcock, Mechanic, is on his way to join this mission.

Remarks on the Indian Missions.

Among the Indians, the Board has thirteen stations. At seven of these stations, churches have been organized. About sixty Indians and blacks have been received into these churches; and there are several, at almost every station, who are seriously disposed. With the Moravian church, in the Cherokee nation, about thirty Indians are connected. From the missionaries of the Board, more than 500 Indian children and youth have received the rudiments of a Christian education, and thousands of adults have heard the Gospel.

The Indians live principally in villages, great numbers of which are scattered through the wilderness; and at most, if not all, of these villages, they would receive Christian preachers with kindness, and would attend respectfully on the public worship of God. They have made greater progress, within a few years, in civilization, and in preparation for receiving the means of grace, than is generally supposed. The Cherokees, especially, have courts, court-houses, judges, and a police; and many of them possess comfortable houses, cattle, and cultivated fields.

The object of the Board is, to place schoolmasters and evangelists in every district, who shall perform the same labors, and exert the same kind of influence, as the village schoolmaster and parish minister in New England. And the time may not be far distant, when, from almost every hill in the Indian country, shall be seen the spires of churches, overtopping the wilderness, and imparting a religious and pleasing aspect to the whole landscape.

VI. MISSION AT THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

Established in April 1820. The principal station is Hanaroorah, on the island of Woahoo. Another station is at Wymai, on the island of Atooi. The present distribution of laborers is not yet known, as intelligence has not been received of the arrival of the reinforcement, which embarked at New Haven near the close of last year.