Ffrench: Members; whites 13, free coloured and black 76, slaves 155. St. Martin: John Nelson: Members; whites 25, free coloured and black 53, slaves 151. Tobago: James Cheeswright, W. Hurst: Members; whites loured and black 182, slaves 1392. St. Vincent: 1817: T. Payne, John Stephenson, W. Fidler, John Bridden: Members; whites 13, free coloured and black 188, slaves 3277. Hayti: 1827 Members; blacks 90. Montserrat: 1820 T. K. Hyde, Enoch Wood: Mem-2, free coloured and black 57, slaves 21. 'bers; whites 8, free coloured and black 72, slaves 67. Anguilla: John Hodge: Mem'bers; whites 49, free coloured and black 67, slaves 120. Barbadoes: Moses Rayner: Members; whites 6, free coloured and black 52, slaves 18. St. Eustathius: Patrick The total number of Whites is 875, which is a decrease of 92: the total of free coloured and black is 5649, and of Slaves 20,634; making a total of those two classes of 26,283, which is an increase on last year of 472. North-American Indians. THE following statements are collected, as in the last Survey, from such documents of the various Societies as have reached us. The number of the OSAGES, near the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers, is stated, in a census laid before Congress by the Minister of War, to be 5200; not 8000, as in the last Survey: the United Foreign M. S. has transferred this and its other Missions to the Board of Missions: the Stations are-Union, founded 1820; with seventeen Adults and eleven Children in the Mission Family, and 40 Indian Children from two to fifteen years of age-Harmony, 1821; with 24 Members in the Family and 56 Indian Children-Hopefield, 1823; having, beside the Family, eleven Indian Households-and Neosho; with ten Indian Households, beside the Family. CREEKS-in number 20,000: situated in Georgia and Alabama: the Methodists have, at Asbury, founded 1821, two Missionaries and an Assistant; with seven Communicants and 40 Scholars: at Withington, founded 1823, the Baptists have a Missionary and two Assistants, with 42 Scholars CHOCTAWS: in number 21,000: chiefly in the State of Mississippi, but some in that of Alabama at Elliot 1818, Mayhew 1820, and eight other Stations, the Board of Missions have three Missionaries, a Physician, nineteen Male Assistants, and eighteen Female: see pp. 299, 300 of our last Volume, for instances of the influence of religion on some of the Girls at Mayhew: the Scholars are more than 200, but the Returns are not given from some new Schools: the two most distant Schools are 250 miles from each other. The Methodists have lately established a Mission among the Choctaws. СНІСКА SAWS-in number 3625, according to the census above mentioned: in the State of Mississippi : at Monroe founded in 1820, and three School-Stations connected with it, the Synod of S. Carolina and Georgia has 68 Scholars, of whom 23 are Girls: 40 of them can read the Scriptures the Mission Family consists of five Males and two Females: the appropriation of 35,000 dollars by the Nation, mentioned in the last Survey, is exclusively to the support and increase of Schools CHEROKEES-9000 in number, east of the Mississippi, according to the late census of the Minister of War, and 6000 west of that river; but, according to another census, 15,160 east of the Mississippi, including 280 Whites married to Natives and 1377 Negro Slaves. Among those to the east, the Board of Missions founded Brainerd in 1817, and have since increased the Stations to seven ; and have therein four Missionaries, a Physician, twelve Male Assistants, and fourteen Female: more than 50 Cherokees became Communicants in the year: Schools for both Boys and Girls are maintained at all the Stations. Among the Cherokees to the west of the Mississippi, the Board have at Dwight, founded in 1820, two Missionaries, a Physician, three Male Assistants, and eight Female, with more than 60 Scholars; making, with the children of the Missionaries, hired labourers, and visitors, a family of more than 100 persons: 80 acres of land are under cultivation, and the buildings are 20 in number: an account and obituary of Naomi, a Native Christian at this Station, may be seen at pp. 267, 268 of our last Volume. The United Brethren have a Missionary and 13 Scholars at Spring-Place, founded in1801; and two Missionaries and an Assistant with 7 Scholars at Oochgelogy, founded in 1821: there are between 20 and 30 hopeful converts. The Baptists have at Valley Towns, founded in 1820, a Missionary and six Assistants, with 50 Scholars; and, at Tinsewatte, a School with 16 Scholars. In 1823, the Methodists began a Mission: at Gunter's and Newtown, they have three Missionaries, with Native Assistants: there are 283 Members. POTAWATAMIES, OTTAWAS, and MIAMAS; south of Lake Michigan: the Baptists have, at Carey, a Missionary, and two Male and three Female Assistants, with 66 Scholars: 12 Indians have been baptized: the Methodists began a Mission in 1824; and have 14 Scholars. CHIPPAWAS-in the Michigan Territory: Mackinau, founded in 1823, has been transferred by the United For. M. S. to the Board of Missions: there are one Missionary and three Assistants; with 17 Members, and 115 Scholars 60 of whom are in the Family: several of the Scholars came from a distance of more than 1000 miles; and four of them, it is stated, from the Red River, a distance of 2700 miles. The Station at Fort Gratiot has been suspended. WYANDOTS-in the northern parts of Ohio, at Upper Sandusky and Canara River: the Methodists revived a Mission in 1821 which had been under the care of others, but had fallen to decay: there are four Missionaries; with 34 Boys and 33 Girls, many of whom read and write well: a great change has taken place among the Indians: 303 have, in all, been admitted Members. MAUMEES: on the Maumee River, in Ohio: transferred, in 1825, by the Western Missionary Society, to the Board of Missions: there are five Missionaries, and 30 Scholars. WINNEBAGOES, MENOMEENEES, and ONEIDAS: at Green Bay, in the Western Territory, the Episcopal Church formed a Station in 1824: there are two Missionaries and an Assistant. SIX NATIONS: the United For, M. S. has transferred to the Board of Missions its Stations at Tuscarora, Seneca, and Cataraugus: these Stations are now more closely united: at Seneca' there is a School for the more promising children of the other Schools: there are three Missionaries, three Assistants, and 113 Scholars. Among the Mohawks and the Missisaugah tribe of Chippawas in Upper Canada, the Methodists have a Station on Grand River, and have 150 Members. At New Fairfield, in Upper Canada, the United Brethren have two Missionaries among the DELAWARES. At two Stations on the Red River, south of Lake Winnepeg, among the NORTH-WEST INDIANS, the Church Missionary Society has two Missionaries and two Assistants: a full account of the proceedings in this Mission was given at pp. 624-637 of our last Volume. Labrador. UNITED BRETHREN-NAIN: 1771-OKKAK: 1776-HOPEDALE: 1782. Missionaries-at Nain: Henn, Lundberg, Mueller; married: Hertzberg, Glitsch; singleat Okkak: Kmoch, Knaus, Kunath, Stuerman; married: Koerner, single-at Hopedale : Morhardt, Stock; married: Mentzel, single. Some particulars relative to the state || people: in all, 350 inhabitants-Hopedale of the Mission, and an account of the Since the departure of the ship last year, nine children and two adults have been bapEsquimaux lately exhibited in England, tized, two received into the congregation, six are given at pp. 441-445 of our last made partakers of the Holy Communion, five Volume: from the communications re-added to the candidates, and five children ceived we collect the following summary and eight adults departed this life: the number of inhabitants is 188, among whom 65 are view. communicants. the Society is now attempting to support a Mission there; and, last year, appointed Mr. George Ellidge to that service: the Committee state Nain: Our congregation has been increased this year by four families from OkWESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY. kak: the number of inhabitants at Nain is, at present, 228. Four adults and eleven Visits have been paid, from Newfoundchildren have been baptized, three persons land, to the Esquimaux who lie to the received into the congregation, eight ad-south of the Brethren's Settlements: mitted to the Lord's Supper, and seven to the class of candidates-Okkak: In our own family, as a company of fellow-labourers in the Lord's vineyard, we have experienced much of the grace and mercy of our Saviour: His peace reigned among us; and we were blessed with health, slight indispositions excepted. Our labour in the service of our Esquimaux flock afforded us much cause for joy and thankfulness. The congregation consists of 97 communicants, 15 candidates, 34 baptized adults but not yet communicants, 33 candidates, 119 baptized children, 52 new Mr. Ellidge has fixed on Snook's Cove, on the Labrador Coast, as the place for commencing a permanent Mission; and left St. John's, Newfoundland, to winter there, having made preparations for building a house and obtaining stores for the winter. This place is considered to afford most convenient access to the Indians. Greenland. UNITED BRETHREN-NEW HERRNHUT: 1733-LICHTENFELS: 1758-LICHTENAU : 1774-FRIEDERICKSTHAL: 1824. Missionaries-at New Herrnhut: Grillich, Schuman; married: Tietzen, Ulbricht; singleat Lichtenfels: Eberle, Mehlhose; married: Koegel, single-at Lichtenau: Ihrer, Mueller; married: Baus, single-at Friedericksthal: Kleinschmidt, married: De Fries, single. At pp. 273, 574 of our last Volume, || an account appears of the First Year of the New Settlement of Friedericksthal: of all the Settlements, except Lichtenfels from which there is no return, we have collected the following particulars :New-Herrnhut: The congregation amounts to 370,of whom 168 are communicants. Peace, love, and joy rule in the congregation: the Lord has approved Himself, in a peculiar manner, the Shepherd of His flock: the people grow in grace, and in the love and knowledge of the Saviour: 28 have been admitted to the Lord's Supper or received into the congregation-Lichtenau: Last Autumn, three Heathen Families arrived; and have proved, by word and deed, that they are under the influence of the Holy Spirit: 11 adults and two children from among the Heathen have been added to the Church by baptism, three were received into the congregation, and sixteen admitted to the Communion: six couple were married: from Easter 1825 to Easter 1826, there have departed this life 41 baptized Greenlanders and one unbaptized; the Brethren and Sisters rejoicing in the hope of being with the Lord for ever: at the close of the year 1825, the number of inhabitants amounted to 670, among whom 69 were yet unbaptized-Friedericksthal: During the winter of 1825-26, there were baptized 51 Heathens, and 21 persons were admitted to the Lord's Supper: several Heathen Families have requested permission to live here. In externals, also, our Heavenly Father has cared for the Greenlanders: they have been sufficiently successful in fishing and catching seals and eider-ducks, and an immense number of sea-fowl. OUR BRETHREN... ARE THE MESSENGERS OF THE CHURCHES AND THE GLORY OF CHRIST: MARCH, 1827. Biography. OBITUARY AND CHARACTER OF REV. PLINY FISK, WHO DIED, AT BEYROUT, OCT. 23, 1826, AGED 35 YEARS. SOME notices on the Death of this distinguished Missionary occur at pp. 64 and 222 of our last Volume: the publications of the Board of Missions, under whom Mr. Fisk laboured, furnish most of the following particulars. From a Letter written by the Rev. Isaac Bird and the Rev. W. Goodell, dated Beyrout, Oct. 25, 1825, we extract the chief circumstances of their beloved Associate's Last Illness and Death. It was on Tuesday, the 11th instant, that Br. Fisk first spoke of being ill: he supposed that he had taken cold, but pursued his studies as usual; and, in the afternoon, walked into the city, and made several calls. In the evening, after uniting, as usual, in reading the Scriptures in Arabic, he said that he felt himself too ill to make any remarks, and requested Mr. Goodell (in whose family he was) to make a few: he, however, prayed in Arabic, with his usual fervency, though not with his usual length. Having bathed his feet in water, he retired to rest; with the hope of perspiring freely, and of being better in the morning. His hopes were, however, disappointed: he passed a restless night; and, on Wednesday the 12th, had, toward noon, a fit of ague: an emetic brought away a profusion of bile, threw him into a free perspiration, and persuaded us all to expect for him a comfortable night. But we were again disappointed: this night was more restless than the preceding. On Thursday the 13th, he appeared much better during most of the day; and was able to attend our Weekly Prayer-Meeting, with which he afterward expressed himself much gratified and refreshed. Toward night, he be came exceedingly uneasy, and some incoherent expressions betrayed a disordered state of his mind. March, 1827. Several succeeding days and nights were passed much in the same manner : his nights were restless and tedious; but, by day, he seemed tolerably comsation-and taking part in it; frequently fortable-sitting up-enjoying converdesiring the Scriptures to be read-remarking on the greatness and importance of the subjects treated of—and enlarging particularly on the preciousness of the promises. Hymns, which we often read or sung at his request, always seemed to revive his spirits, and awaken in him feelings of devotion. To different individuals of his acquaintance, he often let fall such remarks as shewed where his own mind was fixed; and such as tended to lead theirs, also, to useful reflections. To his Arabic Master he said, "You have been teaching me grammar; but here I am taught a higher branch of knowledgehumility, submission, and patience." To another friend he remarked, that it was useful sometimes to be brought low on a bed of sickness: it was in itself a trial; but we had, in the midst of it, this glorious consolation, that we could apply to an All-sufficient Redeemer for support. His case, as yet, did not appear particularly alarming. Nothing, to human view, was wanting, but some skilful physician to prescribe for him a few simple remedies. No such physician was at hand. Dr. Dalton, from the Jews' Society, would have been the man whom we wished, but he was at two days' distance; and the circumstances of his family were such, as to preclude every hope that he could leave it. We looked with some confidence U |