But the Indians, he added, were none or them ever hanged for stealing, and yet they did not steal half so much 5 and he supposed that if the Indians should become Christians, they would then be as bad as those, and hereupon he said, they would live as their fathers lived, and go where their fathers were when they died, I then freely owned, lamented, and joined tice.

with him in condemning the ill conduct of some who are called Christians; told him these were not Christians at heart, that I hated such wicked practices, and did not desire the Indians to become such as these, and when he appeared calmer, I asked him if he was willing that I should

come and see them

again.

He replied,

he should be willing to see me again, as a friend, if I would not desire them to become Christians. I then bid them farewell, and prosecuted my journey towards Delaware." BrainercTs Mission.

He died in 1747, of consumption, a martyr to the work which he had un1

dertaken.

pie,

The Nanticokes, or tide water peohad their seats, when the Europeans first met them, on the eastern shore of Maryland. At the time of the

removal referred to in the text they were not considerable in numbers. Gallatin the allies of the Six says they were Nations. Their lands in Maryland were sold, through the agency of Sir William Johnson, in 1760, and the money paid to the chiefs.

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