Letter. Brother Joseph did not write sooner because he wished to give Stuart an account of the Indians' situation. It is gratifying to see their desire to do well and fulfill all that he tells them. However, Brother Joseph's satisfaction is clouded by the wretched situation of the Indians. Last spring when Brother Joseph was away, the Indians planted very little. Since they do not now go hunting, they will consume all they have before the month of May. Stuart will probably ask what became of the two-hundred dollars he sent earlier. One hundred dollars went to pay the teacher, and that is very little for a man to live on. The other hundred dollars went for a yoke of cattle and farming utensils. They can do the buildings all themselves, but they have to buy planks and nails. If Stuart could let Brother Joseph have $100 or $150, it would procure the necessary materials for buildings and keep the Indians from starving. There is something else. Some fellows in South Bend, Indiana, wish to transport the Indians west in order to get their land. Brother Joseph is pretty sure of this and wants to prevent it. What right do inhabitants of Indiana have to meddle in Michigan? There is a party of Ottawa Indians about Gulf Prairie whose teacher is not honest and is trying to unite the Potawatomies with his Indians. the chiefs at Pokagon will never consent to this. But it would be good to unite different bands of Potawatomies.