A few days ago he received a letter from the Bishop assigning to him the parishes of Prairie du Rocher and Kaskaskias and the surrounding areas. He would rather go to the people in the river bottoms who have fevers or to the village of Cahokia or to the Indians? since there are already 4 priests in St. Louis where 3 suffice. He is not joking. He makes his proposition and will accept the Bishop's decision as the Bishop is better informed. The Bishop knows that Father Louis Dusaussoy has gone and that Father Regis Loisel has in mind to leave St. Louis and go to the seminary or to one of the villages. He himself hopes to return to the missions for 5 or 6 weeks to live, from May 28 to the middle of July, when he will return to St. Louis. This the Bishop must not know or he would not have given him care of these two parishes. He will therefore expect a new letter from the Bishop., P.S. James Timon will be with Father Saulnier on May 11 at Louisville. He has heard that Timon's brother-in-law Mulligan has died. Father Dusaussoy goes to Baltimore on the vigil of Palm Sunday with Father Van Quickenborne. If a man dies unrepentant is he to be buries in holy ground? This letter seems to be in very bad Latin. :: IV-3-i A.L.S. Latin 2pp. 4to.