Father Saenderl hopes that the Bishop has been informed of his and Mr. Drew's debts. Saenderl asks Rese to warrant the payment for the present and then to notify the amount either to him or Father Joseph Passerat C.SS.R. in Vienna, to which also the heavy expense for the boxes of Father Francis X. Haetcher must be added. Saenderl has already written to Father Passerat about it. The situation of the Indians is becoming critical. Saenderl had secretly instigated them to offer the government the sale of the Maintou Islands on Lake Michigan, because these islands are absolutely useless to them, and he had hoped by this transaction they could pay their debts. Saenderl is now sorry about it as he did not know the size of their enormous debts. Augustine Hamelin called for a general assembly in which Saenderl's proposal was accepted. But now Saenderl was informed by Drew, that the Indians on the east side of the lake owed him $50,000 and those on the north-west side $30,000. Nothing is more welcome to Mr. Drew than a debt like this and he will do everything that not only these islands but the whole Territory should be sold, because these islands along are not sufficient to satisfy his demands. to this must be added the claims of the half-breed who usually received the greater part. If one considers the willingness of the government to buy territories from the Indians at all times, especially since Michigan became a state, it is easy to see that the fate of the Ottawas will soon be the same as that of the Potawattomi. Besides the inexperienced Hamelin put himself unfortunately in opposition to Mr. Drew after he became chief. Christians and heathens disagree more than ever, because they are secretly influenced by John A. Drew, who has made them suspicious of treachery from Hamelin. He has also roused Drew's jealousy by attempting to settle a young convert, a merchant, in L'Arbre Croche. Saenderl had warned him of the impossibility to establish himself, unless he has the permission from the governor of Michigan, because Drew and Henry Schoolcraft can easily drive him away again. However he relied on the promise of Hamelin, who had thought the Indians to be absolutely free in their Territory, and he began to make preparations. Saenderl's warning had made little impression on him. When Drew came back he easily frustrated everything, the agent refused the license, after Hamelin had put himself in opposition to Schoolcraft. Drew will not rest until he has reached his intentions and this he can do best by inciting the jealousy of the heathen chiefs against the young Hamelin. That was the situation of the Indians when Saenderl left them. :: III-2-g A.L.S. German 3pp. 8vo.