New things succeed new things until all is destroyed. Probably their Indian agreement will not obtain the sanction of the Senate, and so the Indians will, within 20 days, meet at Mackinac where it will be proposed that they, after 50 days, depart from the territory. If Rese knows anything better to be done in his name or that of DeBruyn, he should write immediately as this matter will not be settled in a day. He asks that Rese decide something positively about Father Francis Pierz whose interpreter has left him and will not have returned when this letter is received. If Rese so wishes he should authorize Mr. Abbott to pay for the interpreter and for what time. He has tried to carry out what rese told him about Black Bird. When he went to Mackinaw he found that,, 1. Black Bird had promised his daughter Margaret to his non-Catholic daughter who lives in the Presbyterian mission, because she had been wrongly handled by Madame LaFramboise, and, 2. that Margaret inserted complaints in her letters to her sister., 3. He has heard that Black Bird intends to give a section of land to his non-Catholic daughter and her non-Catholic husband. But DeBruyn does not believe this. Concerning Margaret, DeBruyn is not much disturbed since Madame LaFramboise is a good disciplinarian and the child has moments of youthful petulance from which small difficulties arise. When he was in Mackinac, he asked the brother of Margaret, whom he saw frequently with her, three times to bring in his boat four pounds of candles for the church. Three times he refused in front of Mr. Biddle and appeared to hide something. DeBruyn did not have time to investigate the matter, but he will investigate in a few days unless he gets contrary orders from Rese. He will cite the father and daughter and can easily let the daughter go lest there be a schism since she is loved by many. DeBruyn consoles Rese on the horrible theft and desecration. He awaits an answer. :: III-2-g A.L.S. Latin 3pp. 8vo.