Father Pierz received from Mackinac a package containing 18 English and French books, which are very welcome to his school children. He supposes that the Bishop had sent him the package and he thanks him for it. He received also a letter from a good friend from Europe dated November 16, 1835 in which is mentioned the shipment of a little box, marked P.no. 451, 9 pounds with different presents to the Indians, but he has not yet received it. He hopes it is on the big ship which is to arrive in a few days. The Bishop should attend to it if he hears about it. He also asks the Bishop about his belongings whose loss he feels more strongly every day. He begs him to inquire about them at the place where it was stated that they have been burned. Pierz would gladly pay for any expenses connected with it. He also would like to receive an early reply to his letter of March 15, 1837. The enclosed letter with the $2 is to be given to that gardner. In Sault St. Marie the warm weather has only now begun, but on Lake Superior there is still ice which is beginning to break. The mission is doing fairly well, but Pierz does not have that consolation with the Canadians as he had with his Indians of last year. He expects daily the carpenter from Lacroix and hopes to start soon with building of the church. The people in Sault suffer of hunger, for they have nothing else but a few fishes to eat. There are no provisions here anymore. Therefore everyone is waiting with great longing for the ships which bring the provisions. :: III-2-g A.L.S. German 3pp. 8vo.