Baraga received the Bishop's letter of Aug. 30 and also one from the Archbishop of Vienna who notified him that $300.- have been sent to him. Baraga took notice that Bishop Lefevere used the $300.- as a down payment for the $400.- which he said to Mr. Crooks for Baraga, also that the Bishop is endeavouring to get the $300.- of government annuity for him. Baraga thanks the Bishop and begs him to assist him further, as he has hardly any other income than what he receives from Europe. The people of his mission as also those of Fond du Lac and L'Anse are very poor. They can hardly support a priest. About the receipts for which the Bishops asks, Baraga does not know how to write them now as he had been told to send blank checks, signed with his name to the Bishop who would fill them out and date them as he saw fit. Baraga declares that he cannot receive any government payment, either for last year, or for this year until September but he hopes that he will receive a small part of the $250.- from the treaty of Lapointe. He has not yet received official assurance of it. However, Baraga begs the Bishop to let him have the $300.- which his friends and relatives have sent specially for him to pay his debts to the Fur Company. The bishop should give that sum to the agent of that Company in Detroit, who will show him the bill. The Indians of Grand Portage are about to make a treaty with the Government and will receive their payment next year, if the treaty is ratified. In that case, they could easily support a missionary and they hope to get Father Francis Pierz . Again, Baraga mentions that he will spend his winter in L'Arise, Where he intends to build a little chapel in honor of St. Francis Xavier. He asks no extra money for that, but the Bishop should pay the $300. of this year and not mention any more the $400. of last year and everything will be well. Baraga intends to leave for L'Anse in a few days. He is very sorry that he could not obtain another missionary for the missions on Lake Superior. He asks the Bishop to send him one on the first boat next spring. He also regrets it greatly that the Bishop could not come this year and hopes he can come next September. :: III-2-h A.L.S. French 3pp.