Father Pierz received Bishop Lefevere's letter of Sept.2, and came to Mackinac at the first opportunity to accept whatever the Bishop sent him and to obey the Bishop's command. But he got the Bishop's letter too late, and Father Otto Skolla had already engaged the services of Miss Taner for his school at Mackinac, and accepted also the services of Hamlin, a young man for the school at La Pointe de St. Ignace. By mistake, Skolla took both furnaces to his schools. Pierz took the one from the school at Mackinac and keft the other one. But he begs Lefevere to send 2 furnaces; one for himself and one for Father Skolla. This furnace should have at least 15 popes, since the ceilings of the schools are high and the one he has, has only 3. He received also glasses and 3 locks. He still needed bells for the savages. Lately Pierz baptized the chief and a dozen other Indians at Beaver Island formerly Castor Island. Others are preparing themselves to be baptized. Coming from this island, Pierz was nearly lost in the storm. On this island he established a catechism school for children and adults. He has now 6 assistants in the schools whom he must direct and visit from time to time. Under him there are many orphans, of whom Pierz would like to take care if he had the means. Trips to the schools cost him much money. Consequently, he asks Lefevere to let him know how much of the government funds he can let him have for the education of the savages. He wishes to obtain the money ahead of time to pay the assistants $1 per lesson and Madame Fisher $10 per month. Because the navigation will be closed for a long time he asks Lefevere to send Father Skolla and him a 8 months's allowance for their different expenses. The money should be addressed to Skolla. In his last letter to Lefevere Pierz mentioned the possibility of a loan from the government to the young savages to enable them to learn a trade at Detroit. But Lefevere did not like to see these young savages go away to the big City; he was afraid that the big City would spoil them. Pierz, however, believes that once the savages would learn a trade they would be able to work together for the good of the whole Indians tribe. These savages would be at Detroit under the direction of a priest. But Pierz does not want to do anything without the consent of the Bishop. :: III-2-h A.L.S. French 3pp. 8vo.