Father Skolla gives a report about himself and his congregation. He went to St. Ignace, Michigan in November 1843. His first consideration was the school there, and the arrangement for a new schoolteacher. He himself, gave instructions for several days, until the new teacher, Mrs. Sophie Graverod came on Dec. 1, 1843, as a teacher in the public school. She is now stationed there, is well contented and so is the whole congregation as she does not spare herself any and is instructing the young people in all good works. There were only 6 to 8 pupils in the beginning, but now there are 20, although in winter a great many are prevented from attending either by illness or by the distance. Skolla has also married a person who used to be a Presbyterian and who after a month of instructions was baptized and who now attends the school daily. He instructs the grown up girls and women in the evening, with none of the other sex present. The contract with the teacher allows her pay according to the days and hours of teaching only and the amount that may seem expedient to the Bishop. She has only some scattered fragments of books, but she is better provided than Augustine Hamlin who was not contented at all. For this and other reasons Skolla dismissed him in the name of the Bishop. Skolla then asks what to do with those Indians in Mackinac who are like brutes, still ignorant about the Christian religion, and who desire to marry. These men in the woods being ignorant even of their own forests and their minds totally absorbed by fishing. Seeing their poverty of spirit he remained with them a month and gave them instructions in the Christian doctrine every other day, prepared them for the Sacrament of penance and after recited with them the rosary. Skolla thanks Lefevere for sending him the Directory. The Indians and other people living in St. Ignace are trained in Indian idioms and are greatly pleased to hear something about the word of salvation. They gather together every evening, wishing to hear the Gospel and the Indian catechism. Skolla very gladly complied with this wish. To arouse in these people of St. Ignace some predilection for temperance, which is very necessary, he tried to animate them lately to look upon temperance as a nurse of good thought. The people of Mackinac island, which is also his charge, greatly enjoy dancing. When Skolla heard of an abuse in this, he proceeded to speak against that nuissance in such a way that many murmured, being touched in their hearts. The Bishop himself had given an equally serious and firm speech against this abuse to the Canadian Indians in 1843. The preceding Sunday Skolla published the announcement against the liquor sellers, while Lefevere had given to Father S. Santelli the year before refusing the sacraments to those who sell liquor or get intoxicated. Anyone who desires to marry will not be able to marry until he solemnly promise to give up drinking liquor. In Lent Skolla intends to make public in the churches the rescripts Lefevere had given him in 1843. He intends to visit the school daily, etc. Lontson Martin, the first janitor of the church at St. Ignace, and who is exceedingly good, honest, and very sollicitous man for the church and presbytery, is quite worried about Lefevere's garden near the presbytery, as Skolla had reported before in a letter to Lefevere. He is also worried about the annual account then to be paid and about the home of Father Florimerit J. Bonduel, for the account must be paid annually for each alternately. For that reason, Martin asks from Lefevere a decision. :: III-2-h A.L.S. Latin 3pp. 8vo.