Pierz acknowledges a check for $200 from Lefevere. During his visit to Grand Traverse, he baptized 25 savages. The Catholics there began a church, and Pierz asks for a priest there. He is very tired after travelling 1,200 miles among the savages. Sometimes he spent night and day on his horse or in his canoe visiting the sick. He begs for a good coadjutor because 3 or 4 priests are really needed in the mission. He paid all the teachers except the one from Manistee. As soon as he gets all the receipts he will send reports to Lefevere. He established a new school at Grand Traverse where he has 162 Catholics learning to read. He asked Lefevere to send more of Baraga's catechisms, since his own is not entirely finished. He got a letter from the archbishop of Vienna in which he told him that he sent Lefevere 160 pounds for him. He begs Lefevere to give this amount to Mr. Payment at Detroit, or by someone else to Bidel and Drew at Mackinac. The gold mine was only a good copper mine. He thought to give the mine to anybody who would give him half the profit. He still wishes to establish an orphanage. If Lefevere cannot give him the government money for education, he should try to get some of the $10,000 destined for the Indians. :: III-2-h A.L.S. French 3pp. 8vo.