Pierz pays his respects to Lefevere and sends him the receipts from his teachers, whom he payed the first of the month. There is no receipt from Kosegwad, teacher at Middletown, because he had not taught school for a long time. Pierz received $150 from Lefevere through Watson's agent at Mackinac. He asks Lefevere to send him the balance of his salary for this year because on June 16, he will have to pay 3 notes and for the American workers finishing the saw-mill, which should be ready in about 3 weeks. After this he will have no trouble in meeting any expenses. Pierz is not through visiting the affiliated missions of Grand Traverse and has already more than 206 Catholics and a great number of pagans preparing themselves to be baptized. The Indians insist on having a priest to stay there and want also to build a church. Pierz's conscience does not want to accept any such unconstitutional circular as this Presbyterian chicque has made, using the government's name. He will still establish a strong mission there. Pierz hopes that Lefevere will not be dissatisfied by this action. The Presbyterian ministers do not have more authority in this place than himself. Pierz is still saddened by the report of the commissioner for the Indian affairs talking of deporting the Indians to the West of the Mississippi. He asks Lefevere to send him any information concerning the sentiment of the government toward the Indians. Ever since Pierz heard that Henry Schoolcraft was employed by the government with a salary of $1,000, he lost all hopes for the Indians. This gentleman has already started working in the state of New York. One of the Indian chiefs answered Schoolcraft as follows: "Why do you want to chase us from our own land? Can you tell us what crime we have committed? You hate us without any reason and your whites persecute us as the whites have hated and persecuted Jesus Christ our Lord to death." Pierz' mission, under the benediction of God, proceeds very well and Father Ignatius Mrak begins already to speak in Indian and heard confessions of the sick during Pierz' absence. Last winter there were many deaths and there is still a great number of the sick. The savages ask Pierz if Lefevere would come to visit them next spring. Pierz always gives them the hope that Lefevere will come as soon as he can. Pierz believes that Lefevere's visit would do a lot of good among the savages. Pierz wants to know at what time of the year Lefevere would like to give him the honor of his visit. Pierz proposes the day of Corpus Christi to assist at the procession at Arbre Croche, unless Lefevere has to go to Detroit to assist at the procession there. After Corpus Christi Pierz wants to pay a visit to the Indians of Lake Superior to look for his clothes and to give them consolation, but to trip t see these Chippewas will cost a lot of money. :: III-2-h A.L.S. French 3pp. 8vo.