If Marivault has not answered Lefevere's letter of August it was because his superior Father Edward Sorin, C.S.C. was to pass through Detroit and he figured they would discuss the mission of Pokagan. Lefevere promised to come and Marivault, waiting from day to day for him, did not write. Further he did not like to say that the cause of the trouble was the deed for the land of Pokagan. He asks Lefevere to let him speak of the situation. The Indians are discouraged that the position of the priest among them is so bad. He would forget his own sufferings if he had a co-worker. The Indians wish a suitable church, or else they ought to announce that the mission will be discontinued. They have lost Mantiwasibi which might have been saved if Lefevere had come when he promised. The Indians are dissatisfied by his failure to keep his promise three times during the year. The Indians do not look to the justice of his reasons. Marivault prefers 300 Pottawatomies to 1000 other Catholics if the mission gets what it needs. While they could have a mission without a church, if they had a church they would also have hopes of reuniting a good number of Indians around the church. They can manifest a good intention by preparing for that construction. Marivault would give his own goods if he could not get the money from collection. He would not do like the people of St. Joseph and kalamazoo . He asks authorization to build on the forty acres which is reserved for the mission and for which the Bishop of Vincennes has the deed. Father Edward Sorin, CSC, the superior will be at Detroit. Sorin just returned from Vincennes and Marivault understood that Bishop has renewed his claim on him. Marivault had promised to write as soon as Sorin returned. Happily Sorin has said nothing of the things he feared and he remains in Lefevere's diocese. :: III-2-h A.L.S. French 3pp 12mo