Baraga is again in Copperharbor on his way to Fond du Lac Minnesota. When he was in Lapointe in August, Father Otto Skolla told him that he has not been in Fond du Lac this year. Many people from there are complaining that they have been entirely abandoned. That has pained Baraga so much that he promised them to visit them this fall and to stay with them until New Year's day and then return to L'Anse on snow-shoes. It is certainly sad to see such a vast district in which missionaries could find so much work, to be almost without any priest. Skolla does not go anywhere, so Baraga is obliged to go from L'Anse to Fond du Lac, a distance of 350 miles. Again he begs the Bishop to send morezealous missionaries. On Oct. 4 Baraga had send the Bishop the "Answers" for the government and asks him to read them so he would be a little informed about Indian affairs. Baraga was greatly pleased that the Bishop has honored his money order payable April 1848. Again he asks the Bishop to excuse his arrangements but they were made for the good of the missions and in 1848 he will not have so many expenses. He asks the Bishop if his grand Cathedral in Detroit is almost finished. Baraga wants more news from the Bishop, also the Metropolitan Almanac and the Ordo for 1848. The Bishop should address his letters to L'Anse where Baraga will receive them on his return. :: III-2-h A.L.S. French 2pp. 8vo