Sheldon McKnight is leaving for Detroit and will willingly undertake any commission for Lefevere. Menet forgot to tell Lefevere that last fall he received a letter from an agent of the Hudson's Bay Company written by the chief of the savages at Fort William Ontario, Canada, asking him to write to the Bishop of Toronto that the Jesuits should establish a house, not at Grand Portage, Michigan but at Fort William . The chief outlined the reasons for the preference. Menet sees clearly whence the idea came and what was the motive. He informed Father Clement Boulanger, S.J. telling him that perhaps there might be some temporal aid from the Company but that in the States one would have a freer hand, that for the rest Father Chone, S.J. could give him the information gathered on this subject on his trip to LaPointe, Michigan . Menet received an answer from their superior at New York, saying that he would rather establish the mission on the American side. There are many things at Fort William which would have served to set up this new mission but Father Francis Pierz has sold almost everything, even the bell. It seems that he is arranging to go to Iowa to establish a mission for the savages in that territory so he gave Menet to understand during his stay here. Father Joseph Hanipaux, S.J. made a trip to Tagwanminong, home of the savages of Cameron, Ontario, Canada. The chief and two or three pagan families seemed disposed to receive baptism but when the noise spread about that the priest coming from the Bay of Goulet would bring them the smallpox, he could not stay long enough for his purpose. He will return later to stop, if possible, the progress of error among these Baptist savages. Menet has lately received a letter from Cape Girardeau, Missouri. They say that the Sisters of Loretto and their director, Father Duparc David A. Deparcq, S.J. are disposed to establish themselves at Sault Ste Marie if they are asked to. Menet leaves it to Lefevere to see if this project can be realized. He knows how much Menet desires it. He asks Lefevere to let him know what he can do in the matter. Menet has a justifiable hope that he may also obtain some help from the Association of the Propagation of the Faith. :: III-2-h A.L.S. 1p. 4to 13