Baraga is disappointed that he has not yet received a letter from the Bishop to assure him that the Bishop has received the "Answers" to the questions of the government, which were sent in the fall 1847. Baraga worries and asks for just one line about that matter. A short time ago he returned from a mission which he had opened in the mining camps at Keweenaw Point. There were not as many people there this winter, as last, but they are still numerous everywhere and Baraga hopes that more will come. They asked him again if they could hope for a permanent priest. He told them what the Bishop had written him concerning it. Baraga has also received a sad letter from Father Francis X. Pierz in which he writes about his discontentment with the Bishop. Baraga does not know what it is about, as Pierz did not explain. Baraga wrote him a long letter about the duties of a priest towards his Bishop and told him to write a conciliatory and respectful letter to the Bishop and to put himself under the Bishop's obedience. Baraga begs the Bishop to let Pierz remain in L'Arbre Croche the little time which he may yet live and to receive him graciously when he writes, for charity's sake. He asks the Bishop to write to Pierz first, if he does not write soon. Baraga is sending a small school report. :: III-2-h A.L.S. French 1pp. 8vo.