Lefevere sends Babcock his report of the Indian schools in the Catholic missions under his superintendence for the year ending September 1848. The proficiency of the Scholars who attend regularly has been as great as any previous year except those of Pokagan, Mackinac, and Point St. Ignace where the attendance is irregular. The progress of the Ottawa Indians at Arbre Croche, Michigan has been flattering. Their schools have been better attended than preceding years, except at Middletown, Michigan . About 300 were baptized during the year. The Indians of this mission live chiefly by fishing, each family, however cultivates some acres of ground, make their own clothing, build neat houses especially now since through the efforts of Father Francis Pierz they have the use of a saw mill. With regard to the mission at L'Anse, Keewenaw Bay, Michigan among the Chippeway nation, the condition of the Indians under Father Frederic Baraga is continually improving. The letter stops here; it is evidently the rough draft of the letter sent to Mr. Babcock, the Indian agent. The enclosed report on the Indian schools for 1848 lists schools at Arbre Croche, LaCroix, Middletown, Mackinac, Point St. Ignace, Anse Keewenaw, Pokagan, and Point of Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan with the names of the teachers, number of scholars, their blood, and the courses taught. Ottawas, Chippeway and Potawatomies are listed. Probably a first draft. :: III-2-h L. and D. unsigned 4p. 4to. 10