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Michigan Abel Bingham
Captain Billy, a chief of the same age and grade of Jacket, replied : " They had been advised," he said, " by their great father, the president, to get missionaries among them, educate their children, and listen to the Gospel; we are as determined in our purposes as you, and we shall keep them."
This ended the discussion. A letter was given me, signed by a majority of the principal chiefs of the nation, authorizing my friends to bring back my goods to Tonawanda, which was done. After eight weeks of quiet, opposition appeared in a new form, by the arrival of a sheriff, with a warrant of removal. I told him my family was in no condition to be moved, having a little daughter (Mrs. Hulbert) just one week old. I went to see the judge who issued the warrant, but he had no disposition to quash proceedings. He said if I continued the school, though not living on the reservation, that would subject me to the penalty of imprisonment. I contended it would not, and referred the point to a lawyer present (brother-in-law to the judge), who replied in the affirmative, saying, " common sense would teach it.
Early Michigan Preachers
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