History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . Mission FreiTiiBes at fklioa. The mission house at Edina is a plain substantial building of two stories,24 feet by 20. Seven acres of adjacent land were cleared, fenced andplanted, partly with a view to lessen the-expenses of the school, and partlyfor the purpose of giving the children habits of industry, and teaching themagriculture. The erection of the house was attended with many difficul-ties, owing to the habits of the natives. They are generally little accus-tomed to employment; and the most capabl
History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . Mission FreiTiiBes at fklioa. The mission house at Edina is a plain substantial building of two stories,24 feet by 20. Seven acres of adjacent land were cleared, fenced andplanted, partly with a view to lessen the-expenses of the school, and partlyfor the purpose of giving the children habits of industry, and teaching themagriculture. The erection of the house was attended with many difficul-ties, owing to the habits of the natives. They are generally little accus-tomed to employment; and the most capable men who were engaged towork on the house, soon went away, assigning as their reason, that theycould get more money by selling slaves. A slave factory was established »Died, January, 1838. CONVEKSIONS AT BASA ANB EDINA. *567 about the year 1837, at Little Basa, a town 20 miles north-west of Edina,and the business of buying and selling human beings was carried onthere, says Mr. Crocker, with an energy that threatened to depopulatethis region.* In June, the missionaries moved int
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