. Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly . d hiswife. Mr. ^Menaul has accepted an apj^ointment to medical work under theIndian Agency, and receives his support fiom that source. The mis-sionary work of himself and his wife is chiefly that of example, sjmpa-thy, and influence, biit not of du-ect evangelizing labor. Mr. Robertsand his wife retuiiied to New Mexico in the autumn, under an ap-pointment from the Puel)lo agent as teachers ; the Board consentingto supplement the insufficient salary of the government, in order tosecure for the Indians the benefit of missionary laborers. O
. Annual reports of the boards to the General Assembly . d hiswife. Mr. ^Menaul has accepted an apj^ointment to medical work under theIndian Agency, and receives his support fiom that source. The mis-sionary work of himself and his wife is chiefly that of example, sjmpa-thy, and influence, biit not of du-ect evangelizing labor. Mr. Robertsand his wife retuiiied to New Mexico in the autumn, under an ap-pointment from the Puel)lo agent as teachers ; the Board consentingto supplement the insufficient salary of the government, in order tosecure for the Indians the benefit of missionary laborers. On thesame arrangement, Mr. Tniax went to New Mexico in the autumn,expecting his wife to join him there in the spring. These brethrenexpected to open schools in two Pueblos, not far distant from SantaFe. The Indians gave almost unanhuous consent to their plans ;and, but for the Romanist priests, they would have had many schol-ars. The opposition encountered by them from the priests has beenbrought to the attention of the goverament. Mr. Truax afterwaids. Tiak MISSIONS AMONG THE INDIANS. lY went to the Navajo reserve, hoping to engage in useful work there ;and ^Ir. Roberts, at the suggestion of the agent, removed to Taos,with the expectation of opening a school in a Pueblo near that was not meeting with much encouragement, however, and wasstudying the Spanish language, with a view to evangelizing workamong the New Mexicans, \vh(:» speak only that tongue, and who con-stitute much the largest pari of the inhabitants of the territory. Mrs. IJaymond, members of the church of Santa F6, were en-gaged as teachers at the Pueblo of San Juan fi-om December 1st, onthe same joint arrangement as to support as in the cases above men-tioned, ihey, too, have encountered the hostility of the priests, buthave been able thus fai- to hold the ground. As yet, but little that is encouraging can be reported of Indian Mis-sions in New Mexico. These Indians may be g
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