. An Historical account of the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts : containing their foundation, proceedings, and the success of their missionaries in the British colonies, to the year 1728 . he Interpreter and Schoolmafter perceivedall their Labour was loft, and that they were frequently in Danger of their Lives if theywent out of the Fort. The Society re-ceived thefe Accounts with much Diffatis-fadion, as being extre^mly contrary to whattheir good Defires had made them , they were fo unwilling to aban-The Society ^Qj^ ^]^js wrctclicd Pcoplc to
. An Historical account of the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts : containing their foundation, proceedings, and the success of their missionaries in the British colonies, to the year 1728 . he Interpreter and Schoolmafter perceivedall their Labour was loft, and that they were frequently in Danger of their Lives if theywent out of the Fort. The Society re-ceived thefe Accounts with much Diffatis-fadion, as being extre^mly contrary to whattheir good Defires had made them , they were fo unwilling to aban-The Society ^Qj^ ^]^js wrctclicd Pcoplc to thcmfclves,iTmor/^^;//.T,that they would not difmlfs Mr. AndrewsTo^^i^t^^^^ his Miffion, upon his own Reprefen-to thisMatter. ^^^-JQn of his ill Succefs. They wrote tothe Governor of New-Tork, Robert HunterEfq; acquainted him with the Accountsthey had received, and requefted the Fa-vour of his Excellency, to caufe an Inquiryto be made, whether Mr. Andrews Labours were the Iroquois Indians, were fo fruitlefs among the Indians, andfubmitted it to his Judgment to difmifs if they (hould be found fo. TheAccounts tranfmitted hither were foundtrue upon Examination, and Mr. Andrewsleft that mifcrable Race of Men. 311. X4 CHAP. 312 Miffionaries fent CHAP, XIL J confiderabk Number of the Inhabitants^Bofton petition King CHJRLESthe Second^ that a Church might heallowed in that City^ which is after the Rife of this Society, federalother Towns build Churches:, and dejireMiffionaries might be fent to them. The9eopk of Rhode-Ifland build a Churchy,and have a Miffionary fent them. ThePeople of Providence, Narraganfett,Newbury^Marblehead^Briftol^Stradford,defirc Miffionaries, and build Churches;Miffionaries are fent to each Town, andthe Church People increafe. Miffionariesfent to Fairfield and Braintree. A newChurch is built at Bofton, ©r. Cutlerappointed Minifier. Two Schoolmafiersfiipported. Twelve Churches built inthis Government. If A Confiderable Number of the Inh
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