History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . llings, which in many instancesare decently furnished. The station among the Shawanoes is seven miles south of the Missouririver, and three miles west of the State of Missouri. Mr. Lykins and hisfamily, of the Carey station, commenced the establishment in July, necessary buildings were erected with little delay. In August, 1832,Rev. Alexander Evans, of Carlisle, Indiana, who was appointed in February,arrived with his family, and in November Mr. Daniel French, of Piqua,Ohio, who was sent out as a
History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . llings, which in many instancesare decently furnished. The station among the Shawanoes is seven miles south of the Missouririver, and three miles west of the State of Missouri. Mr. Lykins and hisfamily, of the Carey station, commenced the establishment in July, necessary buildings were erected with little delay. In August, 1832,Rev. Alexander Evans, of Carlisle, Indiana, who was appointed in February,arrived with his family, and in November Mr. Daniel French, of Piqua,Ohio, who was sent out as an assistant to Mr. Lykins. On these accessionsto the station, a church was organized. A school was soon commenced ;the children living at home, but taking their dinner at the mission missionaries preached at stated times to the Delawares, who are theimmediate neighbors of the Shawanoes, on the north, and the blessing ofGod was granted in the conversion of several individuals among them. InSeptember, 1833, the fourth convert from that tribe was admitted to the SHJIWANOES. *541. church. On that occasion five Indians united with the missionaries in thecelebration of the Lords supper. In October, Mr. and Mrs. Meeker, of the Carey station, with Miss Brownfrom Sault de Ste. Marie, arrived at Shawanoe. It was their purpose tolocate themselves among the western Ottawas, but as only seventy of thetribe had yet arrived from Michigan, they remained at Shawanoe. immediately engaged in printing elementary books, in various In-dian languages. They were printed upon the new system invented by themissionaries, and very great advantages were expected from their dissemina-tion. Rev. Mr. Evans was dismissed from the service in the spring of 1834. In November Captain Blackfeather, mentioned in the history of the Otta-wa mission in Michigan, expressed a strong interest in the subject of relig-ion. He said he had never lost the impression of the first conversation whichhe had wit
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