A historical sketch of the "Old Mission," and its missionaries to the Ojibway Indians : on Madeline Island, Lake Superior, Wisconsin . Lyman M. Warren, Edmund F. Ely, Borap, Mrs. E. Borup, Mr. John Campbell, Mrs. E. Camp-bell, Mr. F. Ayer, Mrs. E. Ayer, Misses Delia Cook and SabinaStevens. This organization was the Plymouth Bock of Congregation-alism in Wisconsin. On August 25, they elected Mr. Warrenas Deacon and A. D. Newton as Clerk —no other officers. Theyvoted to observe every Saturday evening as a season of prayerfor a blessing upon this church, and the cause of Christ in thiscountr
A historical sketch of the "Old Mission," and its missionaries to the Ojibway Indians : on Madeline Island, Lake Superior, Wisconsin . Lyman M. Warren, Edmund F. Ely, Borap, Mrs. E. Borup, Mr. John Campbell, Mrs. E. Camp-bell, Mr. F. Ayer, Mrs. E. Ayer, Misses Delia Cook and SabinaStevens. This organization was the Plymouth Bock of Congregation-alism in Wisconsin. On August 25, they elected Mr. Warrenas Deacon and A. D. Newton as Clerk —no other officers. Theyvoted to observe every Saturday evening as a season of prayerfor a blessing upon this church, and the cause of Christ in thiscountry. The church maintained its Congregational character tillafter the transfer of the mis-sion to the PresbyterianBoard in 1870. It was re-organized according to Pres-byterian polity, Aug. 6, 1834, Mr. Boutwell wasmarried at Fond du Lac toMiss Hester Crooks, one ofthe missionary teachers. Shewas a daughter of RamsayCrooks, who is mentioned inIrvings Astoria. She waspart Indian by descent, butwas well educated, and wasa woman of great naturalforce and intelligence. Theybegun a missionary work atLeech Lake, in what is now. Mks. W. X. Boutwell. 28 THREE BRANCH MISSIONS IN 1835 CATHOLIC MISSION FOUNDED. Minnesota. It is supposed they were the first couple, marriedaccording to Christian rites, to begin housekeeping within thepresent boundaries of Minnesota—perhaps excepting the familyof an officer at Fort Snelling. The Boutwells lived for sometime in a lodge of bark at Leech Lake. Their provisions thatcame from white settlements had to be brought from Fort Snell-ing, part of the way on mens backs. The missionaries of that time were not strangers to long andhard journeys. Nor were these always undertaken in requires an athletic,constitution, write Messrs. Hall andBoutwell from La Pointe, 1833, Feb. 7th, to shoulder ones packand march five or six days in succession through the uninhabit-ed wilderness, perhaps with a pair of snowshoes on the feet,and at night to enc
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