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among us who pretend to possess powers of milder character. Such as making rain, alloying a storm or whirlwinds -- playing with thunder & fore telling future events with many other trifling conjurations not worth mentioning, but they are generally living monuments of [[fear?]] to the young and grave Redicule for the those in mature years. There about 8 churches, where the gospel is preached on sabbath days with in the Nation. They are missionary stations supported by missionaries, Presbyterians, Baptists and Methodists and each of these churches have a goodly number of pious & [[unclear]] members and others, not professors [[unclear]] to preaching with respectable department. I am not able to say the precise number of actual Christians, but they are respectable in point of number & character. And many a drunken, [[unclear]] & good for nothing Indian has been unseated from [[unclear]] & have become a useful Citizen. Portions of Scripture & sacred hymns are translated and I have frequently heard with [[unclear]] is ]]unclear]] a Cherokee, unacquainted with the English take his [[tent?]] & preach [[unclear]]
among us who pretend to possess powers of wilder character. Such as making rain, alloying a storm or whirlwinds -- playing with thunder & fore telling future events with many other trifling conjurations not worth mentioning, but they are generally living monuments of [[fear?]] to the young and grave Redicule for the those in mature years. There about 8 churches, where the gospel is preached on sabbath days with in the Nation. They are missionary stations supported by Moravians, Presbyterians, Baptists and Methodists and each of these churches have a goodly number of pious & exemplary members and others, not professors [[albeit?]] to preaching with respectable deportment. I am not able to say the precise number of actual Christians, but they are respectable in point of number & character. And many a drunken, idle & good for nothing Indian has been unseated from error & have become a useful Citizen. Portions of Scripture & sacred hymns are translated and I have frequently heard with astonishment a Cherokee, unacquainted with the English take his [[tent?]] & preach [[unclear]]

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among us who pretend to possess powers of wilder character. Such as making rain, alloying a storm or whirlwinds -- playing with thunder & fore telling future events with many other trifling conjurations not worth mentioning, but they are generally living monuments of fear? to the young and grave Redicule for the those in mature years. There about 8 churches, where the gospel is preached on sabbath days with in the Nation. They are missionary stations supported by Moravians, Presbyterians, Baptists and Methodists and each of these churches have a goodly number of pious & exemplary members and others, not professors albeit? to preaching with respectable deportment. I am not able to say the precise number of actual Christians, but they are respectable in point of number & character. And many a drunken, idle & good for nothing Indian has been unseated from error & have become a useful Citizen. Portions of Scripture & sacred hymns are translated and I have frequently heard with astonishment a Cherokee, unacquainted with the English take his tent? & preach unclear

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