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deeply afflicted, praying to the Lord, to avert all danger from them and their People, and take them under his gracious protection! - and that he also in his Mercy, would cause the works of darkness, which at this present time, one so [detrecrively?] carried on among the hea then, to cease; that the lives of those signs, sent heathen might be preserved for the good purpose of tunring them from their heathen, ish way cents him"*

It appreared, from the conduch of the lavages, in taking this Chief thro the brotherens settlement, and burning him so near their village, that this plan had been denied, for the purpose of drawing the alteration of the musionaries and their Indians, to the Cech they were committing here while, forgetting Joshua for the moment, he of the name time, would be executed, at the place they had come from, so that they, would be too late, if they afterwards came to look for him.

Johsua, before and after being places on the burning pile; prayed non servently to God her forever; and continued either maying, or ringing married to the kord, united his strength was exhausted, and death closed his career. One incdian from that greater an acquaintance and friend and friend of mine, who writned the scene, afruned me and others; that our brother Joshua, remained.

• letter from the missionary pledge,

to the missionaries of Gothem.