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Brainard, C. N. May 14th 1829 Respected Madam, When our teacher received her boxes she read a letter from you she told me that you requested her when she wrote that some of her scholars would write. When Miss Ames receives letters from her friends if she does not answer them immediately I feel sorry for them because I think they will expect a letter every time the mail arrives and will be disappointed, but I think they will know the reason that it is because that she is so much engaged in school. Miss Ames has a great many letters from the north and it seems that in almost every one they think of her as one of their own family. I thank you very much for the cloth you sent me for my frock and likewise thank Nancy for the treats she sent me. Please tell her that I have a sabbath class of the little girls that do not understand much English, I explain their lessons to them in Cherokee and tell them who the sermon was about. One of the gentleman reads a sermon on sabbath days because we have no minister. I have four that recite in the testament and I will give them the treats as rewards. Before the boxes came I thought about some rewards but I did not know what to give them. We have a society among the Cherokee scholars we are trying to make somethings as the Northern ladies do in their societies to get some money for the Board so that they can send out more