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a silver dollar out of his pocket, saying, Well, if youwill stay no longer, take this piece of money, which mademe burst into a flood of tears, and acknowledge, that Nosum of gold could ever reward him for his disinterestedlove, and fatherly care over me, in a strange land, whereI knew no mortal when I came here; begging the Lordto return his mercy upon his children; having threeamiable women, whom I loved as sisters, who were a cre-dit to him, and his beloved wife, who with himself, willever be gratefully remembered, as friends raised up byGod, to answer His own Purpose by me; and I trust whenall the children of God will be received into the King-dom, I shall see them, and hear it say unto them, amongHis sheep, Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye havedone it unto one of the least of these my brethren, yehave done it unto me. We parted with much affection,and my friends gave me this letter to keep in remem-brance their names. [20th 8th mo. 1805, Paris.] A testimonial received from Calvin Young, who introduc-ed Dorothy Ripley to the Oneida Tribe, or PaganParty. Vernon, July 26, 1805. A LADY from England, by the name of Dorothy Rip-ley, was introduced to me by a gentleman who came pas-senger with her in the mail stage, for the purpose ofpreaching to the Oneida and the neighbouring Indians.On Sunday, the 28th, I had the pleasure of introducing herto a part of the Oneida Tribe, called the Pagan party,who believe not in the Christian Religion, but in worship-ing the Great Spirit, by sacrificing and dancing. I in-formed the Great Chief that she had come a great way topreach to them. This Chief is called the Blacksmith, andis a complete savage in every respect, and very enviousto the white people; but in this instance seemed to bewell pleased with her visit, and expressed himself in thismanner, That the white people generally came to themunder a pretence of friendship, that after they had obtained