THE CAUSE IN WESTERN NEW YORK. The Seneca Indians.
By R. F. Cottrell
BRO. SMITH: Bro. Ingraham has been with us in this vicinity four Sabbaths. Two were spent in Olcott, and two in this place. One in Olcott embraced the truth, and some others, we hope, will soon be enabled to take a stand with the little flock there. The church in this vicinity are rising, and we hope it is rising never to decline again. We hope this is the case everywhere. Bro. Ingraham and myself visited a little settlement of the Seneca Indians, on the Tonawanda Creek, about ten miles from here. There are some fifty or more professors of Christianity among them, constituting a Baptist church. We gave two lectures through an interpreter in their chapel. They manifested much interest. Their elder and deacon, and those among them who can read English seemed anxious to read, and we distributed some of our tracts among them gratuitously. Some said they believed from the signs that the coming of the Lord was near. We have reason to believe that the Lord has precious jewels among the red men, and some of them on the Tonawanda. We have reason to hope that the minister of that church, who is a man eloquent in the Seneca tongue, will embrace the truth. Should this be the case, the Message would soon go to their brethren on other reservations. May the Lord raise up some there to sound the Message in the Seneca tongue. I intend to visit them again soon, and give them further light on the prophecies, and on the Commandments of God. R. F. C.
Mill Grove, N. Y., Feb. 2d, 1857.