Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-10-06

more zeal for christianity, than know
ledge Of the constitution Of the human
mind, employed in missionary labors.
Littieis 10 be expected from preaching
abstruse doctrines to men who have
never been taught the exercise Of their
thinking faculties. The American
board of commissioners for foreign
missions have profited by experience of
the abortive attempts Of others: they
have auatomixed the mind aud know
its properties and structure; they have
learned Ito borrow the expression Of
the poet) that the twig must be bent to
give fashion 10 the tree.
The FIRST school in the Cherokee ma.
ton was founded by the Rev. Abraham
Steiner, under the auspieies Of the Mo-
| ravian Society of Salem, North Carroll
ma, about twenty years ago, and has
been continued without interruption.
hut on limited scale, ever SINCE
The Rev. Mr.. Gamboid is the present
missionary. He is q plain worthy
man. and supports his family chiefly
by the labor Of his own hands, while
his wife. u woman Of uncommon men
tai eDdowments, instruets ten or fifte u
Indian children. On the Sabbath Mr..
g. breaches, Charles Hicks. chief,
and the second man nominally in the
nation, but in influence the first, is
member Of his church, aud is repuisd
an intelligent and devnut christian who
does honor to his profession.
But the most considerable school is
at Chickamaugnh .the local name
Brainerd) under the superintendent Of
| the American board Of commissioners
for foreign missions. Its first instruct
or was the Rev. Cyrus King ,bury, who
| went into the nation three wears ago,
bnt left it last winter to found school
among the Choctaws. II is due, how
ever, to the distinguished merit Of the
Rev, Gideon Blackburn of Tennessee,
to state here, that he was the pioneer
! ia this business, having, by his indivi-
| dual exertions, maintained q school,
laugh, by himself, in that part Of the
nati"n, many years ago; which, hnw-
| ever, the difficulty OF suhsistins, aui
much unfaunded obioq"y, thrown upon
his conduct and motives, made it expe
uieu' Tor nam 10 abandon.
The present head Of the missions is
the Eev, Hard Hoyt, venerable, pi
Gus, sensible, and discreet man, who.
with his wife and six interesting chi
iren, Left the pleasant valley of Wyo
ming, in Pennsylvania, IN encounter
the difficulties and endure the priya
ticns of a wilderness, with the single
view of extending the blessings Of eiv;:.
iizaiion and christianity among The
Cherokees. The teacher of the schuol
Is Mr.. William Chamberlain, of Yer
mont: The steward aud manager MIR.
Moody Hall, of Fray, in New York
aud besides Milo Hoyt, the soa Of the
| missionary, there are two young men
/ learning the Cherokee language, with
view 10 enerease the utility Of their
tAhors, Daniel s. Bu.rick aud L. Long.
This institution is very creditabIy
patroniZed by government. The ex.
oenses OF the buildings for the accom-
nodation Of the families attached 10
he o'ission, Of the Indian pupils, and
OF the school, are betrayed by Col.
Meigss the Indian agent, who farnisll.
IL,
all the requisite implements OF nus.
baDdry. A fertile tract of land is
loaned to the missionaries so lone IA
their institution exists, which serves
the double purpose of lessenins the
burtben OF expense upon the board of
missions, and Of initiating TIE Ioaisn
youth into the principles and practice
Of agriculture.
The school is conducted on tho LAM
easteriaD plan, and consists Of Gly-
three scholars, Of whom forty uine are
Indians. ] spent day, taught and
beard every cue of The classes myseif,
and declare that never saw q bet.
ter regulated school, or scholars Of
inore promising dispositions and Ia
leots. They were quick Of appreI,en
sion, retentiso 10 memory, dnciie aud
ajeetioDate. The greater number Of
the scholars we're between eight and
twelve gears Of age; few were sixteen,
and enc, think, was eighteen. This
last was a young woman Of much merit:
she read well, conversed sensibly, was
grave, diSuifed, and graceful in her
manners, bandSome in her person, and
wonid be on ornament to almost any
society WAS told that at their fe-
male society meetings, when asked TO
pray, she always unhesitatipgly did so,
and in manner peculiarly feryid and
eloquent. Her name is Ca,hariue
Brown Not four years ago she wore
the dress, spoke the language, and had
the manners of her nation. lydia
Lowry, Alice Wilson, and Peggy Wolf,