The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-07
PASTOR LEES ASCENSION.
mann or THE TENER tBIE PRIEST
or SHINN LCOCh UTLLS.
Nillcrlrm Among the Indians Of Soutbhnmp-
ton-iIow Sirdnsc Woman Broke up n
Church nut Converted Miulsier.

Nillerlrm Among the Indians Of Soutbhump-
ton-iIow a strange Woman Broke up n
Church nns Converted n Minister.
SOUTHAMPTON, t. l., Dec. 3.--Within "a
distance ~ two miles from this interesting
hamlet, one Of the Oldest. II not the oldest,
English settlement on Long Island, are the
Shinnecock Hills, overlooking the ocean, and
stretching from the outer limits OF the village
down to where the lsthmus ON which G noe
Place stands, divides the Great P,cOnc from
Shlnnecock Hay.
On these hills dwell the meogre remnant Of
the once proud trilo Of Shnne,ooks. they arc
now Indians only In name, aud number but 2V0
souls.
About thirty years ago there came among them
fugitive slave from South Carolina, who WIS
not long in making himself popular with them,
and IN course ~ time he became their minister.
Ia the past third of u century he filled large
space In the unwrtten pnyc. Of the history ~
the tribe. lie was renarkelle character aud
has Just departed f'r better Land
James l.. Loc, better known ma Priest I.ee,"
ran away fr9m south Carollna In slavery days,
hoped that in the ever ch ansinF course of events
he might some day be- enabled to return ~ his
southern hurC, r claim his loved ones aud pass
the remainder ~ his life with thcm. unswed by
foar Uf oVerrccr's whin ami secure In tho feet
ins tn'i 70 traI'r would cY'r ~ nun i%rnm rom ,ne
dim hunrs faded, aud thtn they died out alto
gother, wnen one daN ho le rncd that his wife
aud children lad been long separated, aud that
she had been dead i'r two or three years.
nfGtNNINu 4 Nrw LIFE
1ime hcai, ~ thines. Lee emerged gradually
from the de pihs II gloom into which his crush
INK gricf had cast INN. and aided by tho rude
.,mpe,ui u bis NO" fuuei frienos. he entered
with fresh vi2nr upon the lah"r of HE. ltrst he
taught htmsef to rcau. ami became the best
scholar on the reservation. Then he took 10
himself Il wife, thc sister OF Luther and David
white industiiousN engaged I'm providing by
manual labor for the support ut his household.
found time to mako clu.o study VI the Biule.
He saw its truths by the dim, uncertain light of
ignorant enthu-ia.r but tn him they were Hll as
plain ~ daV; and toe mN,tc'ieS ot prophecy ne
thought he read with eve strengthens b, in
spira'iOn Ito began to preach. aui as spiritual
guide waxed stronger nd stronger In the afec-
uun- NJ his people. who bN unanimous consent
had 10y iius tine made him an hOnored member
~ the trire.
II must not be inferred that Priest Lee had
developed into pfodigJ of learning. lie had
not attempted tu iup.iet the at.ifusc philo-o ophY
~ the schools; hn had never heard OF tue
Fithers ~ the Church and bis knowledge ~
~ strm- was confined TO q vague notion ~ a
difference nctw'en lnc tdlNiuislc doctrine and
that ~ lteoiore Parker. Is II hi- people be-
lieNcd bin 20 he paragon " ,earnine. and his
eN.sesis ~ ss'rii nfll point was never ques-
other preacher whom the poet has immortal
iIed;
,ayieiia'H,r ,eoi i ! ss ia,rripE.
That uitu aiuaus ncitft is had.
tNili Uot be imrroy' d b, ruraingI
but sought b, uraNot 80 bnng the hereto 10
saving knoWltngo "ithe truth A. he saw u.
STRANGE woMAS APrLNHs.
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,r Hs'', tr, ,',, Al, - W.. . ,, ''u ~, Wv @ Wy
vet We neople g. belief in tho doctrines of
w. ~, 49,, E w.. A. - ~, @ Wv s,ou s
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J.' '''H'u" wv =" =. q" -. Mn'0n l WIS pr.acn-
,is, 'o u%as' % ~ 70 t'lilun, n'i n,su- GU
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preached to A haudfuI Of lfui hearer- a sea h.
ins sermon ~ tinst ia'se prophets. ms. - his
di-nhN. did not nave the u"'ired eject Tor on
the following Sunday inerc was not a. soui IN the
| house We hlmscli'his ne. hud ms SON Slowly
anu rtdN ne put NaN hi- hiI'IN' ana walked out
into tte htld vince thr 'llaig' woman Wr-
iTthrulnf !" We "pth hio"lhtd Nhlhnecochs.
ne ll-lrNtd' Nhu "r he lit H.