"Mr.
Edwards and Mr.Young are working to establish other missionary posts.

Heckewelder is here now in the interest of this branching out." "How long will it take me to learn the Delaware language ?" inquired Jim.
"Not long.

You do not, however, need to speak the Indian tongue, for we have excellent interpreters." "We heard much at Fort Pitt and Fort Henry about the danger, as well as uselessness, of our venture," Jim continued.

"The frontiersmen declared that every rod of the way was beset with savage foes, and that, even in the unlikely event of our arriving safely at the Village of Peace, we would then be hemmed in by fierce, vengeful tribes." "Hostile savages abound here, of course; but we do not fear them.

We invite them.