Resolved, That we will have our own meeting house, and place
    in the pulpit whom we please to preach to us.

    Resolved, That we will publish this to the world; if the
    above reasons and resolutions are not adhered to, and the Rev.
    Mr. Fish discharged.

    The foregoing addresses and resolutions were adopted by a vote
    of the tribe, almost unanimous.  Done at the Council House at
    Marshpee, May the 21st, 1833.

        EBENEZER ATTAQUIN, President.

        ISRAEL AMOS, Secretary.

The Hon. Josiah Quincy, President of the College, promised to attend to this matter, said that he had long been satisfied that the money from the Williams fund had not been applied to the object for which it was intended, and hinted at an intention to send no more to Mr. Fish till he should be better informed concerning the matter. (We understood that he actually did retain the money, though he never found leisure to make the inquiry alluded to.) He said that, had it been in the summer, he would have gone himself to the place.  Summer has passed away, and we have seen no Mr. Quincy yet.  We have heard that he was requested by several gentlemen to come and investigate our affairs, but we suppose he thinks that the poor Marshpees cannot have been wronged.  However, as nothing has been done, we think it is time that the public should be made aware of our views and intentions.

Leaving Marshpee for New Bedford, I preached at several places on my way, and delivered lectures on Indian affairs.  Many of the advocates of oppression became clamorous, on hearing the truth from a simple Indian’s lips, and a strong excitement took place in that quarter.

Some feared that an insurrection might break out among the colored people, in which blood might be shed.  Some called me an imposter, and others approved of my proceedings, especially the Quakers, whom I ever found benevolent and ready to help us.  Their generous good will toward colored people of all races is well known.  I feel bound to say, too, that there were others of the highest respectability in those parts who were anxious that their red brethren should obtain their rights and redress of their grievances.

When the time I had fixed for my return to my friends at Marshpee arrived, I turned thitherward, and reached the place on the sixth of June.  Here I met the blind preacher, whom I had never before seen.  He bade me welcome, and cordially agreed to join me in my labors, saying that God had listened to his prayers.  He had for several years prayed for an assistant, and now consented to labor in conjunction with me for the spiritual and temporal advantage of our brethren.  We went through the plantation together.  On the Sabbath there was a large meeting, and the assistance of God enabled me to preach to them, after which we set forth, as a delegation to the Governor and Council in Boston.  We stopped at several towns by the way, to discharge our duties, as Christian ministers, and were kindly and hospitably received by the teachers.