LETTER FROM AN INDIAN.

David Tatankaota recently wrote the following letter to Miss M. C. Collins.  David is the missionary in Thunder Hawk’s village, a new mission recently opened by the American Missionary Association.  Miss Collins writes that David sent his report together with this letter and a collection of $5.50 from the Indians in his mission: 

     “January 26, 1895.

     “WINONA, MY FRIEND: 

“I will give you a letter.  My children and wife we are all well.  Every Sunday brings praying.  Some are beginning to understand the Bible.  At the second service on Sunday I ask some to pray and some to talk.  Also at the Wednesday prayer meeting these are ready to respond.  Chasinghorse, Flyinghorse and Whiteagle.

     “Thunderhawk is growing a little stronger (spiritually).  He and
     his family are always at church.  I have said enough.

     “Your friend,

     “DAVID TATANKAOTA.

     “This is written with my own hand.  Amen.”

Translated by Miss Collins.

The Chinese.

GLEANINGS FROM THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 31, 1894.

BY REV.  W. C. POND, D.D.

This is old news.  But the report has been delayed in order that the treasurer might keep his books open till the very last offering pledged to us in aid of the work for that year could be collected, and thus, as much as possible be paid of the salaries which remained unpaid at the end of the year.  We had no deficit.  The mission does not run in debt.  It never uses the resources of a new year to pay the arrears of the one preceding.  Consequently there was only one thing to do when it became apparent that our resources would not be equal to our needs, viz., to authorize our workers to cease work and close the schools, and to say that should they continue in the work, we could promise them only this, that we would do for them all that was possible to us.  The final result was that our workers—­steadfast and faithful—­after having given their usual donations, squared accounts in January by extra gifts amounting to $374.90.

And while we are on this matter of the finances, we will give an abstract of the treasurer’s final statement respecting current expenses in our general work: 

    I. RESOURCES: 

On hand last Report                                     $49.95
Appropriation American Missionary Association         7,499.90
Receipts at Treasury California Chinese Mission       4,973.80
Transferred from Permanent Prop.  Account                 24.55
Sale of Tracts and Books                                  4.40

II.  DISBURSEMENTS: 

Salaries of Superintendent, Teachers
and Helpers                          $8,480.25
Rents of Mission Houses                 3,013.85
Incidental Expenses                     1,058.50
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$12,552.60    $12,552.60

In addition to this, the work for Chinese mothers and children cost us $557.70, a little less than one-half of what we could have used with rigid economy and good results.