Summary

Part three begins with a short description of an Alaska Indian infant sling from the Allen Forrester collection.

A letter written in November of 1784 by a Russian missionary praises God for protecting them as they convert the natives. He claims over 5,000 have accepted God’s word. However, they have yet to abandon their dancing and some sacrilegious ceremonies. He speaks about al old sorcerer who the people reverie more than God. One night, the writer saw the sorcerer on top of the chapel, and man y people claim he flew there. The writer asks for prayers as they continue to do their missionary work.

Mr. Sloan writes to Walt about the letter he found (which the reader read on the previous pages). He is surprised that it was written 100 years before Allen’s time, yet speaks about a similar old man. Mr. Sloan describes...