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Whites Col'd L.E. L.D. Preach S.Sch Off&Tch Schol Vols

Oregon City &

Clak 51 1 6 35 150

Salem 105 1 1 6 1 11 73 150

Calapovia 36 1

Mary's River 81 1 4

Yamhill 147 3

Tualatin Plains.. 16 11

Portland. 7 1 3 31 106

443 1 1 3 14 3 20 139 406 Last year 315 2 17 3 19 108 300

Increase 128 111 1 31 106

Decrease 3

In the above I entirely omit those which are discontinued in the winter they must however be counted and added to the above make the list as follows.

Schools Off. & Teach. Scholars Vols.

Salem 3 7 45 50

Yamhill 6 18 100 300

Mary's River 1 10 50

Now in operation 3 20 139 406

Total. .13 55 334 756

As nearly as can be estimated 81 persons have been converted during the year, seven of our members have died and 27 have been removed not counting those that have gone to the mines expecting to return the nos [numbers] of which I cannot now ascertain.

Saml. Newman a Local preacher, was killed by the Indians in California leaving a widow and several children with the particulars of his death I have no very definite information. The general facts seem to be that while he & 2 others were hunting for their oxen they came upon the Indians who had taken them and were cruelly murdered and their bodies burned. The mining business is not without its perils.

I have had occasion to remark of our members generally who have departed this life, they die well. I was particularly interested in the case of a sister Seward who died early in the winter She was a woman of ex