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304 of events and of the affairs of the Mission, it might save the expense of sending the contemplated agent."

Hines adds that "his personal vindication was complete, and the Board was fully satisfied that he had served the church and the missionary cause in Oregon with great devotion and faithfulness. The Board saw the difficulties that had encompassed his work much more clearly than ever before, and had such a statement of them been before the body before the appointment of Mr. Gary, no such action would have been taken." Hines also states that Mr. Gary's sale of the school property "was not by any means sustained by the members of the Mission," some of whom opposed it, and that had the efforts that Lee was making at that very time at Washington been successful, the title of the Mission to its valuable land claim at Salem would have been confirmed, and the money expenditures of the Board for the establishment of the Mission would have been more than compensated.

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Fifteenth Anniversary,

Forsyth Street Church, May 2nd,

Report of 1834.

Two missionaries, the Rev. Messrs. Jason and David [Daniel] Lee, have been appointed to the Flat Heads beyond the Rocky Mountains. Since this mission has been in contemplation many circumstances have occurred which indicate that the good hand of God in its favor. About the time the missionaries were ready to take their departure from New York to the west, information was received that Captain Wythe had just returned from a trading voyage to that country, and that he had brought two Indian boys with him. On receiving this intelligence