News of Indians from Salem and Bethabara

"Br. Marshall read the news ... we were particularly glad to hear of the baptism of the first Cherokee Indians, Noah, and his wife Wilhelmine; and we wish for our neighboring Indian nation that the light of the Gospel may soon shine upon it." -- Jan. 11, 1774, from the Salem Diary.
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Woman of the
Cherokee tribe and
her daughter.

On Nov. 23 "Two Indian men and a woman arrived today" (at Bethabara). They were quiet and attentive at the evening meeting. The Indians wondered much at the organ, thinking it must be alive if it could make a sound like that; (the organ case had to be opened for them, for they heard children were inside, who sang.)"  The Bethabara Diary