(meaning as a minister of the gospel,)
_that he_ (meaning said William,) _is by permission of the
brethren travelling, and permitted to collect money to build
the house aforesaid_, (meaning the aforesaid Meeting-house,)
_for his_ (meaning said William's,) _Indian brethren to
worship God in, I shudder not so much because he_ (meaning
said William,) _is purchasing Lottery Tickets_, (meaning that
said William was purchasing Lottery Tickets, and had spent
some of the aforesaid money for that purpose,) _but because I
know of his_ (meaning said William's) _pledge to the citizens
of New York and elsewhere_, to the great injury, scandal, and
disgrace of the said William Apes, and against the peace and
dignity of the Commonwealth aforesaid.

SAMUEL D. PARKER, Attorney of said Commonwealth, within the
County of Suffolk.
PARKER H. PEIRCE, Foreman of the Grand Jury.
A true Copy.--Attest,
THOMAS W. PHILLIPS, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the
City of Boston.

Subsequently, I entered civil actions against two others, for the
same offence, and had them held to bail in the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars, with sureties. This soon made them feel very sore. They had
put it in my power to punish them very severely for giving rein to
their malignant passions, and they asked mercy. I granted it, in order
to show them that I wanted nothing but right, and not revenge; and
that they might know that an Indian's character was as dearly valued
by him as theirs by them. Would they ever have thus yielded to an
Indian, if they had not been compelled? I presume it will satisfy
the world that there was no truth in their stories, to read their
confessions, which are as follows:

_Extract from a letter written by David Ayres, to Elder T.F.
Norris, dated New Orleans, April 12, 1833_.

"I have arrived here this day, and expected to have found
letters here from you, and some of my other brethren
respecting Apes' suit. I never volunteered in this business,
but was led into it by others, and it is truly a hard case
that I must have all this trouble on their account."

_Extract of a letter written by David Ayers to William Apes,
dated July 1, 1833_.

"I am, and always have been your friend, and I never expected
that any things I wrote about you, would find their way into
the public papers. I am f