"Rev. Aleck Thompson is almost a full blood Creek who speaks very little
English. He was a former pupil of Augusta Robertson Moore.
He has himself made a reference work of his Creek Lev., Psalms + Genesis
by copying upon the margins the references from his English Bible to the
part of the scripture contained in the Creek translation--a tremendous
undertaking it seems to me for an Indian so little educated. The
notes on the back of his letter from Tiger are [?] Mr. [?] Thompson's own
[?] work.
Johnson Tiger is one of the best educated of the
present generation. He has been preaching in his native tongue entirely
until recently[,] being called on to speak in English in the absence of
the regular preacher, he spoke so acceptably that his hearers have persuaded
him to continue his English preaching."*
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Augusta Robertson Moore. Smithsonian Institution National Anthropological
Archives. BAE Incoming Correspondence, 1888-1906. Moore, Augusta
Robertson letter (three specimens of Indian correspondence).