Wisconsin Historical Collections, Volume XV (1900)

              l80o-73-l sketch of cutting marsh 25 sketch of cutting marsh by john e chapin d d.1 on the first day of may 1830 the rev cutting marsh,2 a young man lately graduated from the theological semi nary at andover mass landed at green bay then in the territory of michigan his destination was statesburg twenty miles up the fox river from green bay and in near vicinity of what is now south kaukauna here was the grand kakalin big rapids the indian name from 1 the author is a presbyterian divine at neenah the paper was orig inally written as a sermon but has been condensed by the editor to fit it for publication in the present form it is valuable as presenting a sum mary of the letters journal and other documents left by cutting marsh which have been deposited in the archives of this society by the presby terian synod of wisconsin these papers are described upon page 39 post in connection with the publication of a selection therefrom — ed 9 cutting marsh son of samuel white and sally brown marsh was born in danville vermont july 20 1800 his given name was derived from his paternal grandfather's maternal grandfather cutting moody the early years of our subject were passed upon his father's farm from 1819 until 1822 he spent in preparation for college at phillips academy an dover mass he graduated from dartmouth college in 1826 and from andover theological seminary in 1829 on april 22 1829 he was licensed to preach by the andover association of congregational ministers and on september 24 1829 was ordained as a foreign missionary at park street church in boston in october 1830 he departed for his field of labor among the stockbridge indians of the northwest as a missionary of the american board of commissioners for foreign missions reaching detroit on his way to green bay november 1 1830 he found that the last boat for the season had been gone for two months accord ingly he went to maumee ohio where there was a mission among the ot