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Immigration and Westward Expansion
The hardships of emigration, immigration, and westward expansion of Bao Lee, a Chinese Methodist. -
I am making the choice to immigrate to the U.S.A.
Hello, my name is Bao Lee. As you can guess, I am Chinese and I am currently living in China. In China, I am being discriminated against for being a Chinese Methodist, for almost all Chinese people do not believe in any off-shoot of Christianity. I want to start a completely new life under the Lord's name, so the only items i shall bring are the clothes on my back, a bible, and a necklace with a cross hanging from it. -
I find myself facing further discrimination in the U.S.A.
I found myself being discriminated for being Chinese in the U.S, due to my race. I discovered that the act causing so much racism is titled the "Chinese Exclusion Act" which is an act that tries to limit the number immigrants by stopping the Chinese from migrating at all. On an island that i hear the guards referring to as "Angel Island" I get almost no food, but it seems like the U.S. government is trying make up for this by giving us dozens of interrogations. -
I am released from Angel Island.
After being held for about six weeks on Angel Island, I am finally released. The pain from being hungry non-stop can finally end and I can eat a real, full meal at last. I know that I have lost weight, for I can easily count my ribs without having to breath in. The only predicament that I find myself in now is where to get this food. Now that I think about it, I do not have any family here, nor do I have anywhere to work yet. I guess the U.S. wil be a hardship on my way to enlightenment -
I am fed by a messenger of God
As I lay starving, peniless, and alone on the streets, a person comes up to me. It is obvious from the look on his face that he can tell I am starving to death. He comes up to me and introduces himself and Joseph Donnelith, messenger of God and I state that I am Bao Lee, also a messenger of God. After he gives me sustinence, I ask him why he would give food to a homeless Chinese man on the streets. Joseph resonds that God will accept anyone into his embrace, so long as they accept him. -
I joined a church and met with Missionaries.
I joined a Methodist church with Joseph. Both of us often preach the teachings of God and of the bible as well as the values and ideals of Methodism. Through this church, I met with two other missionaries who are going on a mission trip west into Native American territory. They invite both Joseph and myself to join them on their expedition. I asked these people why they would ever want a Chinese missionary and they answered as Joseph did: "God will accept anyone into his embrace." -
I begin to move west with my Missionary group.
Joseph and I's missionary group managed to obtain horses, food, a wagon, and some clothes (only one spare change of clothes per person). We got the money from donations from some of our Methodist supports, anti-racism immigrants, and from Carlisle's job at the local pub as a story-teller. We will begin traveling west in a few days and we hope to move in with one of the Indian tribes, perhaps the Coeur d'Alene Indian tribe, who accepted Catholicism. -
My missionary group lives with the Nez Perece Indians
We, my missionary group, that is, are living with the Nez Perece Indians now and have been living with them for about seven months. We have built some schools in their villages to spread the Methodist religion as well as to teach them more English. All of these schools are optional, of course, we would never force anything upon these Indians who have graciously accepted us strangers into their village. We have also made one methodist church in their village to help spread out religion. -
Other contributions that my missionary group has made.
In addition to simply building churches and schools for Nez Perece Indians, my missionary group has also build some cabins for this Indian tribe, three cabins, to be exact. In the pictures that is attached, you can see the cabin we have build as a meeting place for the Nez Perece Indians. Not only did we build this, but we also built another cabin for their Shaman and as a miniature hospital. We have also built a final cabin for the chief to live or hold meetings as he chooses. -
Joseph dies and I almost follow him to Heaven
As Joseph and I's missionary group was attmpeting to sleep one night, some of the Nez Perece Indians, who I recognized from the insults against our religion and our churches and schools that they sent out, came and plunged what appeared to be a dagger into Joseph, slaughtering him. Luckily for me, I managed to escape the same fate. I quickly prayed for his well-being and his travels to heaven and quickly left the tent that my missionary group slept in before they could kill me as well. -
I manage to escape the Indians wrath
I ran to the Nez Perece Chief's cabin and cried out when I fell to the ground and saw the Indians chasing me. The chief immediately came out of his cabin, probably more due to the commotion than due to the fact that his guests were being slaughtered. Luckily, I taught the chief English, so he liked me. He forced his Indians to not attack me so long I swore on the heavens to never step foot into their village. I willingly accepted his terms, gathered my supplies, and left them in peace. -
I travel to Paradise
After I left the Nez Perece village, I tried to find a French-Canadian town, but i have not succeeded and I fear I do not have the life left in me to continue. I realized how cold winters could be in the west on my second night, when I first noticed my toes turning a light blue color. Although I fear dying here in the cold, I also welcome it, for this means that I can finally travel to Paradise, one of my goals since becoming methodist. Excuse me now, for I must pray to the Lord in heaven.
