 Akelaitis treated Daukantas as a fatherly figure and they supported each other's work.Akelaitis, Daukantas, and bishop Motiejus Valančius wanted to establish "Pakeleivingas", a Lithuanian-language periodical aimed at the ordinary village people, but could not get government's permission.Akelaitis began contributing to the Polish press in Vilnius and organizing publication of Lithuanian books.