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$2 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 
cember. On the 13th there had been a decided 
thaw, which caused the Saskatchawan, which 
had again frozen, to re-open, and the passage 
across it was interrupted for two days. We 
now received more agreeable accounts from the 
Indians, who were recovering strength, and begin- 
ning to hunt a little ; but it is generally feared 
that their spirits have been so much depressed 
by the loss of their children and relatives, that 
the season will be far advanced before they can 
be roused to any exertion in searching for ani- 
mals beyond what may be necessary for their 
own support. It is much to be regretted that 
these poor men, during their long intercourse 
with Europeans, have not been taught how 
pernicious is the grief which produces total in- 
activity, and that they have not been furnished 
with any of the consolations which the Christian 
religion never fails to afford. This, however, 
could hardly have been expected from persons 
who have permitted their own offspring, the half. 
casts, to remain in lamentable ignorance on a 
subject of such vital importance. It is probable, 
however, that an improvement. will soon take 
place among the latter class, as Governor Wil- 
liams proposes to make the children attend a 
Sunday school, and has already begun to have 
divine service performed at his post. 
