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same Grant of Land which the Church has at Fort Douglas namely 50 
Arpents and a Wood which is left before the Church. 
Returned to our Horses and at half past seven started. Stopped at 
Fort Douglas and was nearly thrown from my Horse by the Firing of 
Cannon in Honour of my Departure, so true it is that Honours sometimes 
make us lose our Balance. Mr. Bird and his two Sons rode with me. 
Rode about 9 Miles through the most beautiful Meadows, excellent Grass, 
uncultivated and producing such Abundance as to be almost inexhaus- 




THE PROTESTANT CHURCH AND Mission SCHOOL AT RED RIVER COLONY. 
From Rev. J. West’s Journal. 
tible. Dreadfully annoyed by Musquitoes. Very excellent Horses, 
Spanish Breed, small blood Horses. Called on Mr. Cooke, Mr. Thomas 
and Mr. Bird. Introduced to Mrs. Bird, an Indian Woman wearing a 
Pig Tail, as was formerly the Custom in England for Gentlemen. Very 
unbecoming, to which the Fashion of the Country does not reconcile the 
Eye. Called on Mrs. Matthy and on an old German who went out three 
Years before and whose Family I recollected from an interesting Cir- 
cumstance. When we went on Board at Gravesend I observed a very 
fine young Woman crying. Understanding she was a German I spoke 
to her when she informed me she did not wish to go and I understood 
she was attached to a young man the Separation from whom produced 
her Tears. I arranged she should return. However Attachment to her 
Family and particularly to a younger Sister induced her afterwards to 
change her Mind. I found her at the Colony happily married to Ser- 
geant-Major Veitch of the Meurons, a most excellent Man, and the 
Mother of two Children. Her Father, who at Gravesend was miserable, 
half starved and ragged, I found plump, well dressed and, as he told me, 
