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the transformation wrought in the lives and 

 conduct of the Indians and the security to 

 life and property, and the general content- 

 ment of the people, we see, even if this were 

 all, abundant reason for thankfulness that 

 the people could be reached even by dog- 

 travelling in winter, as well as by canoeing 

 in summer. That there have not for many 

 years been uprisings among the Indians 

 against the whites, as well as inter-tribal 

 wars among themselves, is not altogether 

 owing to the rule of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company, wise and prudent though it was, 

 but it was more owing to the presence and 

 teachings among them of the missionaries 

 of the various churches. 



In studying this question, it must be 

 borne in mind that, as has been stated else- 

 where (but we desire to here emphasize it, 

 as it is so easily overlooked), there are vast 

 regions and many communities of Indians 

 that could not possibly have been reached 

 in any other way than by dog trains. Ere 

 the missionary did reach them, they were 

 living lives degraded and immoral and were 

 the slaves of most depressing superstitions. 

 The Indian is naturally religious in his 

 primitive condition. To him everything is 



