Sketches From Oldest America 



carded their supposed birthrights and have become 

 zealous church workers. Others have been baptized 

 and married to their wives, and are making good 

 citizens as well as earnest Christian workers. 



Should one take a trip through the Arctic portion 

 of Inupash land, it is doubtful if he would meet 

 with very many really non-Christians, for the people 

 are now accepting the Nazarene as their great good 

 spirit. The workers in the field truly taking an in 

 terest in the people and trying to benefit their con 

 dition have been few, but the people themselves 

 have spread the teachings they have received, and 

 the seed has fallen on fertile ground. It is true there 

 is yet much of the old superstition of the past, but 

 it has had its day and is gradually lessening its hold 

 on the people. 



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