32 Inasmuch 



2,018 for Nova Scotia, of 1,920 for New Bruns 

 wick, of 12,842 for Quebec; only 116, in all, de 

 scribe themselves as Anglicans, and 522 as mem 

 bers of other non-roman Communions. This 

 fact, while eliciting our mead of praise for the 

 missionary spirit and persistency of the Roman 

 Catholic Church, should not be allowed to hide 

 the course of the stream we are tracing, or lessen 

 our appreciation of the efforts, on behalf of the 

 Indians, of the early S. P. G. missionaries; sent 

 out, be it remembered, to minister to the needs of 

 the white settlers. 



For our purpose a brief reference to the work 

 Mo V reiu?june of two of these must suffice. The Reverend J. B. 

 Moreau, an ex-priest of the Roman Catholic 

 Church, arrived at Lunenberg with a great com 

 pany of French and Germans. That missionary 

 interests were not the only ones which marked the 

 relations of the natives and the new arrivals is 

 shown by the fact that the register of burials 

 contains the following entry : 



August 27th Joseph Stye Scalped 

 August 27th Conrad Haltz Scalped 

 August 27th Rosina, his wife Scalped 

 &quot;Buried by Rev. Jean Baptiste Moreau&quot; 

 Mr. Moreau, nevertheless, informs the S. P. G. 

 that he had baptised several Indian children, and 

 that they behaved themselves with &quot;great 

 decency in all religious ceremonies.&quot; The next 

 year he stated that &quot;He had baptized 12 Indians 

 and married one couple, but the Roman priests 

 were evidently trying to prevent the conversior 



