50 Inasmuch 



away from us the fire-water which has destroyed 

 so many of our people before you crossed the 

 Great Lake (Atlantic) to preach Christ the Saviour 

 to us; and we all now, thanks be to God, desire 

 to walk in the way that leads to eternal life.&quot; 

 Walpole is- Mr. Flood, accompanied by the Reverend J. 

 land Mission, c arey&amp;gt; v i s i te d Walpole Island, where they were 

 met by &quot;the chiefs of the Walpole, Sable, and 

 Port Sarnia Indians, with most of their war 

 chiefs,&quot; to the number of eighty. Mr. Flood 

 addressed them on our Lord s Commission to the 



Apostles to preach the Gospel &quot;The Indians 



listened with deep interest and when it was pro 

 posed to rent a house for the missionary the chief 

 said &quot; I want no rent but I want the missionary to 

 be near me and to teach me what is the good 

 way.&quot; 



sit John coi- The late Archdeacon McMurray described the 

 Hsnes the*** beginning of the work in Algoma in these words : 

 Mission, 1832 &quot;I was sent f r by the Governor, Sir John Col- 

 borne, and informed that it was his intention to 

 establish missions to the Indians on the north 

 shores of Lakes Superior and Huron, that I had 

 been selected for the work, and that my head 

 quarters were to be Sault Ste. Marie. I remon 

 strated and told His Excellency that I was only 

 twenty-two years of age, not old enough for 

 Orders; and, further, that I had never heard of 

 Sault Ste. Marie. After a careful examination 

 of the then surveys of all the region north of 

 York (Toronto) the place could not be found. 

 I returned to His^Excellency and stated the place 



