96 Inasmuch 



sure and unerring guide, through a wilderness of 

 toil and suffering, to the habitations of the blessed, 

 not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. &quot; 



VI. The first Missionary s plan. 



&quot;In the attempt, however, to spread the 

 knowledge of Christianity among the natives, 

 it appears that the least expensive mode of pro 

 ceeding and of ensuring the most extensive success 

 for the Missionary is, to visit those parts of the 

 country where they are stationary, and live in 

 villages during the greater part of the year. He 

 should direct his way and persevering attention 

 towards the Rocky Mountains, and the Colum 

 bia.&quot; .... &quot;In following the track towards the 

 North Pacific Ocean, the climate is much milder 

 than to the East of the mountains, and a vast 

 encouragement would be found in seeking to 

 benefit the natives, from their being strangers 

 to the intoxicating draught of spirituous liquors, 

 in barter for their articles of trade. So little 

 acquainted with the effects of intoxication are 

 some of the Indians in this quarter, that the 

 following circumstance was related to me by an 

 officer from the mouth of the Columbia. A 

 Chief who had traded but little with the Euro 

 peans came to the Fort with two of his sons, and 

 two young men of his tribe. During their stay 

 the servants made one of his sons drunk. When 

 the old man saw him foaming at the mouth, 

 uttering the most incoherent expressions, and 

 staggering under the power of the intoxicating 



