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and at Churchill on the west, heard from his lips 

 the Gospel of the Grace of God. 



Epidemics of measles, whooping-cough, in- Epidemics 

 fluenza, and periods of famine devastated his 

 flock. Of influenza he wrote &quot;the epidemic 

 threatened to sweep off the whole population, and 

 was especially fatal to the young men. There 

 were five funerals in one day, as many as for the 

 most part occurred in a year.&quot; In one out 

 break of whooping cough; of the small com- isss 

 munity at Albany forty-four died, &quot;and at Moose 

 the disease was scarcely less fatal.&quot; 



On one of his visits to Rupert s House, Horden 

 found his people decimated: &quot;Now,&quot; he wrote 

 in his annual letter, &quot;I looked around and in 

 quired Where is this Indian? where that? what 

 became of this child s father? where is this child s 

 mother? 



&quot;And the answer came : He died of starvation Famine 

 four winters ago; he was starved to death three 

 years since; she, and all the rest of her children 

 were cut off two years ago. 



&quot; And what losses were sustained by you, last 

 winter? And I am told four men, three wo 

 men, and nineteen children; they were all bap 

 tized Christians. 



Bishop Machray, successor to Bishop Ander- ises 

 son, on his first visit to Moose said of Horden: 

 &quot;He is a man and a missionary after my own 

 heart.&quot; 



It was to be expected, after such a declaration, 

 that when the vast area of Rupert s Land came 



