158 



Inasmuch 



First Appeal 

 1819 



Second Ap 

 peal, Captain 

 Prevost, 1856 



story of the zeal, labours and success of the faith 

 ful men and women sent out by the Church 

 Missionary Society; a great record marked, but 

 not marred, by a grievious but unavoidable 

 schism. 



The appeal of the &quot;highly-respectable Canadian 

 Merchant &quot; on behalf of the Indians of the Pacific 

 Coast, though unresponded to at the time, &quot;did 

 not entirely fade away from the Society s memory. 

 In 1830, seven Indian boys belonging to the tribes 

 beyond the Rockies were being taught by Cockran 

 at Red River.&quot; 



Twenty-six years later, Captain James C. 

 Prevost, R. N., who had just returned from the 

 North Pacific, made a strong and direct appeal 

 which resulted in the foundation of the Mission. 

 In an article published in the C. M. S. Intelli 

 gencer, Captain Prevost spoke of the fact that 

 &quot;although during the last forty years a most 

 lucrative trade had been earned on among them 

 by our fellow countrymen, this vast number 

 (60,000) of our fellow subjects have remained in a 

 state of heathen darkness and complete barbar 

 ism.&quot; &quot;We would most earnestly call upon all 

 who have themselves learned to value the blessings 

 of the Gospel, to assist in rolling away this 

 reproach. The field is a most promising one. 

 Some naval officers, who, in the discharge of their 

 professional duties, have lately visited these 

 regions, have been most favourably impressed 

 with the highly intelligent character of the 



