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were found to arise from the contamination of 

 ungodly and utterly immoral white men, many of 

 whom controlled the &quot;whiskey schooners&quot; which 

 plied their deadly trade up and down the coasts. 

 To escape these perils, and also to be in a posi 

 tion to restrain the Indians from making equally 

 deadly visits to the cities in the South, Duncan 

 decided to establish a Christian Indian and model 

 settlement. &quot;The Indians themselves pointed 

 Metiakahtia out the locality for such a settlement, a place 

 Established, called Metlakahtla&amp;gt; &amp;gt; &amp;gt; the f orme r place of residence 



of the tribe. &quot;On May 27th, Duncan and fifty 

 Indians left Fort Simpson for Metiakahtia; and, 

 although many had shrunk back when the 

 moment of departure came, fearing the strick rules 

 to be enforced at the new settlement, within a few 

 days they thought better of it, and on June 6th 

 a fleet of thirty canoes brought 300 more people 

 from Fort Simpson, others quickly followed; and 

 very soon a flourishing village was in full working 

 order.&quot; 



&quot;Not only was Duncan the lay pastor and 

 missionary for Tugwell had been invalided 

 home before the removal to Metiakahtia, not 

 only was he treasurer of the settlement, clerk of 

 the works, head schoolmaster, and counsellor in 

 general to the people; the Colonial Government 

 also appointed him a magistrate, in order that he 

 might have legal power to dispense justice, not 

 only within the settlement, but along the whole 

 coast, wherever his influence extended. The 

 social and moral influence of Metiakahtia was 



