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ed a godly sermon, which being ended he 

 celebrated also a Communion upon the land, 

 at the partaking whereof was the Captain of 

 the Anne Francis, and many other Gentlemen 

 and Soldiers, Mariners, and Miners with him. 

 The celebration of the divine mystery was the 

 first sign, seal, and confirmation of Christ s 

 name, death, and passion ever known in these 

 quarters.&quot; 



For the next recorded effort on behalf of the 

 spiritual welfare of the Eskimo we must pass over 

 nearly two centuries and a half; but, in the 

 Reverend John West, Master Wolf all found a 

 worthy successor. On his annual visit to York 

 Factory he wrote: &quot;In landing at the Factory Rev . John 

 I had the pleasure of meeting Captain Franklin, We8t * 1822 

 and the gentlemen of the Northern Land Ex 

 pedition, recently returned from their arduous 

 journey to the mouth of the Coppermine River, 

 and waiting for the return of the Company s ship 

 to England. An Esquimaux Indian, who ac 

 companied the expedition as one of the guides, 

 named Augustus, and who survived the supposed 

 fate of his companion, Junius, often came to my 

 room and interested me with his conversation in 

 English, which was tolerably well understood by 

 him from the instructions he had received during 

 his travels, He belongs to a tribe which annually 

 visits Churchill Factory, from the northward; 

 and often assures me, that Esquimaux want 

 white man to come and teach them ; and tells 

 me, that they would make snow house, good, 



