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lated a little wealth outside of the government allow- 

 ance. 



One Indian told me that he had not seen his father 

 since he was a boy, until this summer when the father 

 wrote him a letter asking him to visit him at a 

 point a long distance still further north. He took a 

 team of horses and drove there, the round trip occupy- 

 ing two weeks of traveling. He spent one week with 

 his parents, and spoke of them affectionately. 



The Stoney tribe speak the " Cree " language and 

 belong to that race of brave fighters. A Mr. McDou- 

 gal, who resides near Morley, has translated the Bible 

 and the New Testament, as well as a book of hymns, 

 into the Cree characters, which are said to be very 

 simple and easily learned. He also preaches to the 

 tribe and instructs them in their own tongue. He is 

 a wealthy rancher, one of the oldest residents, and has 

 seen the prairies when they teemed with roaming 

 herds of buffalo, elk, antelope and deer. His house 

 contains more stuffed specimens of animated nature 

 than any other in this territory. 



Some years since an enthusiastic young woman went 

 to Morley as a missionary from Massachusetts. She 

 was very successful in her work, and among her con- 

 verts was a " noble Indian," whom she induced to go 

 to college where he studied faithfully and well. On 

 graduating he was ordained to the ministry, went back 

 to Morley, made love to the young missionary, was 



