INTRODUCTION 35 
Roman Catholic priest, succeeded in enticing a number of 
the Eskimos away from the Brethren. And Cartwright 
says in his journal in 1783: “The Eskimos expressed a 
great dislike to the Moravians, and assured me they would 
not live near, or trade with, them more.” It was not until 
1804, says one of the missionaries, that the fruits of the 
mission began to appear; but in that year, ‘a fire from the 
Lord was kindled among the Eskimos.” Since then 
mission stations have been established at Hebron, at Zoar, 
at Ramah, and at Makkovik. These names may be seen 
marked on any good map of northeastern America, ‘‘ names 
of another clime and an alien race.”’ 
The Eskimos, said Cartwright, “have always been 
accounted the most savage race of people on the whole 
continent of America.” “They are,” said Governor 
Palliser, “the most savage people in the world.” To- 
day it would be hard to find a more quiet, placid, and 
peaceable race. The change is due almost entirely to the 
United Brethren. They have converted a race of primeval 
Savages, with whom murder was a passion and theft a 
craze, into mild and simple Christians. The great miracle 
has seldom been wrought on more unpromising materials 
and with more amazing success. 
For their part, the Eskimos are not unmindful of 
their friends and benefactors. “My dear Brethren and 
Sisters,’ writes Simeon of Nain, “I am quite astonished at 
your love for us, and distressed that I am not able to make 
you any return. I have requested my teachers to trans- 
late my words into your words, that you may understand 
that I feel great gratitude toward you. I am Simeon.” 
“T greet the unknown friends in Europe,” writes Verona 
