10 



15 to '20 nuns (grey nuns or sisters). The Presbyterians have 

 two places of worship, and only one minister to superintend 

 the religious wants of the community. The Episcopalians 

 have six churches, with a bishop and eight clergymen. The 

 Roman Catholic priests and Anglican church are entirely 

 supported by societies in London and France. The Presby- 

 terians support their own minister and schoolmaster, the only 

 self-supporting community in the settlement. 



There are twenty windmills and eight watermills scat- 

 tered through the settlement. The settlement extends from 

 the lower to upper end, about sixty miles. The II. B. Co.'s 

 depot is about the centre of the settlement, and is called 

 c - Fort Garry." 



You will, by the descripton I have given, form a pretty 

 good idea of our settlement and the cheapness or cost of 

 iC living." Land per acre sells at from 7s. to 10s., and the 

 building of a good, substantial house costs from £200 to £500 

 sterling, an ordinary farmer's house costs from £60 to £100. 



INDOLENT INDIANS. 



There are a great number of Indians still hovering about 

 the settlement. They are indolent and lazy vagabonds; who 

 live upon the inhabitants by pilfering and cheating, but other- 

 wise very peaceful, unless when furnished with spirits, when 

 they become very troublesome. However, the law is very 

 stringent with regard to giving or selling the article to any 

 Indian. The missionaries have not done much to civilize 

 or Christianize the Indian. 



. The mode of transacting business is thus with 

 us : We get out our goods once a year, leaves London about 

 the 1st of June in the Hudson's Bay Company's ship and 

 reaches York Factory about the 10th of August, then it is 



