FOKT CHURCHILL 



of the year, during the absence of the moving population of 

 the district, such a seating capacity is unnecessarily great; 

 but at other seasons, when the natives come in v^ith the pro- 

 duce of the hunt, the little building is usually crowded. 



Mr. Lofthouse preached in the Cree, Chipewyan and 

 Eskimo languages, and having won the esteem and affection 

 of his people, he had a powerful influence over them, and 



REV., JOSEPH LOFTHOUSE AND FAMILY. 

 Fort Chufchill, Hudion Bay. 



taught them with much success. He and !ilrs. Lofthouse 

 together conducted a day-school for the benefit of the 

 children of the permanent residents. These numbered 

 twenty-one, the total population of Churchill being only 

 fifty-one. On visiting the school I was much pleased with 

 the advancement of the children, even the smallest of whom 



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