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Chapter III. — Norway House. — Baptisms.— Arrival 

 at York Factory. — Swiss Emigrants. — Auxiliary Bible 

 Society formed. — Boat wrecked. — Catholic Priests. — 

 Sioux Indians killed at the Colony. — Circulation 

 of the Scriptures among the Colonists. — Scarcity of 

 Provisions. — Fishing under the Ice. — Wild Fowl. — 

 Meet the Sioux Indians at Pembina. — They scalp an 

 Assiniboine. —War Dance. — Cruelly put to death a 

 Captive Boy. — Indian expression of gratitude for the 

 Education of his Child. — Sturgeon 



Chapter IV. — Arrival of Canoe from Montreal. — 

 Liberal Provision for Missionary Establishment. — 

 Manitobah Lake. — -Indian Gardens. — Meet Captain 

 Franklin and Officers of the Arctic Expedition at 

 York Factory. — First Anniversary of the Auxiliary 

 Bible Society. — Half-Caste Children. — Aurora Bo- 

 realis. — Conversation with Pigewis. — Good Harvest 

 at the Settlement, and arrival of Cattle from United 

 States. — Massacre of Hunters. — Produce of Grain at 

 Colony 



Chapter V.< — Climate of Red River. — Thermometer. 

 — Pigewis's Nephew. — Wolves. — Remarks of General 

 Washington. — Indian Woman shot by her Son. — 

 Sufferings of Indians. — Their notions of the Deluge. 

 — No visible object of adoration. — Acknowledge a 

 Future Life. — Left the Colony for Bas la Riviere. — 

 Lost on Winipeg Lake. — Recover the Track, and 

 meet an intoxicated Indian. — Apparent facilities for 

 establishing Schools West of Rocky Mountains. — 

 Russians affording Religious instruction on the North 



