100 HALF-CASTE CHILDREN. 



encouragement to emigrate to this quarter. 

 Among those who canie, however, was a young 

 woman, as the intended wife of the schoolmaster, 

 who was appointed by the Church Missionary 

 Society, to assist in teaching at the Mission 

 Establishment at Red River. I obtained a little 

 boy and girl from an Indian tent at the Factory, 

 to accompany her, in addition to those who 

 were already there. The features of the boy 

 bore a strong resemblance to those of the 

 Esquimaux : but there was a shade of difference 

 between the little girl, and Indians of entire 

 blood, which was particularly seen in the colour 

 of her hair. It was not of that jet black, which 

 is common with the Indians in general, and 

 which is the case with many of the children 

 belonging to the tribes, or individual families 

 who visit, or are much about the different 

 Factories. I often met with half-caste children, 

 whose parents had died or deserted them ; who 

 are growing up with numbers at the different 

 posts in great depravity. Should their educa- 

 tion be neglected, as it has hitherto been, and 

 should they be led to " find their grounds," 

 with the Indians, it cannot be a matter of sur- 

 prise, if at any time hereafter they should col- 

 lectively or in parties, threaten the peace of the 

 country, and the safety of the trading Posts. 



