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PIGEWIS'S NEPHEW. 



soil, in the hope that they may be recovered 

 from their savage habits and customs, to see 

 and enjoy the blessings of civilization and 

 Christianity. This object is highly important, 

 and no means should be spared in attempting 

 its accomplishment, where practicable. Where 

 is our humanity and Christian sympathy, and 

 how do we fulfil the obligations which Chris- 

 tianity has enforced, if we do not seek to raise 

 these wandering heathen, who, with us, are 

 immortal in their destiny, from a mere animal 

 existence to the partaking of the privileges and 

 hopes of the Christian religion ? 



Before Pigewis left me, his sister arrived, 

 who was then living with a very lazy bad 

 Indian, and asked me to take her eldest boy, 

 whose father was dead, into the school. Though 

 much above the usual age of admission upon 

 the establishment, I consented to receive him ; 

 and they both took an affectionate leave of 

 him, remarking that they were sure I should 

 keep him well. The whole party then set off 

 towards some fresh hunting grounds, and it 

 was my hope and expectation that I should see 

 nothing more of them till the spring. The 

 boy was comfortably clothed, and he appeared 

 to be well satisfied with the rest at the school, 

 and had begun to learn the English alphabet, 



