CHAPTER VI. 



PROGRESS OF INDIAN CHILDREN IN READING. BUILD- 

 ING FOR DIVINE WORSHIP. LEFT THE COLONY. 



ARRIVAL AT YORK FORT. DEPARTURE FOR CHURCH- 

 ILL FACTORY. BEARS. INDIAN HIEROGLYPHICS. 



ARRIVAL AT CHURCHILL. INTERVIEW WITH ESQUI- 

 MAUX. RETURN TO YORK FACTORY.— EMBARK FOR 



ENGLAND. MORAVIAN MISSIONARIES. GREENLAND. 



ARRIVAL IN THE THAMES. 



June 2. — I have been adding two small 

 houses to the Church Mission School, as sepa- 

 rate sleeping apartments for the Indian children, 

 who have already made most encouraging pro- 

 gress in reading, and a few of them in writing. 

 In forming this Establishment for their religious 

 education, it is of the greatest importance that 

 they should be gradually inured to the cultiva- 

 tion of the soil, and instructed in the knowledge 

 of agriculture. For this purpose I have allotted 

 a small piece of ground for each child, and 

 divided the different compartments with a 

 wicker frame. We often dig and hoe with our 



