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what they saw at the Fort. Should I, or any 

 other person, ever come from across the great 

 lake, to build this house., where their children 

 might live, and be taught what I had told 

 them ; I asked if they would assist to bring 

 the stones, and help to raise the building. 

 They signified their willingness by shouting 

 again in their usual manner. I mentioned 

 the above circumstance, as conceiving it to be 

 practicable and advisable, from the best in- 

 formation I could obtain, that the first attempt 

 to form an establishment on the shores of the 

 Bay, to educate the children of the Esquimaux, 

 should be made at Knapp's Bay, or, as called 

 by the Esquimaux, Aughlinatook. Augustus's 

 tribe traverse this part of the coast, which is 

 about two hundred miles north of Churchill; 

 from whence the frame of the building and 

 some dry provisions in casks might be taken in 

 boats, to maintain the party, at first making 

 the settlement, independent of the common 

 resources of the country, and of the Esqui- 

 maux ; and a communication kept up with the 

 Company's Post, which might easily be done, 

 both in summer and winter. It is said that 

 the word, difficulty, is not known in the English 

 Military dictionary, and surely ought not to be 

 found in that of the Missionary ; and a mission 



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