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MISSISSAUGAH INDIANS. 



tance, or more effectual encouragement could 

 not have been afforded to a wandering distressed 

 tribe of Indians, desirous of becoming civilized, 

 in the enjoyment of Christian privileges, and 

 social advantages. Their location is a very 

 convenient and encouraging one, and it was 

 truly gratifying to find a considerable quantity 

 of land planted, near their encampment, with 

 Indian corn, which had a very promising ap- 

 pearance of a bountiful crop. This they sup_ 

 posed would enable them, with a little further 

 supply of provisions, to be stationary with their 

 families in the log houses, during the ensuing 

 winter. A half-caste Wesleyan teacher, who 

 had married an Indian woman, accompanied 

 them from the Grand River, whom we found 

 zealously instructing about thirty children 

 under the cover of a few loose boards that 

 had been collected. He appeared every way 

 qualified as a schoolmaster, and under the 

 lively influence of Christian principles, was 

 devoted to his work. Many of his scholars had 

 made considerable progress in reading, and 

 they sang delightfully some of Doctor Watts* 

 hymns for children. On the Sabbath he in- 

 formed me more than sixty, including adults, 

 generally attended the school. There was a 

 solemn impression of the importance and self- 



