THE REV. HENRY BUDD. 



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The Nepowewin Mission is situated on the north bank 

 of the Saskatchewan, opposite to Fort a la Corne. 



Nepowewin Mission and Fort a la Corne. 



The Eev. Henry Budd, the native resident missionary, 

 was ordained priest in 1853 at Cumberland Station, near 

 the mouth of the Pasquia river. He had long laboured 

 at this missionary outpost as a catechist. So early as 

 1840 he set out from Red River Settlement to make 

 preparations for erecting a church and establishing a 

 station at the mouth of the Pasquia. In 1852 Mr. Budd 

 started from Christchurch, Cumberland station, for the 

 Nepowewin, where he arrived on the 8th of September, 

 and on the 13th of the same month commenced to clear 

 a small piece of ground on the river bank, opposite to 

 Fort a la Corne, for the erection of missionary buildings. 

 The name Nepowewin is derived from an Indian ex- 

 pression signifying " the standing place," where the natives 

 are accustomed to await the arrival of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company's boats, as they are tracked up the north side of 

 the liver. Mr. Budd's house, garden, and little farm is a 



