A PLAIN CREE'S MODE OF REMEMBERING SUNDAY. 205 



of the far West or the illimitable wastes of Eupert's 

 Land, where Christian Indian hunters, when they meet 

 together, often celebrate divine service after their own 

 fashion, meekly repeating the prayers and hymns they 

 have learned from the missionaries. A Plain Cree on 

 the Qu'appelle once astonished me by producing a 

 short notched stick, and after regarding it for a while, 

 he turned to one of my half-breeds and asked if the day 

 was not Sunday. The seed which has been sown, often 

 starts into life after lying dormant for years, and produces 

 a great variety of fruit. It is " bread cast upon the waters, 

 which will be found after many days." 



