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the lake, and consists of about 60 houses, a 

 church, and a parsonage-house, where a mis- 

 sionary always resides, for the purpose of super- 

 intending and instructing the inhabitants in 

 the doctrines of the Christian religion. The 

 Indians of this village are the descendants of 

 a tribe that formerly inhabited or rather fre- 

 quented the lands bordering upon Lake Huron, 

 but being engaged in one of the wars that so 

 frequently wasted whole nations of these wan- 

 derers, they were surprised by the vigilance of 

 their enemies, and nearly exterminated; the few 

 who did survive the massacre effected their 

 escape to the eastward, and their progeny now 

 occupies two or three small villages in different 

 parts of the province. Those of the village of 

 the Two Mountains are become civilized, and 

 have adopted many of the manners and customs 

 of the Canadians Avho reside in their vicinity, and 

 acquired a knowledge of the French language, 

 which they make use of fluently enough : they 

 are quiet and inoffensive in all their modes of 

 life, preserving the greatest harmony among 

 themselves, and civility towards the other in- 

 habitants. They place an implicit confidence 

 in the resident minister, whose influence over 

 them is unbounded. Some lands are assigned 

 to them near their village, which they cultivate 



