large Indian house was purchased for the price of sixty blankets, and a
school at once opened. On June 11th, Mr. Hall wrote:--

"I have taught them one English hymn, 'Jesus loves me, this I know,'
and three simple chants in their own language; also three prayers--one
the Lord's Prayer, four texts which they read from the black board, and
a catechism, arranged and taught by Mr. Duncan at Fort Simpson. All
this instruction has been given in their own tongue, translated to me
by Mr. Hunt's son, who acts also as my interpreter at the Sunday
services.

"I have been able to hold two services every Sunday since I first
came, and sometimes I have had perhaps eighty attend. Many are away
from the village now, trading and visiting other tribes, so that my
congregation is reduced. I have felt it a great privilege to stand up
before this dusky assembly and open up to them the Word of Life. They
are all clothed in blankets, some of them highly ornamented with needle
-work and pearl buttons. When they enter the building, the men take off
the bandannah handkerchiefs which are tied round their heads, and squat
all around me. The men sit on one side, and the women on the other, as
a rule. This fact is in consequence of the inferior position of the
women, and because they are not allowed to attend the meetings which
the men constantly hold to talk over the affairs of the camp. At first
my congregations came with painted faces, and were little inclined to
stand when we sang. They are now, however, more clean in their
appearance, and, with few exceptions, rise when I play the tune on my
English concertina.

"I have almost exclusively spoken to them from the Book of Genesis,
and have brought in the work of our Lord from these lessons, e.g., when