since Christianity is established. Let them become Christians, and so
their hearts will be made really and permanently good."

A touching illustration of the reputation of Metlakahtla, as a refuge
for the suffering and oppressed, occurs in a letter of Mr. Duncan's,
dated March, 1876:--

"A poor slave woman, still young in years, who had been stolen away
when a child, and carried to distant tribes in Alaska territory, where
she had suffered many cruelties, fled from her oppressors last summer,
and, though ill at the time, took to the sea in a canoe all alone, and
determined to reached Metlakahtla or perish in the attempt. On her way
(and she had upwards of one hundred and fifty miles to travel), she was
seen and taken by a party of Port Simpson Indians, who would no doubt
have been glad to hand her back to her pursuers for gain, but on
hearing of her case, I demanded her freedom, and finally she was
received into a Christian family here, and tenderly cared for. Both the
man and his wife who received her into their home had themselves been
slaves years ago. They understood her language, sympathised deeply with
her, and laboured hard to impart to her the knowledge of the Saviour of
sinners. After about three months her cruel master with his party came
here to recapture her, but they had to return home unsuccessful. In
three months more her strength succumbed to the disease which had been
brought on her by cruelty and hardship. She was a great sufferer during
the last few weeks of her life, but she died expressing her faith in
the Saviour, and rejoicing that she had been led here to end her days."

Once during the twenty-three years which have passed away since the
North Pacific Mission, as it is now called, was begun, has Mr. Duncan
come back to his mother country; and this visit may most conveniently