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hindered me. Now I could not go because my walking
powers have been sapped by la grippe. Still I feel bound
to try to lead them to Christ. If I cannot go I must send.

“These Indians, unlike all others I have yet met with,
have no settled homes, but are hunters, and live entirely by
the chase. No white man knows anything of their language.
The gold-miners tell me they are very shy, especially their
women, which is as commendable as unusual among Indians.
They have no belongings beyond what they and their dogs
can carry on their backs. Their powers of endurance are
said to be extraordinary. The cold they seem to defy. The
summers are delightful. Whoever undertakes the duty of
missionary pioneer must be a great itinerant. I should
license him to a district as large as the two Provinces of
Canterbury and York, with Scotland thrown in. He must be
sound in wind and limb as well as in the faith. He must not
have a wife. During the winter a log hut will be home.
Servants will not be required, therefore accommodation for
one will suffice. As soon as the confidence of the Indians
is won, then some of the boys of the tribes can be received as
boarder pupils, and the hut enlarged to admit them.
Eventually the Indians will settle down near the missionary
for part of the year, and so become civilized as well as
evangelized. This work is really heroic and requires a man
inspired with spiritual fervour strongly flavoured with
common sense.

“Where to find him God alone knows at present. I pray
that he may quickly obey the King’s command.”

The above letter was soon followed by one telling of the
Bishop’s serious illness, and of his need of change. He
determined if possible to reach Hngland in time for the May
meetings of 1892. The following touching account is given
of the affection of the Indians for their Bishop :—

“T must tell you of a beautiful thing. When the Indians
were no longer allowed to see me, they met every afternoon
in the church for special prayer on my behalf. Men and
women prayed in succession, eight or nine at every meet-

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