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of the victim, which proved to be that of an
Indian who had the largest number of
grown-up boys able to avenge his death. On
the day of the funeral a spectacle absolutely
unheard of in the annals of the Carrier tribe,
was witnessed: despite the great grief which
prevailed, the old chief and the widow of the
victim of the accident and other members of
her family were seen kneeling together in
the church receiving Holy Communion.
Furthermore, not a word of reproach was
uttered at the grave or later on. It was a
marvellous example of the power of Chris-
tian faith and teaching in curbing—nay,
completely changing—the nature and spirit
of the savage and unbridled Indian. In truth
to him who knows the Indians it was little
short of heroic.

This had happened in Father Morice’s
new mission field, the capital of which was
Fort Saint James, on Stuart Lake, one of the
most beautiful sheets of water in British
Columbia, whence he periodically emerged,
visiting in succession every one of the four-
teen missionary stations, or native villages
or bands, he had under him.

Another instance or occurrence will show

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