Chapter One. The summons to the Indian. work — The decision — The valedictory services — Dr.. Punshon — The departure — Leaving Hamilton — St.. Catherine's — Milwaukee custom-house delays — Mississippi. — St. Paul's — On the prairies — Frontier settlers. — Narrow escape from shooting one of our school teachers —. Sioux Indians and their wars — Saved by our flag — Varied. experiences.
Chapter Two. Still on the route. — Fort Garry — Breaking up of our party of missionaries. — Lower Fort — Hospitable Hudson's Bay officials —. Peculiarities — Fourteen days in a little open boat on stormy Lake. Winnipeg — Strange experiences — Happy Christian Indian. boatmen — “In perils by waters.”
Chapter Three. Arrival at Norway House. — Our new home — Rev. Charles Stringfellow —. Thunderstorm — Rev. James Evans — Syllabic Characters. invented — Difficulties overcome — Help from English Wesleyan. Missionary Society — Extensive use of the Syllabic Characters. — Our people, Christian and pagan — Learning lessons by dear. experience — The hungry woman — The man with the two ducks. — The first Sabbath in our new field — Sunday School and. Sabbath services — Family altars.
Chapter Four. Constant progress. — Woman's sad condition in paganism — Illustrations —. Wondrous changes produced by Christianity — Illustrations —. New Year's Day Christian Festival — The aged and feeble ones first. remembered — Closing Thanksgiving services.
Chapter Five. Oxford House mission. — Visited by canoe — Description of this useful craft-Indian. skill — Oxford Lake — Dr. Taylor — Edward Papanekis. — Still on the trail by birch canoe — Narrow escape from. being crushed by the ice — On stormy Lake Winnipeg —. Pioneering farther north — Successes — “Show us the. Father, and it sufficeth us” — Christ accepted in the place. of idols.
Chapter Six. The wild north land. — The two methods of travel, by canoe and dog-train — The. native dogs — St. Bernard and Newfoundland dogs — The dog. sleds — The guide — The dog drivers — The long journeys. — Night travelling — Wondrous visions of the night.
Chapter Seven. On the trail with the. dogs, to fields ripe for the reaper — The place — The trip. — The winter camp — The bitter cold — Enduring hardness. — Death shaking hands with us — Many days on the. trail.
Chapter Eight. Nelson River — A. demonstrative welcome — First religious service — A four. hours' sermon — The chief's eloquent reply — The old man with. grandchildren in his wigwam — “Our Father” —. “Then we are brothers” — “Yes” —. “Then why is the white brother so long time in coming with the. Gospel to his red brother?” — Glorious successes.
Chapter Nine. A welcome accession. — The Rev. John Semmens — A devoted young missionary —. First to reside At Nelson River — In labours and in perils oft. — In journeyings oft by dog-trains together — The centenarian. old Christian — William Papanekis — His godly life and. wondrous translation.
Chapter Ten. Rev. James Evans, the. peerless missionary — His journeys by canoe and dog-train —. The Cree Syllabic Characters, his invention — Lord Dufferin's words. concerning him — His successes — His trials —. Accidental shooting of his interpreter — Surrendering himself to. the avengers — Adopted into a pagan family — Visit to England. — Sudden death.
Chapter Eleven. Sowing and reaping. — Beautiful incident — “Help me to be a. Christian!” — Thirty years between the sowing and the reaping. — Sorrowing, yet stubborn, Indians induced to yield by the. expression, “I know where your children are!”
Chapter Twelve. On the trail to Sandy. Bar — Sleeping on the ice — Thievish Esquimaux Dogs —. Narrow Escape of Jack — Joyous Welcome — Society formed. — Benjamin Cameron, once a cannibal, now a lay helper —. Plum-pudding — A striking instance of honesty.
Chapter Thirteen. An Indian Lovefeast. — Many witnesses — Sweet songs of Zion — The Lord's. Supper — Memoir of William Memotas, the devoted Christian.
Chapter Fourteen. Varied duties. — Christianity must precede civilisation — Illustrations. — Experimental farming — Ploughing with dogs —. Abundance of fish — Visits from far-off Indians — Some come. to disturb — Many sincere inquirers after the truth —. “Where is the Missionary?” — Beren's River Mission. begun — Timothy Bear — Perils on the ice.
Chapter Fifteen. Small-pox pestilence. — Heroic conduct of Christian Indians — Whites supplied with. provisions by Red men — The guide Samuel Papanekis — His. triumphant death — Nancy, the happy widow — In poverty, yet. rejoicing.
Chapter Sixteen. A race for life in a. blizzard storm — Saved by the marvellous intelligence of Jack. — “Where is the old man, whose head was like the. snow-drift?”
Chapter Seventeen. Work outside the. pulpit — Polygamy and its evils — Family re-arrangements. — Dangerous work at times — Practical pastoral duties —. A fish sermon — Five men won to Christ.
Chapter Eighteen. Exploring new. fields — The Gospel before treaties — Big Tom's noble spirit. of self-sacrifice.
Chapter Nineteen. The mission among. the Saulteaux established — Nelly's death — Missionary. anniversaries attended — Rev. Thomas Crosby — Travelling. adventures — More working with dogs — Our new home —. Visit from a chieftainess — Closing words.
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