Nice early book with good tight binding.   Hardcover, cloth over board, measures approN 5.5" N 7.5" by Rev. Egerton R. Young.  

CHAPTER I.
Indian Evangelisation — New Records of Work done — Heroic Efforts — The Puritans — Brainerd — President Grant's Humane Policy

CHAPTER 1I
Work in Canada — "William Case — James Evans and his Co-labourers in the Great Lone Land, with Sketches of Revs. Peter Jones, John Sunday, and Henry Steinheur


CHAPTER III
The Summons to the Indian "Work — The Decision — The Valedictory Services — Dr. Punshon — The Departure — Leaving Hamilton — St. Catharine's — Milwaukee Custon-House Delays — Mississippi — St. Paul's — On the Prairies — Frontier Settlers — Narrow Escape from Shooting One of our School Teachers — SiouN Indians and their "Wars — Saved by our Flag — Varied ENperiences

CHAPTER IV.
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 ENperiences — Happy Christian Indian Boatmen — " In Perils by "Waters" 41


CHAPTER V.
Arrival at Norway House — Our New Home — Rev. Charles Stringfellow — Thunderstorm — Rev. James Evans — Syllabic Characters Invented — Difficulties Overcome — Help from English TTesleyan Missionary Society — ENtensive Use of the Syllabic Characters — Our People, Christian and Pagan — Learning Lessons by dear ENperience — The Hungry Woman — The Man with the Two Ducks — Our First Sabbath in our New Field — Sunday School and Sabbath Services — Family Altars ... 54


CHAPTER VI.
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 . . ... 63


CHAPTER VII.
Oxford House Mission — "Visited by Canoe — Description of this Useful Craft — Indian Skill — OxfordLake — 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 71


CHAPTER VIII.
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 Traveling — "Wondrous Visions of the Night . . . .89

CHAPTER Ix.
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 ou the Trail . . . 101

CHAPTER X.
Nelson Eiver — 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 . . 116


CHAPTER XI.
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 .... 125


CHAPTER XII.
Rev. James Evans, the Peerless Missionary — His Journeys by Canoe and Dog- Train — The Cree Syllabic Cliaracters 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 137


CHAPTER XIII.
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 ENpression, know where your Children are I " . 151


CHAPTER XIV.
On the Trail to Sandy Bar — Sleeping on the Ice — Thievish EsquimauN 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 163


CHAPTER XV.
An Indian Lovefeast — Many "VN'itiiesses — Sweet Songs of Zion — The Lord's Supper — Memoir of "William Memotas, the devoted Christian . . 1T2


CHAPTER XVI.
Varied Duties — Christianity must precede Civilisation — Illustrations — ENperimental Farming — Ploughing with Dogs — Abundance of Fish — Visits from far-off Indians — Some come to disturb — Many sincere Inquirers after the Truth — "Where is tiie Missionary?" — Beren's River Mission begun — Timothy Bear — Perils on the Ice . . . 184


CHAPTER XVII.
Small-pox Pestilence — Heroic Conduct of Christian Indians — Whites supplied with Provisions by Red Men — The Guide, Samuel Papanekis — His triumphant Deatli — Nancy, the happy "Widow — In Poverty, yet rejoicing 197


CHAPTER XVIII.
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?" 211

CHAPTER XIN.
"Work Outside the Pulpit — Polygamy and its Evils — Family Ke-arrangements — Dangerous "Work at Times — Practical Pastoral Duties — A Fish Sermon — Five Men won to Christ 223

CHAPTER XX.
ENploring New Fields — The Gospel before Treaties — Big Tom's noble Spirit of Self-sacrifice 239

CHAPTER XXI.
The Mission among the SalteauN Established — Nelly's Death — Missionary Aimiversaries Attended — Rev. Thomas Crosby — Traveling Adventures — More "Working with Dogs — Our New Home — Visit from a Chieftainess — Ciosuio: "Words


LIST OF ILLUSTRATION'S.

PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR.
DOG-TRAIN AT FULL SPEED
REV. JOHN SUNDAY .
REV. HENRY STEINHEUR
JONAS, SAMSON, PAKAN
PORTRAIT OF MRS. YOUNG .
REV. WILLIAM YOUNG
A PRAIRIE SCENE
ROVING INDIANS AND HALF-BREEDS
AN INDIAN CANOE BRIGADE .
FAT DUCKS ....
" MANY A DUCK WAS SHOT BY THESE YOUNG INDIAN
TAKING THE BARK FROM THE TREES FOR CANOE-MAKING .
"as THE DOCTOR WAS AN ENTHUSIASTIC FISHERMAN "
""WITH HIS LIGHT CANOE HE CAN GO ALMOST EVERYWHERE" .
"here THE BLACK BEARS ARE VERY NUMEROUS "
" WE ENCHANGED OUR BLACK CLOTHES FOR OUR LEATHER SUITS "
"we have LOOKED DEATH IN THE FACE TOGETHER MANY TIMES"
" NO RIVER SEEMED TOO RAPID, AND NO LAKE TOO STORMY " .
CREE SYLLABIC ALPHABET . -

Frontispiece
THE lord's prayer 149
''some came iN their small CANOES" 137
I. — NOTHING BUT THE HIND QUARTER OF A WILD CAT FOR BREAKFAST.
OFF LOOKING FOR GAME 192
II. — SIN HUNDRED YARDS IS A LONG SHOT, BUT WILD CAT IS POOR FOOD, AND SO WE WILL TRY FOR SOMETHING BETTER 193
III. — COME, SHARE WITH ME OUR SAVOURY VENISON .... 195

DOG-TRAIN WITH MAIL 199
REV. EDWARD PAPANEKIS AND FAMILY 201
FISHING THROUGH THE ICE 207
CHRISTIAN Indian's barn, scugog mission 209
PAGAN INDIAN CEREMONIES AT A DOG FEAST 213
sea river FALLS, NEAR NORWAY HOUSE 237
INDIAN COUNCIL 241
A YOUNG INDIAN WITH HIS CANOE AT THE FOOT OF THE RUDE WATER SLIDE 247
TOILING ALONG ON SNOW-SHOES THROUGH THE WOODS .... 259

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