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departure. John Taunchey hesitated about going, be- cause I was undecided, and my father felt unwilling at

first to let me go. One day I determined to leave the Village so as to

avoid going to Lake Superior; Ihunted along the River Trent, hoping that John Taunchey would be gone before my return; I felt very unwilling to go. I was absent over two weeks ; they were thelongest two weeks I had ever experienced. Yet the whole time I felt dis- satisfied; something seemed to whisper to me, “ George, go home, and go to Lake Superior with your uncle John Taunchey.” I returned to the village. The first per- son I saw, informed me that my uncle was waiting for me, and that my father had left it to me to decide whether to go or to stay. Here I was; the missionaries came, and said, “ George, your father has left it with you to go or stay. It is your duty to go ; John is wait- ing, and to-day you must conclude.” Our school mis- tress, Miss Pinney, came and reasoned with me. I recollected, too, that I had prayed that God might pre- pare me to be useful to my brethren; and now, that I had some good reason to think that my prayers had been heard, and still to refuse to go, would perhaps be acting in opposition to the indications of God. I wept and prayed ;but 0! that night of struggle! I could not sleep. In the morning,I said to my father, “ I have concluded to go; prepare me for my journey.” That morning we were prepared; and on the 16th of July, 1834, about noon, we were on the shore. The canoe was ready; many of the Indians prayed with us on the beach. After

shaking hands with my father and the rest, we bid 6*