144 THE LIFE OF

of Christianity. There are persons who once belonged
to other nations, who now live in the territory of the
Ojebwas.

The present state of the christianized Ojebwas is such,
that they are fully ripe for greater advancement in reli-
gion, literature, and the arts and sciences. Multitudes
have left their wigwams, their woods, and the chase,
and are now endeavoring to tread in the footsteps of
worthy white men. The reasons for all this, are the fol-
lowing:

1. Their chiefs have seen the necessity of making a
“ smooth, strait path for their children,” by appropria-
ting as much of their means as they could spare.

2. The rising‘ generation are beginning to thirst for
learning, and are cultivating a taste for improvement
more than ever.

3. Native teachers are now being trained to go to
their brethren, and preach to them in their own language,
Christ, and him crucified. By this means the nation
must be elevated.

Our prospects as a nation, are becoming brighter
through missionary efforts. There are many in Wiscon-
sin, and at Lake du Flambeau, who have requested that
missionaries be sent along the south shore of Lake Su-

perior. The same may be said of those residing about
Winepeg and Red Lakes. Much of the western part

of Red Lake, is full of “the habitations of cruelty ;”

for the Chippewas and Sioux are habitually destroying
each other.

I will here give extracts from the Report of the Com-
missioners, in 1842, to the Provincial Parliament, rela-