The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-08
CONFERTED INDIANS.

Mi 'siona"y's G aphic tory of Li
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 The Rev. E.R.Young at N'rtEfie Me t'ngs.]
 Now, we had been working in this 1ew mission for some time and were reaching out and carrying it on blessed ", and the tribes and colonies of Indi ms around lad heard about the whit,
 nan and his wife who had come among
 he Sotos, and they came to see us One day there marched into our hut a great big Indian woman, quite different in style from the ordinary Indian wo-
 nan. These Indian women are the
 most modest, timd and retiring people ,ou ever saw. But here was one who anne in with her head up and looking It us as though she was sizing us up. Her actions were different from the other womans', because of her position. She was chieftainess. Her father was l great chief, and when her husband
 lied she ruled her people, and she was clever woman. She lived far away up in the interior, and she had heard from the hunters of the paleface and his wife, with their wonderful book, who had come to live down there among the Sotos. She didn't believe it, bu, ought she would come and find out for herself, and she had actually come from her distant home to know whether what she had heard from the hunters about the book and the great spirit was true. I found that of all the inquirers that I ever had the joy of teaching she was the most unsuitable in her curiosity and desire to learn. She was a grea talker. She would talk morning, noon and night; nor could you seem to sat- isfy her curiosity She stayed with us about two weeks, and before she went away I said to her: "Now you are go- ing back home and want to say some thing to you. Now, Christians keep one day in seven, which Is Gods day. We do not attend to worldly matters; we worship Him. Now, want you to be a Christian right straight along," and among other things about this Sabbath day I said: T am going to give you this big sheet of paper" I gave her big sheet of English foolscap and long pencil, and said: "When you get home you begin and write one, two, three, four, five, six; those are your days to hunt and fish. You attend to your worldly matters with the tribe, your duties as chieftainess, on these six days, and then the next day leave the gun and the rifle quiet in the wigwam; no
 uniting or fishing OH that day. Work hard on Saturday to get enough food for the Sunday; on that day think about the great spirit and pray to your loving father, who sees you wherever you are. Think about Him and rest on that day" said when she pleaded with me to come to her tribe: When the eagle moon is filling out listen for the peals of the missionary's sledge bells: then will go and see you"
 My program of work was so great that six months were passed before I could go and visit her people. When the eagle moon came, harnessed my dogs and took my guides and Indian dog-drivers and away we went. It was a dangerous journey; it took us twelve or fourteen days to get there. We often had to travel together by night on &C., count of the dazzling rays of the sun on the snow, which causes a sun blind- ness, which is very painful. We journey ed on amid many dangers and lots of adventures. but at last we reached our destination. The, last six miles we had to cross a beautiful lake. and as we dashed out of the forest, there. on tho other shore. was her. village, and sharp eyes were on the lookout for ts. We were not more than half way across be-