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Reflections—Prospects in the Service—Decrease of the Game—Company's Policy in consequence—Appeal of the Indians—Means of Preserving them, and improving their Condition—Abolition of the Charter—Objections answered 260

CHAPTER XX.

Wesleyan Mission—Mr. Evans—Encouragement given by the Company—Mr. Evans' Exertions among the Indians—Causes of the Withdrawal of the Company's Support—Calumnious Charges against Mr. E.—Mr. E. goes to England—His sudden Death 278

CHAPTER XXI.

SKETCH OF RED RIVER SETTLEMENT.

Red River—Soils—Climate—Productions—Settlement of Red River through Lord Selkirk by Highlanders—Collision between the North-West and Hudson's Bay Companies—Inundation—Its Effects—French Half-Breeds—Buffalo Hunting—English Half-Breeds—Indians—Churches—Schools—Stores—Market for Produce—Communication by Lakes 289

CHAPTER XXII.

Sir G. Simpson—His Administration 311

Vocabulary of the Principal Indian Dialects in use among the Tribes in the Hudson's Bay Territory 323

NOTES

OF A

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS' SERVICE

IN THE

HUDSON'S BAY TERRITORY.