them it would not be humiliating to any one. I
told them I was pleased to find some young men who were willing to stand
up for their mothers, while the great majority treated them worse than
they did their dogs. My suggestion was, that the sons of each mother
should form a wigwam of their own, and take their own mother with them
and care for her. They were good hunters and strong men, and could do
well. Then I added, "Let your father remain with the wife who has no
children, no strong sons or daughters. Do this, and the Great Spirit
will be pleased, and when you are further instructed there will be
nothing to prevent you all being baptized and becoming Christians
together."

They were much pleased with the suggestion, and went away to talk it
over. I did not succeed in getting the scheme immediately carried out,
but my successor, the devoted and heroic Reverend John Semmens, was so
successful in following up the work thus begun, that these Indians, with
many scores of others, have become sincere, consistent Christians.

Various were the plans adopted by my zealous, devoted wife and myself to
help the people up to a better and happier life. In their old ways
there were but few efforts made by the women to keep their homes neat
and tidy, and their children or themselves clean. They had no
encouragements to do anything of the kind. Kicked and cuffed and
despised, there was left in them no ambition to do anything more than
would save them from the rough treatment of those who considered
themselves their lords and masters. The result was, when they became
Christians, there was a great deal to learn ere their simple little
homes could be kept decently, and in order. Fortunately, with a great
many of them there was a desire to learn. A novel plan that we adopted,
as one among many that did much good, was occasionally to go and dine
with some of them. Our method was something like this. On the Sabbath
from the pulpit I would announce that on Monday, if all was well, Mrs
Young and I would dine with such a family, mentioning the name. On
Tuesday we would dine with some one else, and on Wednesday with some
other family, and so on for the week. This was, of course, the first
intimation any of these families had received that, without waiting for
an invitation, the Missionary and his wife were coming to dine with
them.

After service they waited to ask us if they could believe their own
ears.

"Yes, certainly,"