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His Lordship was so noted, he constituted me his teacher, and
commenced at once to master them. Their simplicity, and yet
wonderful adaptation for their designed work became clearly
recognized by him, for in a short time he read a portion of the
Lord's Prayer. Lord Dufferin became quite excited, and, getting up
from his chair, and holding the Testament in his hand, exclaimed,
"Why, Mr. Young, what a blessing to humanity the man was who
invented that alphabet!" Then continuing, he added, "I profess to
be a kind of literary man myself, and try to keep up my reading of
what is going on, but I never heard of this before. The fact is,"
he added, "the nation has given many a man a title, and a pension,
and then a resting-place, and a monument in Westminster Abbey, who
never did half so much for their fellow-creatures." Then turning to
me again, he asked, "Who did you say was the author, or inventor of
the characters?" "The Rev. James Evans," I replied. "Well, why is
it, I never heard of him before, I wonder?" he answered. My reply
was, "Well, my lord, perhaps the reason why you never heard before
of him was, because he was a humble, modest Methodist preacher."
With a laugh he replied, "That may have been it," and then the
conversation changed. (Pages 437, 438.)

The following are examples of the

CREE SYLLABIC CHARACTERS.

[Cree characters] a, e, oo, ah.
[Cree characters] pa, pe, poo, pah.
[Cree characters] ta, te, tooh, tah.
[Cree characters] cha, che, choo, chah.
[Cree characters] na, ne, noo, nah.
[Cree characters] ka, ke, koo, kah.
[Cree characters] ma, mee, moo, mah.
[Cree characters] sa, see, soo, sah.
[Cree characters] ya, yee, yoo, yah.

The following is the mode of forming words:--

[Cree characters] Mah-ne-tooh--Great Spirit.
[Cree characters] Oo-mee-mee--Dove.
[Cree characters] Nah-pah-ne--Flour-making.

FOOTNOTES:

[130] In a letter to him from the Rev. A. Green, dated November, 1842,
the desirability of a union with the Episcopal Methodists was pressed
upon his attention. Mr. Green said:--The Episcopal Methodists are
gaining ground in many circuits. It would be of much service to us,
could we take them on board the old ship again. I learn from Brother
Richardson that they are anxious for this, and that Mr. Reynolds would
give up his claims, and many of their preachers would