nt away, I said to her: Now you are going back home, and I
want to say something to you. You must try to remember what we have
said about the loving Father, and His beloved Son. You must try to pray
every day to Him, and you must try to love Him and keep all of His
commands.

"Now one of these commands is, `Remember the Sabbath day to keep it
holy.' Christians keep one day in seven, and you say that your people
desire to be Christians; and I believe you. We want you to be a
Christian in everything, and so we want you to remember this among the
other commandments. To help you in this matter, I am going to give you
this big sheet of paper and pencil, and you will mark each day as it
goes by."

So starting her on Monday, I showed her how to mark the days in this
way:--111111. "Those six are _your_ days, in which to hunt and fish and
attend to all your duties as a chieftainess. Look after all your
affairs on those six days; then, when the seventh day comes, make a big
mark in this way:--

"This mark is for God's day. Leave your gun and net on that day, and do
not go hunting or fishing: it is the day of rest and worship. Make all
preparations for it on the day before. See that you have plenty of food
captured, and wood cut, so that when the day of God chines, you will not
have to work or hunt or fish. On that day think much about the Great
Spirit, and pray much to your loving father who sees and hears you all
the time, and who is well pleased if we keep His day and worship Him
upon it."

Ere she left, she pleaded earnestly with me to come and visit her and
her tribe, and preach to them, and explain the way of the Great Book.
My engagements were very many but finding that I could crowd in a visit,
I said:

"When the eagle-moon is filling out listen for the ringing of the
missionary's sleigh-bells, for then will he be coming to see you and
your people with his dog-train and guide."

My programme of engagements was so great, that it was about six months
ere I could make the promised visit. So when the eagle moon came--which
is February--I harnessed up my dogs, and taking one of my experienced
guides and a couple of dog-drivers, started for the far-off land of
Ookemasis.

We were about two weeks on the journey. It was one of the most
dangerous and toilsome I ever undertook. We often had to travel along
on the narrow ledges of ice that overhung the rapid waters of the great
river. Sometimes our dog-sleds