Missionary Work Among the Ojebw

ted by August 25th. The specifications showed that it was to be a frame building, having, with the old parsonage, a frontage of 100 f

ay by day, to see the walls rising up, the partitions made b

eir names were Mary Jane, Kabaoosa, Mary-Ann Jacobs, Betsey Corning, Eliza Bird, John Rodd, Tommy Winter (who was at Kettle Point); also Nancy Naudee and

e Church as a Missionary Diocese, and on the 10th September,1873, Archdeacon Fauquier, of the Huron Dio

ut the opening of our H

e 22nd of

ow, red, and white-adorned the face of the building, and a large Union Jack, given by Mrs. Buxton, was hoisted on the centre of the roof. Men on the Reserve met first, ear

heir travelling expenses paid by their band; and we thought, if anything, it was rather an advantage to get them, as their homes were too far off for them to be likely to run away if they became home-sick. Both boys and girls worked very well, helping the matron (Mrs. Shunk) and schoolmaster to get everything ready by 4 p.m. The dining hall was prettily decorated with stag-horn, moss,

rost, and myself, sat at a table at one end, with the boys and girls of the Home

, hymns, and the declaration that the building was now open, and was to be known by the name of "The Shingwauk Industr

y-schools, then down our own staircase, into the dining-room, out again into the hall, through our kitchen and the Institution kitchen, and the matron's sitting-room, into the girl's work-room and dormitories, and so back to the dining-hall. Then all again took their places, and the meeting was continued. I read over the rules which had been placed on boards and hung up in the dining-hall; read over the names of the children a

onto and elsewhere had kindly undertaken the support of individual children, and Tommy and Jimmy we

ek our Indian children attende

the harmonium, and the children sang sweetly "Shall we gather at the river?" Then they had their baths, and