. Klondike : the Chicago record's book for gold seekers. which includes the mining towns andthe post at the mouth of Tanana river, which latter placeis called Fort Adams; the mission is designated Mr. Prevost has made that station his residencefor two or three years. A boarding school for nativesis there, and among other enlightening influences he hasstarted a small newspaper, wdiich is issued red-hot fromthe press twice a year, and it is a very interesting littlepaper, for it contains the news oi the country—somethingof all that is going on—from Herschel island to themines and from
. Klondike : the Chicago record's book for gold seekers. which includes the mining towns andthe post at the mouth of Tanana river, which latter placeis called Fort Adams; the mission is designated Mr. Prevost has made that station his residencefor two or three years. A boarding school for nativesis there, and among other enlightening influences he hasstarted a small newspaper, wdiich is issued red-hot fromthe press twice a year, and it is a very interesting littlepaper, for it contains the news oi the country—somethingof all that is going on—from Herschel island to themines and from Bering sea to Mackenzie river. Mr. Pre-vost has a small steamboat at his disposal and is enabledto move thoroughly over his field. The work of relig-ious teaching at Fort Yukon for the most part has beendeputed to a native catechist. Other protestant denominations have missions on theYukon and along the coast off Alaska, notably the Pres-byterians and the Methodists, and besides these the Cath-olics and the Greek church have long had a strong foot-. 7. O a X D O H < BOOK FOR GOLD-SEEKERS. 365 hold among the Eskimos and Indians. There are severalCatholic schools that have done much for the natives. The work of the protestant missionaries will be facili-tated by the introduction of the little Siberian reindeer,provided the experiment proves a success, which nowseems likely, although it will be rather slow in practicalbenefits. The Eskimos will need to be patiently taughtnew traits. Their natural inclination is to kill and likewise is the ruling passion of their dogs, andboth must be trained and restrained. The majority of the protestant missionaries are mar-ried, and, of course, have their families with them. Thereare those, especially of the Church of England missions,who have almost grown old in this particular field. BishopBompas of the Selkirk diocese has been in the countrysince the establishment of the mission, thirty years is said he can take a slab
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