The Spirit of missions . ion will be asimple task if it should be needed. In the evening the two priests droveto Tipi Wakan, St. Johns, Cannon Ball,eighteen miles southeast, and lodgedwith subdeacon Martin had the bed, and the others ofus and the kittens had a good rest onthe floor. Here we have forty acres allotted tous, but the church stands some thirtyrods from it. We are about to buy fiveacres and save moving the church. Thebuilding needs some repairing. A re- roots for winter use. The people areworking hard for funds to put the prop-erty in good shape, and hope that thebi
The Spirit of missions . ion will be asimple task if it should be needed. In the evening the two priests droveto Tipi Wakan, St. Johns, Cannon Ball,eighteen miles southeast, and lodgedwith subdeacon Martin had the bed, and the others ofus and the kittens had a good rest onthe floor. Here we have forty acres allotted tous, but the church stands some thirtyrods from it. We are about to buy fiveacres and save moving the church. Thebuilding needs some repairing. A re- roots for winter use. The people areworking hard for funds to put the prop-erty in good shape, and hope that thebishop will be able to meet them dollarfor dollar. But dollars come slowly onthe reservation* Another great object of our journeywas the repair of the organ. It was asight when we opened it! Such a col-lection of mouse treasures, and suchhavoc. But after many hours of diligentapplication it came to good order again,and we turned toward Red Hail Camp. Another day of carpentering, and dutycalled us away, and left Dr. Beede a. WE LODGED WITH SUBDEACON MARTIN SEEWALKER cent storm moved the rear off its foun-dation and sprung the walls. The early morning was devoted to aconference, or one might say, conclusion was that the wisest planis the erection of a residencejoining the church on the east side as apermanent and sufficient brace againstthe winds. This is to be two stories,sixteen by twenty-four feet, and willcover the two mid-windows. A substan-tial foundation must be put in place ofthe poor one now there, and Dr. Beedehas promised to stone up a cellar if theIndians will dig one. They must learnto build cellars and raise potatoes and monopolist of the trade, but with themost difficult tasks done and a finishreasonably in, sight. In two of our threemissions on the reservation we now havegood churches, and must put one at Por-cupine as soon as may reasonably be. The reservation comprises that partof Morton County lying south of theCannon Ball River. There is som
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