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 In |v:;(i, tlu' J1<>1\ >>('(' ll.iviii<_r ■•ixni coiMMiission t«».tlu' Arch- 
 liivliMii of ',>nrl»tM', (':m:i<l;i !"!,iv;, lu <rfiil .mis^iiouaru'S to tfi'it 
 I'Mii ol'tlu' I'.ii'iiic ctnist' ii(>\v ciStni'risili'.' llir State of Oivljoii, 
 \ya>Inn<_'t<'ii I'd-rit ov. . \ aiicoiix cv Island, an<l IJrilish Coluiii- 
 
 ini tell \<':ll'- htloli lllc IimUIkImi'v lim' Was si'tllc'l Ik'IWi'C'H 
 
 (ii'i'at 1»iit (ill ami liu- I iii;.c<l >t:ili'> <>r Aiiicri< a - ;>«a'«»nrmirly, 
 ill ls;!s,iii <)i<U'r to mir\ out 1 lie intent iotisot" ! lu- Holy Fat lier, 
 two Frciifii ('aiia<li:iii priesfx were seleett'd, and rceeixcd the 
 mi-«si()n, :i-« the (ir^t Cailiolie elerirynien, to o-o an<l brinuf the 
 Li»K)d tiding- ol sahatiiHi in thai far 'listanti :ind*till tlien ne- 
 eleeted, )>"iiinn ot' thii' .L<<id'^ vine*avd. 'I'hev went overland 
 troiii .Mimireal, tliroiitzh ri\er>.and la^es, in back r.inwcs an<l 
 hoats. at fillies on t<>nt and.jj*/ iuirseliaek. The journey was 
 loniT :iiid tir'tliows. ;ie('orni»i>iiied 1)\ oi.at j»riv:itJons and hurd- 
 shi|is, and many «i're 'the dangers ibey had to eneonnter. At 
 last, havinudelt in tii*: month of A,»rn. tliey irately .'iVrive^l^ on- 
 tlie Jlth of \o\ eudiey, .n l-'or; \ jfiieonv'er. then the hi':l^-t|uar- 
 lers and ]»finei|i:dde|>ot of'llie I Ind^ons -Ijay ('(tmjiany, on the 
 ("olinnjiia iMver, at tin- distance ol nearlv <»pe Inindrod mih'S 
 from the ! iuatic; 1 >fean. ., , 
 
 Thr imdertakin^' \v as uu'it and ardnoii^T^ic fjivlir-wns iih- 
 men>e, ai'id tlie iimonni of work -fu'lore tiii4'niii>9h)nark's inav lie 
 
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 better imaijiiu'd thati de>riil»e<l; l»iH thotr^ITr unworthy" anij- 
 poor In-lrnment- in thi; hanos of Him \\1io, t«T"sh(M\ fitrtirt/he 
 iniiilit ol his arm. eh(>se to procure the-salvation ol'inankind by 
 the'inini^lrv. not of aimcls. liul of iiien, tjiev imt tlu'ii* whoUtf- _ 
 trust -:md eontideiiee m Hini.humhlv l»ea'i'in<«' His hlessinsx unoil - 
 a v\:ork iiiidertaki'ii for ihe ulorv of jjis n;iiiie ami the honor and * 
 triumph of His holy Chiiivh. Hnt here, it will i»e :'i)ik(*d, wht» ,' 
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 portAnt mifwion had been ronfided?— the ;Most R v. F. N. 
 Blanchet, now AiThbiMh<>|) of ()rej?<»n City, .Hi'l mv huinbh- 
 self;* and when we look to" the time wlieii wc arrived in a 
 ooantry almoKt as wiM »« nature ha«> inadr it, and Heoii.g wliat 
 has been done in a pp\nt of view both relijjious and imiterial, w 
 feeling of legitimate pride forces itself upop uh ; but we tliank 
 God for it, giving all glory to Him who is the autlior of all 
 perfect gifts. We humbly acknowledge the manifold fivorn He 
 has been pleased to be«U)W*iipon us in our unremittuig offorts 
 in carrying out the object of our mission. 
 
 Its lieginning was, small indeed ; it^was the mu^^tard-seed 
 80wn in a vast field, but which has grown and become a tre*-. 
 You would no longer see the two first missionaries constantly 
 travelling, and principally myself, over the whole country, 
 visiting the almost numberless Indian tribes, and teaching Oi«'" 
 the first yidiments of Christianity, being at times separated, 
 on^ from the other, by hnndreds of ndles. Another state of 
 things has succeeded; other laborers were c«lled into the ti^hi, 
 who, with one mind and (»ne soul, as their faith was one, joined 
 us in the common cause, and are now reapirtg.u|» the fruits of 
 *our first labors; and, to tell all in a few words, fr(.m the 
 boundary line of California up north to the Rimsi;in possessions, 
 the whole country is divide<l between an Archi)ishop, two 
 Bishops, and one Vicar Apostolic. The labors, privations, self 
 SRcrifices, and hardships of the Missionaries have been reward- 
 ed a hundred-fold by the ccmyersion of thcmsindsof Indians. 
 The Bishops have entablished schools among. ^leni, th*; boys 
 being taught by clergymen, the girls by Sisters of diflferent 
 orders, who at the same time arc conducting schools in the 
 principal cities and towns, in which young ladies of all clasw-ft 
 and denominations can receive as liberal smd finishe.l an educa 
 tion a«i any where else. 
 
 Such are the i>rincipal traits of tlxe whdle tsjbleau, and the 
 brief sfite.nent of which I hope will not be deemeu out of^. 
 pl:»ce, before I c»me to the object I have in view, and to Avhich 
 I take the liberty to call i)ublic attention. 
 
 • I had come to the Mission of Red River tlic year t)efore. is:n. Tl.is 
 MiMkm waH also founded by two (;aua«lian priests, in 1817 
 
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 I was ni>|>Mint(Ml as firsf IJishop of Vancoiivor Island and of 
 IJr.ifMli Colinnbhu* in ini*}, nnd, as a tnaltcr of rourso, I lm<l 
 
 . t'verv thiiivr to .lo to f'sfahlisli tlif Mission. My fathedral is a 
 small fr im«' h iililiii;.x,' liaVdIy larixf f mmiltIi it tli • |>r.'st'nt tinu'. 
 In IH57, I <'ann' t<^ Canada, with the )»A>r.so of irt'ttinir Sisters 
 for the e<lii('ation of the yoimir teniMh'M In April of the year 
 f<)Uo\viiiL', I reti-inu'<l honve with foiir Sisf rs of the order of St. 
 Ann, lately fo\njd»<i hy the present IJishoji of Montreal. A 
 si;h».ol was «»|)ened forthwith;' hut I s6on saw the neeessity ol 
 
 r uddin:: to theii nninher. In 1H59 two more came ont; hut tlie 
 work increaKintr, ihr eumhined efforts of six Sistern soon |>roved 
 to Ik' inadt'quati' to the ta^k, and in 1h6:{ they had the consola- 
 tion to weleome eii^ht other Sisters. Tluir selmol in N'ietoria 
 has been, all the time, and still is, in ji.most flourishing: <'on 
 -dition, tliere heiui; at the last e.xamination one hundred and 
 tirtv pupils, hoarders and »lay scholars; and, finally, they will 
 soon receive a n'-enforcement of six Sisters, who took their d«'- 
 partin-e by the steamer Arizonn, on the lOth of N<')vemher last. 
 'Die m)o<l.aud zealous t^istiT^, always true to tlu'ir holy voca- 
 tion, are not contented with dcvotini; themselves to the e<luea 
 tion of the white' and half-bre^d children in Victoria, and in 
 New Westminster, British ('(.luinlua, where they Itave also 
 openetl 'a schocd nearly two years aj^'o ; the Indian crirln at St. 
 Anti's Mission, foVty miles from N'ictorja, h;vve als*) heef)ime the 
 object of their boundles-* charity. There, in the smniner*of 1 K64,^ 
 -I built a convent for them at my own expense, as»the Colonial 
 Goyeinment LriveH me no assistance whatever, even for the 
 Indian Missions, and a <;re;»t number of g-irls an^ beinir educated 
 and trained in the habit!:i of <lomestic life, /^/vt^/X.- a blessing 
 whi.h the hoyw are also receivintr from one of the Miasionaries. 
 1 was .oiilittinj,' to say that I have also a irood school for the 
 
 boys in Victoria. 
 
 Xil these establishments are f^oinpr on pro8|>erdn8ly ; but 
 
 * other institutions of eq«>al, if not of iireater, necessity are still 
 
 wantinjr— an <.rphan asylum a>i<l an hojjipital in Viotoria, The 
 
 Sisters are impatiently waiting for the moment the buildings 
 
 are put tip t<) take charge of tlwrn. Till nowtTtey are eom- 
 
 * N<.\> a('[»'aiato<l from my diocese. un<i bein^• a Vicariate ajWHtolic. 
 
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 |kOK'<1 tt» Inki' tlic «»v|ili:»ii «^irlj» into ^uir own h(Mi>»'. :iii'l loi 
 tliis rj'Msou tlu'v r.'m ;itV.»ril to rccriN r-lmj ;i liniiit'd miuhIht ot 
 tlMMii. At iljt' time I hiiil' tile |>it;-.<'iii »-.>n\('iit. I tlimi'^lit it 
 wouM lu' hiriff riioiio|| i'nr m;m\ }<•""* '" '"Hii' ; Imii. flir \( i\ 
 vrar follow int;, it |tro\t'il t.* !•«• too vMnilf. cvt'ti to ;u'i"oiiniio'l:itr 
 tlu' iiumhrT ot'|Mi|til>. 'Hn' littlf cfohoini.-' of" iIm- Sisi4'rs jroiiiL' 
 to«<u|n>ort tiif orphriiis, flu'V li:i\t' iioi \u-i\\ :i!>U' to l>uil<l ;i l.sr 
 m'ranti rnorr ronif'ortahlc lionx- ; ;in<l I am »ofiy to ^is ilnt'. 
 not for tin- w.int of v;ooil wili, l»ni o| ^utlir-ictit means. I am 
 tU'|»riv<Ml of th<' fjitisfiu'tion of liaxiuir <lfHnr it uiy-i^lt TiuTf" 
 fort', n«)t to i»o an iillc w itiu'«<>^ of iiu'iravinu' wants an'l mvcssi 
 •tit's, I hiiin'Uly laid lu'lon- tin- llol\ l-'atlitT liu'. sMlU'iiiiij condi 
 ti«»ii of niy dioct'M'. and t'lrncstjy hrLTir*'*) *♦• iilm to j^'r.nit nn- 
 |>onnis«iion to i;o to some fori'iijjn <'ountry in ofdorto sojioii .lid 
 and assistauco Ity wliicli 1 iniuht lu' I'ljaMcK to cstaWlisli iIk 
 aW>vtMMentionod in(*titiitioti«i. wliicli In' Iiis U»,>on |tl<>a>('d ljim 
 ciously.to «lo hy a Kosi-ript, tiatt'd Soptt'inlxM- 17'. IS(}">. 
 
 I am also |»osst>ssi'd "oi! a l»'ttt'i\ot' jii< Kmini'Mcc, Cafdifial 
 Kamabo, Pntoot of tin- Sacrt'd ('on<jrii'«j:atiou of' tiir I*i(n»a«jfa- 
 tion of tln> Faith, in w li'U'Ii ills Kmiiionct' >itron^Iy roi(>nnn('nds 
 mo t(» all tlu' Most Kevorend and IJiirht l{(;vir'iid Hishoi's of 
 any ('<»iintrv 1 tna\ vi»it, in oidci- to acconiplisli tlu* liarjl task I 
 havi' iui»UM'takt'n. , 
 
 I liavi' said (Miouixn, and Christian ,cliarit\ will iiot loiiuir.' 
 more. May then this simple hut' true i.t-fnmi cnli-^t in my cause 
 the svtnpathiex of all, not <»nlv ( 'atli«tli(>, hut al>-o such of my 
 separated hrethren •^o well known- for their lilx-iaiity in answ'er- 
 inp the \^all of sufteriiej: hntnatiity, noi*^ itninindfiil^ of what is 
 written, that "alms coxiTsa niuitit.u le of sins.", and aLrain. that 
 •'blessed is'lu' that uinhrsiandcth c(»nce.rniM<jf the lu-edy and 
 the poor; the Lord w iH deliver him in ihc evil d;iy." To this 
 eatise I havi' (leVotcd tnariv thiitv v<;irs of niy life. C'otild 1 
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 Any doriatioti sent to my address, 17:5 Third Strict,\vill In- 
 thankfully reeci\('d. 
 
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