Viewing page 14 of 49

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

6

isolation seems [[strikethrough]] all [[/strikethrough]] the greater because one's own native land lies all about and yet is distinct from these strange desolate places. No Chinese Wall could be a [[strikethrough]] greater [[/strikethrough]] more complete barrier than the invisible line that bounds a Reserve, arresting the traveler & where every step of traffic must halt and go no further. Beyond this fateful line even roads as such, cease, only trails are to be seen winding over the hills, a couple of black lines on the tree-less wastes, as though all cheer were canceled by them. [[strikethrough]] All [[/strikethrough]] This is true of a Reserve today, when the patient labor of self sacrificing men and women had begun to bear fruit, for the Indians are slowly but steadily setting their faces toward civilization attracted thither by the voice and encouragement of the missionaries.

After three years, Mr Williamson