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caused by the fire. The ladies, in fact, had nothing else to wear, and the children were in the same case. A great deal of clothing and other effects had, it appeared, been rescued from the flames and piled up at a safe distance, but a change of wind caused it to be burnt up."
In a letter to the Victoria Daily Colonist, shortly after the fire, the Bishop acknowledged the beauti fully prompt liberality of kind hearts in Victoria. Great was the gratitude of the ladies of the mission when told of the intense sympathy of the capital and Vancouver. He added, " The Indians, with their missionaries in the employ of the Church Missionary Society, rebuilt the two former churches, and they will build the third more commodiously, if of less size. No doubt they would be gratified by help from this province, but are not likely to ask for it. They conceal pride with modesty I do not share, because I am begging for help for the dear chil dren. My house will be the last to be built, and that without appealing to the public. For twenty- two years I have been building up our educational establishments, until they were, I believe, unrivalled among missions throughout the Dominion. We have been educating the pick among the Indians throughout a Diocese including more than half of this province. Seeing a number of whites scattered over this area whose children could not have any schooling because of the distance from schools and of poverty, we started a boarding school for whites
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