the ceremony of the planting of the Cross, in eight different places, and founded four frame churches which were constructed by the savages.
On an average, each village or tribe consists of about two hundred souls.
In the neighborhood of Fort Alexandria the number
of souls amounts to 1255
About Fort George, 343
In the neighborhood of Frazer's Lake, 258
" " Stuart's Lake, 211
" " McLeod's Lake, 80
" " Fort Babine, 1190
" " Bear Lake,[172] 801
Total number of souls, 4138
Population on Thompson's river, or on the land of the Sioushwaps or Atnass.[173]
The number of Sioushwaps, so called, is 583
" of Okinaganes, 685
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