Mr. Woolsey--Another now mission.
Mr. Woolsey, his interpreter, and two hired men comprised this
settlement at the time. One small house and a roofless stable were
the only improvements. Mr. Woolsey had begun here within the year,
and his difficulties had been neither few nor small. Any Indians who
might look upon this place as a home in the future were now either
moose-hunting in the north, or out on the plains after buffalo.
The reason for establishing at this place was like that at White-fish
Lake, to be somewhat out of the way of the contending tribes; and it
was thought that thirty-five or forty miles into the wooded country
north of the northernmost bend of the Saskatchewan would give some
respite from the constant danger and dread which was a condition of
this western country at that time.
Father's plan was that Mr. Woolsey should accompany us out to the
rendezvous, already arranged for with Mr. Steinhauer and his people,
and as most of Mr. Woolsey's Indians were out on the plains, he
expected to see the people of both missions as also the missionaries
together.