(Father Peter) to an im.nense rocky mountain which dominates the whole region. At my departure the whole village accompanied me. The country over which we traveled is open; the soil sterile and sandy, and the different chains of mountains that traverse it seem to be nothing but sharp pointed rocks, thinly covered with cedars and pines. Toward evening we came up with the men of the first Okinagan encampment, who received us with the greatest cordiality and joy. The chief who came out to meet us was quite conspicuous, being arrayed in his court dress - a shirt made of a horse-skin, the hair of which was outside, the mane partly on his cliest and back, giving him a truly fantastic and savage appearance. The camp also joined us, and the fact of my arrival having been soon noised abroad in every direction, we saw, issuing from the defiles and narrow passes of the mountains, bands of Indians who had gone forth to gather their harvest of roots. 'Many sick were presented to me for baptism, of which rite they already knew the importance.
Before reaching the rendezvous assigned us, on the borders of the Okinagan lake, I was surrounded by more than Zoo horsemen, and more than 200 others were already in waiting. We recited together night prayers, and all listened with edifying attention to the instruction I gave them. The interpreter and Martin continued the religious conversation until the night was far advanced; they manifested the same anxiety to hear the word of God that the Cceur d'Alènes had shown. All the next day was spent in prayer, instructions and hymns -I baptized io6 children and some old people, and in conclusion named the plain where these consoling scenes occurred, the " Plain
of Prayer." It would be impossible for me to give you an idea of the piety, the happiness of these men, who are thirsting for the life-living waters of the divine word. How much good a missionary could do, who would reside in the midst of a people who are so desirous of receiving instruc-