Willis was to teach her."
"You left me little to do," said Mr. Willis. "I found Parabery and
Canda prepared to believe, with sincere faith, the holy religion I came
to teach--the God of the white people was the only one they adored. I
knew Parabery, he had come to hunt seals in the island where I was
established, and I was struck by his appearance. What was my
astonishment to find, that when I spoke to him of the one true God, he
was no stranger to the subject. He had even some ideas of a Saviour, and
of future rewards and punishments.
"'It was the white lady,' said he, 'who taught me this; she teaches
Canda and Minou-minou, whose life she saved, and whom she is bringing up
to be good like herself.'
"I had a great desire," continued Mr. Willis, "to become acquainted with
my powerful assistant in the great work of my mission. I told Parabery
this, who offered to bring me here in his canoe; I came and found, in a
miserable cave, or rather in a bear's den, all the virtues of mature age
united to the charms of youth; a resigned and pious mother, bringing up
her children, as women should be brought up, in simplicity, forbearance,
and love of industry; teaching them, as the best knowledge, to love God
with all their heart, and their neighbour as themselves.
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