he worshipped, and by whose aid he pretended to work great wonders, but who now required a greater sacrifice than usual, as he had not saved his wife’s life.  But his day of retribution did not long linger.  Having boasted that his Torngak had killed a man, Kullugak’s two wives, who died suddenly within a few hours of each other at Okkak, where the family had obtained leave to settle, Kullugak, in company with another Esquimaux, assassinated the poor wretch within eight days after he had sacrificed the unfortunate infant.

For several succeeding years the progress of the awakening continued to advance at all the three settlements, both among the heathen by whom they were visited, and among the residents, while the believers grew in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord their Saviour; and the decided nature of the change which had taken place was evidenced by the professing Esquimaux declining their pernicious intercourse with the Europeans, while their heathen countrymen, who were determined to retain the abominations of their forefathers, were as unwilling to reside among them; so much so, indeed, that the missionaries at Hopedale, writing to Europe in 1807, remarked, “No heathen families have lived near us, and it appears as if that old den of Satan at Avertok would remain unoccupied.  Three Europeans lived about half a day’s journey from hence, but as none of our Esquimaux went to them they did not call here.”  The report of the brethren in 1809 was:  “Concerning our dear Esquimaux congregation, we may truly and thankfully declare that we have perceived a continued work of the Holy Spirit within their souls, leading them to a better acquaintance with themselves as depraved creatures, who stand in daily need of the saving grace of our Almighty Saviour.  They are earnest in prayer to him that he would preserve them from falling back into their former wicked and superstitious courses.”  The accounts from Nain were to the same effect:  “Our communicants,” say they, “have made a perceptible advance both in the knowledge of themselves as sinners, and of Jesus as their Saviour.  They have been taught to know how needful constant dependance on, and communion with him is, if they would walk worthy of their heavenly calling.”  It is a melancholy and stumbling remark, that as the converted Esquimaux advanced in knowledge and in decency of conduct, so in proportion those who formed an intimate connexion with the Europeans in the south increased in enmity to the word of God, and to the Saviour’s name in particular, declaring they would hear or listen to nothing about him.