Even the windows of the church in which he officiated were crowded with those who were anxious to behold again their old pastor from whom they had been so long separated. He officiated also at Cadaraqui where he found a garrison of' three companies, about thirty good houses and some 1500 souls who intended to settle higher up the lake. He next proceeded to the bay of Kente, where

1 Letter of 17th June, 1785.

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some more Mohawks had settled, whd were busy building houses and laying the foundations of their new village "named Tyonderoga."!

Though Mr Stuart had now received from the Society, whose missionary he continued to be, discretionary power. to settle in any part of Canada, he remained another year in Montreal; as assistant to the Rev. Mr Delisle, episcopal clergyman of that town. He finally removed in August 1785. His share of the public land was situate partly at Cataraqui and partly at a place which, in memory of the dear old village on the Mohawk river, was called Mew Johnstown. In a letter written soon after he thus describes his new home :--

""T have 200 acres within half a mile of-the garrison, a beautiful situation and tolerable good land. The town increases fast; There are already above 50 houses built in it & some of them very elegant; it is now the Port of transport, from Canada to Niagara, having a good harbor to contain vessels of ldrge burden--we have now just at the door a ship a scow and a sloop besides a number of small craft, And, if the communication lately discovered from this place, by water, to Lake Huron & Michilmackinac, proves as safe and short, as we are taught to believe, this will shortly be a place of considerable trade & consequently an eligible situation.