But, for reasons which will readily occur to you, T returned it to Lord Dorchester who left this place a few days ago. The mention of these circumstances you, perhaps, will call vanity, But as any anecdotes concerning you wou'd give me much pleasure to hear; so I flatter myself that my friends will be glad to find that even this wilderness has its Politics, its competitions, which, altho' on a small scale, serve to awaken emulation & prevent life from stagnating,"

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In 1789 he was appointed Bishop's Commissary for the settlements from Point au Baudette to the Western limits of the province--being the district now constituting Canada West. Though this appointment added nothing to his emoluments, it increased considerably his duties, for the settlements were scattered and his flock dispersed hundreds of miles apart. At

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the meeting of the first Session of the Colonial,Legislature in 1792, he was named " Chaplain to the Upper House of Assembly."! an appointment which required for the time his presence at Niagara where the legislature was sitting. He occasionally visited, and officiated for the Mohawk. villages at the bay of Kente where still were preserved the Communion plate and furniture given by Queen Anne to the Mohawk Chapel at Fort Hunter. But "notwithstanding the laudable exertions of the Society, and the partial indulgence of the British Government to this tribe, no flattering accounts can be given either of their religious improvements or approach to perfect Civilization." They were found to be " decreasing fast, owing to their indolence and great attachment.to spirituous liquors."?