George Young, with his wife and son. Dr Young
had consented to go and begin the work in the Red River Settlement, a
place where Methodism had never before had a footing. Grandly and well
did he succeed in his efforts.

Next came the genial Reverend Peter Campbell, who, with his brave wife
and two little girls, relinquished a pleasant Circuit to go to the
distant Mission field among the Indians of the North-West prairies. We
had also with us two Messrs. Snyders, brothers of Mrs Campbell, who had
consecrated themselves to the work as teachers among the distant Indian
tribes. Several other young men were in our party, and in Dacota we
were joined by "Joe" and "Job," a couple of young Indians.

These, with the writer and his wife, constituted our party of fifteen or
twenty. At St. Catherine's on the Welland Canal we shipped our outfit,
and took passage on board the steamer _Empire_ for Milwaukee.

The vessel was very much crowded, and there was a good deal of
discomfort. In passing through Lake Michigan we encountered rough
weather, and, as a natural result, sea-sickness assailed the great
majority of our party.

We reached Milwaukee on Sabbath, the 17th of May. We found it then a
lively, wide-awake Americo-German city. There did not seem to be, on
the part of the multitudes whom we met, much respect for the Sabbath.
Business was in full blast in many of the streets, and there were but
few evidences that it was the day of rest. Doubtless there were many
who had not defiled their garments and had not profaned the day, but we
weary travellers had not then time to find them out.

Although we had taken the precaution to bond everything through to the
North-West, and had the American Consular certificate to the effect that
every regulation had been complied with, we were subjected to many
vexatious delays and expenses by the Custom House officials. So delayed
were we that we had to telegraph to head-quarters at Washington about
the matter and soon there came the orders to the over-officious
officials to at once allow us to proceed. Two valuable days, however,
had been lost by their obstructiveness. Why cannot Canada and the
United States, lying side by side, from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
devise some mutually advantageous scheme of reciprocity, by which the
vexatious delays and annoyances and expense of these Custom Houses can
be done away with?

We left Milwaukee for La Crosse on the Mississippi on Tuesday