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LETTERS OF DR. JOHN MCLOUGHLIN 369

Your Brother is still in the snake Country and doing every Justice to his Charge and had a very Narrow Escape last summer of being Killed by the Black feet his son is here at a school I have Established for the Good of the Native children in this Quarter But the Boy had so much misery in his Youth and has Been so sickly that he makes but slow progress he has also an infirmity he is a little Deaf however it is wearing off and I hope he will get cured of it Allow me to request you to make my Compliments to Mrs Ermatinger and with Best Wishes for you and yours Believe me to Be

Yours truly

JOHN MCLOUGHLIN

P S I am sorry you did not happen to meet my son David in Montreal he is now in France or at Addiscombe College Qualifying himself for to go out to the East Indies my other Son John quar- relled with his Uncle on account of his Extrava- gance and I Believe is now also on his way to the East Indies as Surgeon or Physician My Brother says he is Clever but has no OEconomy this how- ever may alter by last accounts he was in Mon- treal

JMcL

Letter of John McLoughlin to Edward Ermatinger

Fort Vancouver 3rd March 1837 My Dear Sir

I have the pleasure to Acknowledge the Receipt of your Kind favour of 3rd Feby 1836 and I hope I need not say that I was Extremely happy to see that you are in such Good Spirits with Every thing about you - - It is true as you say that you are in a fine country - - But it seems the people are much dissatisfied with the Ad- ministrations of Both the provinces and to tell you ^ my Mind not without cause But I hope these Dissentions