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[Illustration: THOMAS CROSBY. From a photo taken in 1874]




Among the An-ko-me-nums


  Or Flathead Tribes of Indians of the Pacific Coast,

  BY REV. THOMAS CROSBY

  Missionary to the Indians of British Columbia.

  [Illustration]

  TORONTO
  WILLIAM BRIGGS
  1907

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  Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year
  one thousand nine hundred and seven, by
  WILLIAM BRIGGS,
  at the Department of Agriculture.




INTRODUCTION.


I have been requested to write a few words of introduction to this
deeply interesting volume, and I gladly comply, although the task may
seem to be quite superfluous. Thomas Crosby, or anything he may write,
needs no introduction, at least in Methodist circles. For a generation
his name has been a household word, and from time to time brief
accounts of his heroic labors have found their way through the press
into many homes. But these accounts were fragmentary and incomplete.
They presented some striking incidents, but no connected story of the
man and his work. Such a story Crosby alone could supply, and many will
be glad that he has been induced to begin it; and the hope will be
general that other volumes may follow, covering what is by far the most
interesting period of his life.

It is but seldom that men who lay the foundations of empire get
