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Author Bio

312: Oo meyo achimoowin St. Mark The Gospel according to St. Mark translated into the language of the Cree Indians, of the diocese of Rupert's Land, North-West America . 1855.
Hunter, James (1817-1881.)
1817-1881. Church of England clergyman; with wife Jean Ross Hunter joined mission at The Pas, 1844; to Grand Rapids on Red River, 1851; to The Pas and completed translation of the Gospel of St Matthew and the Acts of the Apostles into Cree, 1852; to England, 1853; to Red River, 1855; commenced itinerant mission among Tinne tribes around Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie River, 1858; to England, 1865 (M.E.J., Dayspring in the far west).