ceased to go from village to village, bringing food and medicine. Of those who put themselves in his care, few died. A few weeks before his death he wrote: We are passing through a season of imminent peril on this island, which has been caused by the introduction of measles.... The natives in general regard us as the cause of the scourge and maddened with enmity have risen up to destroy all foreigners.... It is truly awful to live among a people so savage at a time like this. One day when Rev. Gordon was working at a house shortly before noon, nine men came to Mrs. Gordon 's door, asking where her husband was. They went down the path. Eight of them hid in the thicket while the other went down to where Rev. Gordon and a native lad were at work. On the pretext that medicine was needed for a sick man, he persuaded Rev. Gordon to go with him. As they reached the thicket, the men who were hiding came out. One attacked Rev. Gordon with an axe. Two others con¬ tinued the attack until he lay dead. One of the men hastened up to the mission house where Mrs. Gordon met him at the door. He attacked and killed her. It was months before the news of the Gordon massacre reached Prince Edward Island . James Gordon , who was studying for the ministry, imme¬ diately volunteered to take his brother's place. Three years after his arrival in , Rev. and Mrs. James McNair arrived from Scotland . James then went to open up a new mission at , thirty miles away. Some young men went with him and gave him much assistance in spreading the Gospel. On March 7,1872 he and a native helper were revising a translation of the Acts of the Apostles which had been made by Rev. George Gordon years earlier. They had reached the seventh chapter which tells of the martyr¬ dom of Stephen when two natives arrived. As they chatted, one man sud¬ denly plunged a tomahawk into Rev. Gordon 's face, killing him. The Gordon Monument in Huntley reminds people of the great sacrifice George and James Gordon made. A resident of Tyne Valley , Mrs. Eldon MacArthur , formerly Jean Rayner of Greenmount , is a great, great grand-niece of George and James Gordon. Chapter Four ~ Moving On 75