In that year the British government formally approved the adoption of a programme designed to promote the gradual civilization and christianization of the Indians of Upper Canada. ###>Irish University Press, British Parliamentary Papers, vol. 12, Correspondence, Returns and other Papers relating to Canada and to the Indian Problem Therein, 1839, Shannon, Irlande, 1969 (désigné ci-après par l'abréviation I.U.P.), p.