The priests complained that, even after they have served in this wilderness with perseverance and diligence, they do not get advancement like those who serve where there is a school or the like easily accessible. After 20 years service up here they thought they deserved a small country living somewhere where they could accustom their growing children to the society of decent people. A schoolmaster who has striven with great dedication to teach Lapp boys as much Swedish in 2 years as his predecessor did in 10 – which is a task a good deal more difficult than following the plough – has no choice but to remain here and see his talents go to waste.