 At first the local Cree were unwilling to grant permission for the mission, which they felt would attract European settlers and drive away the buffalo, but Flett managed to persuade them to accept the missionaries' right to settle there, pointing out that both he and his wife had native relatives.The Fletts stayed at the Prince Albert mission for only a year.Flett disagreed with Nisbet's plan to found an agricultural settlement, feeling that an itinerant mission would be more useful.