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with them; for they sent their children regularly to school, and our religious meetings were well attended. During the winter several became seriously and religious- ly affected ; and in the spring, a few believed that they had experienced a change of heart. This encouraged us much. I can never forget the happy seasons I en- joyed, in my visits from house to house, and in the woods. I endeavored to seek out all; and the good Master was gracious tome. Ihave often traveled about among them on snow shoes, weeping for joy Often, too, did I sleep alone in the woods, having had to dig away the snow to prepare a place to lie on. Though frequently hungry, faint, and lonely, I enjoyed the pre- sence of the Lord. On one occasion Iwas sorely tried: I accompanied one of the traders about one hundred and

eighty miles, to purchase cattle for our place. I bought a cow for my own immediate family; and in the spring it was killed and eaten by the Indians. Had they been in want, there might have been some excuse for such an act. \Ve expected her to “ come in” in about three weeks, and her milk was to be our chief dependence. It was a cruel piece of work. After having traveled, too, three hundred and sixty miles for the purpose of obtaining her, and then to be thus deprived, was a hard case truly. Had she lived, many of the children of the Indians would have shared in the milk. When will the poor Indians be instructed in right principles?

From along experience and close observations among the Sioux and the Ojebwas, in regard to the hostile feel- ings existing between them,I have been brought to the following conclusions ;