CONTENTS-

PAGE. PREFACE,.......o.. 7 AWoRD'ro'rm~: READER, . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 CHAP. I. Early life; Woods; Gods; Ojebwa Nation, &c. . 11 II. Customs; Father and Mother; Religion ofOjebwas 21 III. Spirits; Ojebwa Worship; Description, etc. . 30 IV. Omens; Dreams; Anecdote; Devil’s Spittle, . . 38 V. Traditions; Indians and Jews; Migration; Councils 43 VI. Description of Rice Lake; Rice; Fish; Village,etc. <19 VII. Missionaries’ first visit; Conversion; Camp meeting 52 VIII. My Mother’s conversion and happy death; Grief . 58 IX. My Conversion; Beauty of Nature; Lake Superior 62 X. Kewawenon Mission; VVork Spread; Old Anna . 67 XI. Travels to La Pointe; Ottawa Lake; Battle Grounds 76 XII. Sent to School, Il1.,two years; New-York; Boston 83 XIII. Return to Canada; Revivals; Christmas: New-Year 96 XIV. Wisconsin; Mississippi; Sufferings . . . . .116

XV. Travels to Canada; Presbyterian Missionaries, Tri- als; Paid by Government; Journey to Toronto 1'25

XVI. General Council; Speeches; Order; Documents,etc.;

Manual Labor School ; Plan, or Remedy for the preservation of the different tribes . . . . 13:2

XVII. Geographical Sketch of the Ojebwa Nation; Mis-

sions; Presbyterians; Methodists; Baptists; Appeal to Christians in America . . . . 112 1. Chippewas on the River Thames . . . . . 115 2. Chippewas at Amherstburg . . . . . . . . 113 3. Chippewas of St. Clair . . . . . . . . . 141'» 4. Chippewas at V\7alpole Island . . . . . . 1.17 5. Chippewas of the River Credit . . . . . 147 6. Chippewas of Alnwick . . . . . . . . 118 7. Chippewas at Rice Lake . . . . . . . . 14'.) 8. Chippewas at Mud Lake . . . . . . 14'.) 9. Chippewas at Balsam Lake . . . . 1-50 10. Chippewas of Rama . . . . . . . . . . 150

11. Chippewas of Beausoliel Island, Matchadisl: Bay, LakeHuron............1.51 12. Chippewas of Snake Island, Lake Simcoe 1-51 13. Chippewas of Saugeeng (Lake Huron) . . . . 152

14. Chippewas of Big Bay, in Owen’s Sound, Lake Huron....-........1-52 15. Chippewas and others, in the Township of Bedford 153