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fading away of his own people.


which he praised highly, observing that his own
portrait among the collection, and that all the
hkenesses were elegant" Mr.. Cooper, he said,
had pointed the red man well; and so would l. he
knew, Ii lwould go home with him and hunt buff
tasoes. which he quite anxious | should do
When told him that supposing | went should
not DC very likely TO damage the bufialoes much,
he took II as great joke and laughed heartily.


be was remarkably handsome man; some
years past forty, should Judge, with long black
hair, an aq1llne nose, broad cheek bones, sun
burnt complexion, and very bright, keen. dark
and piercing eye, There were but twenty thou
sand Choctaws left, he said, and their number
was decreasing every day. few of his brother
chiefs had been obliged to become civilized, and 70
make themselves acquainted with wha. the whnes
know, for it was their only chance of existence
But they were not many and the rest were as
they always had been. Hedwelt on this, aud said
several times that unless they tried 10 assimilate
themselves TO their conquerors, they must be swept
away before The strides of civilized society.


When we shook hands at parting, / told him he
must come to Englsnd, he longed to see the land
so much; that should hope 10 see him there, one
day, and ,ha, could promise him ne would be
vel! received and kindly treated He was esi-
densiy pleased by this assurance though he reois-
ed, with good-humored smile and an arch shake
of his head, that the English used to be very fond
of the red men when they wanted their help but
had not cared much for them since.


He took his leave; as stately and complete