APRIL 20, 1926.
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prayer, and addressed the good spirit, and
thank him. That it was the custom ON
such occasions for the Indians to stand up in
their camp. The Captain replied, that his
men would conform, and order should be
preserved; but as he was afflicted he should
be compelled to keep his seat--bnt this was
not to be misconstrued into disrespect. The
Captain remarked to me, that he himself
was not religious man, though man OF
feeling. old chief raised himself up
on his feet, as did those around him, and lift
ing his hands commenced his prayer and
and such an address to the
Deity, on such an occasion, as far as could
understand him, | never heard before flow
from mortal lips. The tone, meditation OF
his voice and gestures, all corresponded 10
make very deep impression on u.s. sin
the course of his thanksgiving, as gather
ed from the Indians, he recapitulatcd the
doieful situation in which they were so re-
Gently placed, the awful horrors of starvation
with which they were threatened. the vain
attempts they had made to procure food, un-
til He, the Great and Good Spirit. had sent
that good man, and had |crowned his exer-
tions with success, and so directed him and
them to meet and find plenty" Who can
fully describe the abundant overaowings OF
grateful heart. He continued in this vehe-
ment strain for about half an hour, when, re-
marked Capt. Bryan, "my own men, reflect
ing on their own recent situation, retros-
pecting what had taken place, and behold
ing the gratitude Of child of the forest,
feeling the same sensations, they were melt
ed down into tenderness, if not into tears"


The person who so gracefully addressed
Capt. Bryan in behalf of his chief was Ie-
cuinSeh.