“_Brother_, Accept this token of our esteem;--always wear it for our sakes;--and when again you have the power to save a poor woman from death and torture, think of this, and of us, and fly to her relief and rescue.”
“_Brothers_ and _Sisters_:--_This_ (the medal) will give me ease, more than I ever had; and I will listen more than I ever did to white men. I am glad, that my brothers and sisters have heard of the good act that I have done. My brothers and sisters think, that I did it in ignorance; but I now know what I have done. I did do it in ignorance, and did not know, that I did good. But by giving me _this_ medal, I know it.”--_Morse’s Report, &c._
[1] As the Author has frequently been obliged to employ the distinctive phrase of _wild Indians_ in this work, and has inadvertently omitted to explain it--he would take this opportunity to say, that it indicates those Indians, who have not been cultivated and modified by the influence of civilization.
[2] It is interesting to remark, that M. Cuvier, before he died, had consented to take the chair at the next anniversary of the Paris Bible Society, and to exhibit the proofs of agreement between geological observations and the Mosaic account of the Creation and Deluge.
[3] This story is constructed from information obtained upon the spot, and is in substance true.
[4] Not having the exact dimensions of these lakes from authority, under hand, these statements are made from recollection, and a glance view of the map. It is thought they are within the actual limits, and sufficiently accurate for the present purpose.
[5] One detachment had been left at Fort Gratiot.
[6] After all I confess it seems to me an incredible statement. That a vast group of islands have long time been observed to lie in that quarter, is evident from the fact, that the ordinary charts are densely spotted to represent them, where the following inscription stands: “_The Thousand Islands_.”
[7] This decision may be found in the Appendix to the second volume, and the subject treated at large in the text of that volume.
[8] Sassacus was chief of the Pequots; Philip of the Pokanokets--but sometimes headed the Narragansetts, as allies.
[9] Of course I do not pretend to quote literally, but merely to give the substance of what was said in these interviews, as narrated to me by the chiefs. The advice was taken and acted upon, and led to momentous results--as will appear.