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the splendid symbol into pouch and canoe and mocas- 

 sin. Between the hours of ten and four particularly 

 the heat was intense, but in other respects the day was 

 uneventful. 



Private House, 



Battle Creek, Michigan, 



August Thirteenth. 



On the preceding evening a full house greeted me 

 at Stuart's Hall, where I was introduced by a comrade 

 of the G. A. R., Lieutenant Eugene T. Freeman. 

 After the lecture I met several of the leading men of 

 the town and later was invited to a private residence, 

 where I was made at home during the remainder of 

 my stay. The Lieutenant called for me on Sunday 

 morning, and I accompanied him to church, meeting 

 the pastor, Rev. L. D. Palmer, who spoke with anima- 

 tion and warmth and made the service an eifective one. 

 I enjoyed it all the more perhaps as I realized that be- 

 fore many Sundays I would be on the Great Plains be- 

 yond the Mississippi, where churches are known to be 

 very rare. Continuing his courtesies, my comrade friend 

 drove me out to the favorite resort. Lake Goguac, in 

 the afternoon and there I had several fine views of 

 the surrounding country. This little incident suggests 

 an interesting theory concerning oneof the pre-historic 

 races who are supposed to have occupied Tiis section 

 of the country. It seems that in the ancient symbolic 

 manuscripts of the Aztecs frequent mention is made of 

 a land which they called Aztelan, compounded of the 



