CONCLUSIOif. 99$ 



ment than any otlier Indian nation I am acquainted with. In fact, they art 

 better educated, better hvers, and a better people than their inunediat* 

 white neighbors upon the frontiers of Arkansas and Missouri. 



Late in the afternoon of July 4th I reached Van Buren.my point of desh 

 tination, happy again to mingle amid scenes and associations from which I 

 had been so long separated ; and here I Would take leave of the readei^ 

 provided I have been so honored as to command his interest and attention 

 tlius far. If tlie preceding pages have added aught to liis stock of useful 

 information, or served to while away a leisure hour agreeably, tlie object 

 which primarily influenced their pubUcation will have been accomphshed,— 

 if contrariwise, it remains for me to beg pardon for the trespass I have ui> 

 designedly committed upon his time and patience. 



