642 THE GEOEGE CATLIN INDIAN GALLERY. 



tleman's carriages were at the door to convey tlie party to his house. Mr. Melody and 

 Jeffrey accompanied us, and there were consequently seventeen guests to be seated at 

 this gentleman's hospitable board, besides a number of his personal friends who were 

 invited to meet the Indians. After receiving all in the most cordial manner he read a 

 chapter in his Bible, and then we were invited to the table. This interview elicited 

 much interesting conversation, and gained for the Indians and Mr. Melody many warm. . 

 and useful friends. 



Before taking leave the War chief arose, and, offering his hand to Mr. Sturge, made 

 the following remarks: 



' ' My friend, the Great Spirit, who does everything that is good, has inclined your heart 

 to be kind to us; and, first of all, we thank him for it. 



" The chief. White Cloud, who sits by me, directs me to say that we are also thank- 

 ful to you for all this notice you have taken of us, poor and ignorant people, and we 

 shall recollect and not forget it. 



" V/e hope the Great Spirit will be kind to you all. I have no more to say." 



The simplicity of this natural appeal to the Great Spirit and its close (in which they 

 were commended by the poor and unlightened Indian of the wilderness to the care and 

 kindness of their God) seemed to create surprise in the minds of the audience and to 

 excite in the Indians' behalf a deep and lively interest. 



After the breakfast and conversation were over the whole party was kindly sent back 

 by the same carriages, and the Indians returned in a state of perfect delight with the 

 treatment they had met with and the presents they had received. 



CHAEITY OF THE INDIANS AT MANCHESTEK. 



Under this rather painful embargo there was no satisfactory way of peeping into the 

 amusements of the streets but by going down the stairs, which Jim and his ever-curious 

 friend the doctor used daily and almost hourly to do, and standing in the hall see all 

 they could that was amusing, until the orowd became such that it was necessary to re- 

 call them to their room. On one of these occasions they had espied a miserably poor 

 old woman with her little child, both in rags, and begging for the means of existence. 

 The pity of the kind old doctor was touched, and he beckoned her to come to him, and 

 held out some money; but fear was superior to want with her, and she refused to take 

 the prize. The doctor went for Daniel, who at his recxuest prevailed upon the poor 

 woman to come up to their room by assuring her that they would not hurt her, and 

 would give her much more than white people would. She came up with Daniel, and 

 the Indians, all seated on the floor, lit a pipe as if going into the most profound council; 

 and so they were, for with hearts sympathizing for the misery and poverty of this |)itiable- 

 lookiug object, a white woman and child starving to death amidst the thousands of white 

 people all around her in their fine houses and with all their wealth, they were anxious 

 to talk with her, and find out how it was that she should not be better taken care of. 

 Jeffrey was called to interx^ret, and I\Ielody, Bohaaheela, Daniel, and myself, with two or 

 three friends who happened to be with us at the time, were spectators of the scene that 

 ensued. The War-chief told her not to be frightened nor to let her little child be so, 

 for they were her friends; and the doctor walked up to her, took his hand out from under 

 his robe, put five shillings into hers, and stepped back. The poor woman curtsied sev- 

 eral times and crossing her hands upon her breast as she retreated to the wall, thanked 

 "his honor " for his kindness. " The Lard be with your honors for your loving kind- 

 ness, and may the Lard of heaven bless you to all etarnity, for ee niver e thaught af sich 

 threatment fram sich fraightful-lukin gantlemin as ee was a thakin yon to ba." 



The War- chief then said to her: 



' ' There y®u see by the money we have been all of us giving out of our purses that we 

 wish to make you happy with your little child, that you may have something for it to 

 eat; you see now that we don't wisli to hurt you, and ^ye shall not; but we want t9 



