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very good meal of milk, eggs, chickens, &c., which we pro- 
cured from the farm house. i 
Though annoyed at this unexpected detention, by which we 
lost three days’ travel, we were enabled during our stay to 
observe the Indian in his home, and to form our own opinions 
of his enterprize and moral worth,—an opportunity I had long 
wished for. : 
At an Indian house we passed to-day, I observed some little 
negroes, from two years old and under. They were naked, and 
were most singular and unsightly objects, from the distortion 
and protuberance of the stomach and abdomen. This is 
attributable to their being fed entirely on corn bread, causing 
enlargement of the spleen and other distresses. On speaking 
of this circumstance to the owner, he said, “ Well, may be so 
dey live, may be not ;” a matter of indifference to him, whose 
own stomach seemed well fed and healthy enough, but upon 
whom the natural consequences of cause and effect made no 
impression. 
June ith, 8th and 9th.—Our quondam host was a full-blooded 
Choctaw. He served in the Creek war with General Jackson, 
and like all of his tribe, was very proud of the fact that they 
have always been allies of the United States. His wealth in 
cattle and horses, besides money (which was all hoarded, 
never, as is a general thing with Indians, put out at interest), 
was said to be over one hundred thousand dollars, and yet he 
was living not only in a filthy but most uncomfortable and 
disgusting manner, fond of nothing but gold and silyer, which 
