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profession of religion, had renounced intoxica- 

 tion. — Going to one of the stores, they were 

 asked to drink ; having taken one glass, they 

 were pressed to take another, with the observa- 

 tion, ' Surely, a little more will do you no 

 harm.' Perceiving the design, they said to the 

 storekeeper, < Have you a Bible?' 'Yes, we 

 have Bibles,' was the reply, and handed one of 

 them down. One of the party opened it, and 

 with native sagacity and thought, exclaimed 

 ' Oh ! much gospel, very good. — Much whiskey, 

 no good ! ' On this hint, that they had embraced 

 the gospel, and this was better than rum, no 

 further attempt was offered, at that time, to 

 make the Indians drunk. — Since their con- 

 version, they have returned to their own lands, 

 and have commenced a civilized way of living 

 at the river Credit, near York, Upper Canada, 

 where the provincial government is building 

 log-houses for them, in their settlement, and 

 formation of a village. 



We next proceded to the Oneida school, and 

 called on the chief of that nation, Tewaserake, 

 who received us most hospitably in a neat 

 farm house, situated near some well cultivated 

 fields, which, with some cattle that belonged to 

 him, presented the appearance of industry, 

 comfort, and prosperity. Accompanying us to 



