300 INDIAN PREACHER'S ADDRESS. 



continued our merry-making until he knelt 

 down to pray : then we paused to look on and 

 see what would come of this strange ceremony. 

 He was soon called to the reward of his labours, 

 and immediately a white man, one of your 

 missionaries took his place. My Brothers and 

 Sisters ! I cannot enough thank you for your 

 kindness to the sons of the forest. — The forest 

 smiles with the labours of the Indian husband- 

 man in the West. Our children attend school, 

 and dress neatly, and labour, and sing, and 

 pray together : quarrelling, and drinking, and 

 gaming are banished from among us : the 

 young walk in straight paths, and the aged 

 rejoice in the prospect that our race shall not 

 be altogether lost from the face of the earth. 

 My Brothers and Sisters ! I say no more. Have 

 compassion on one who comes from the wilder- 

 ness to tell you something good is doing there. 

 May we all meet at the right-hand of God in 

 Heaven." 



It need not be remarked, that this Indian's 

 address was heard with great interest, and 

 abundantly proves that the North- American 

 Indian has intellect, Christian sympathy, and 

 address, equal to any other people of similar 

 advantages. 



Of their bravery and address in war, we have 



