May.] with LIQUELING AND OTHERS. 251 
Mashows, a relation of Munameets. Liqueling 
then acknowledged he was satisfied that the 
object of our journey was not to sell beads, but 
to bring to them that which he now believed, from 
what he had heard, was the only thing to give 
peace to the nations. He said he was acknow- 
ledged as superior by all the tribes immediately 
around ; but there were others beyond them who 
were very mischievous, such as the Boquains. 
Should teachers settle with him, they could 
visit such nations, and tell them the things he 
had heard from us, and that would make them 
peaceable, and he and his people would be happy, 
for they did not like war. While this important 
speech, by the Regent, was interpreting to me, 
I could not but observe with satisfaction how the 
peaceful doctrines of Scripture commend them- 
selves to the minds of untutored heathens ; and I 
told him how much I was gratified by hearing his 
desire to receive teachers, and assured him that, 
on my return to my own country, I would do all 
in my power to obtain them for him. I told him 
also that I was sorry to find him and his people 
so much disappointed because I had not brought 
beads, but that in my country we did not think 
so highly of that article, but considered such 
things as I had given him and his friends much 
more valuable. I believed, however, they would 
soon be supplied by the Matchappees and 
