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KANSAS. 
hth. — In every district where the election was contested, and 
papers sent in showing the fraud, Gov. Reeder refused to grant 
certificates. As we feared, however, the time allowed was so 
short, the protests could not reach the mission from a majority of 
the districts. 
Qth. — A day of quiet has passed, after the leaving of so many 
people. We went to Westport this morning. The country was 
most pleasant. The air was dry and balmy as a day in June. 
The birds were carolling among the bursting buds and new- 
springing leaves; the butterflies, flitting here and there, rejoiced in 
their young life. A part of the way lay through the woods, where 
a driver needs some skill to pass safely among the stumps. We 
met a party of the Indians dressed in their native costume, in 
blankets and moccasins, with much paint upon them, feathers and a 
large quantity of beads. As I looked back, after we passed them, 
and saw one of them with most repulsive face also scanning us 
sharply, with one hand apparently grasping a pistol or gun, I felt 
an involuntary shiver. I saw, however, at the next moment, it was 
only a childish fear, and that mutual curiosity actuated us. 
The Kaw Indians are the most uncultivated of all, while the 
Shawnees have made good advances in civilization. They have 
houses, cultivate their lands, and wear the dress of Americans. 
8th .—Attended the little white church upon the rolling prairie to¬ 
day. Standing as it does upon quite an elevation, overlooking a 
great extent of woodland and prairie, being built with spire point¬ 
ing heavenward, it reminds me of dear New England, and her pleas¬ 
ant villages scattered through all her valleys and upon all her hill¬ 
sides. Being early, I noticed the Indian worshippers. Many of 
the men seated themselves in little groups upon the grass, and 
entertained each other in their odd-sounding dialect. The women 
came upon horseback, and, after tying their horses to the fence near 
by, came into the church, and maintained most strict decorum 
throughout the entire service. With the exception of the hand¬ 
kerchief upon their heads, in place of bonnet, their style of dress 
differed in no way from our own. They admire rich materials, and 
gay colors, and the most of those I saw at church were clad in 
chameleon silks The service, although we could understand only 
