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couch on which he lay, collected his remaining strength, 
and rousing himself, said—I am in pain, hut I am not 
unhappy; Jesus Christ is with me, and he supports 
me; we must part, but we shall not be parted long; 
in heaven we shall meet, and never die. Father, don’t 
weep for me. Mother, don’t weep for me. We shall 
never die in heaven.” But the latter of these, while in 
health and comfort, had been happy in the ways of 
religion, seeking the favour of God : the former had neg¬ 
lected and departed from those w^ays, and had lived in 
the practice of sin. 
About nine o’clock in the evening, Mahine sent word 
that his son was worse. Mr. Barff and myself hastened 
to the encampment, and found him apparently dying, but 
quite sensible. We remained with them some time, 
endeavoured to administer a small portion of medicine, 
and then returned. A short time before midnight, on the 
25th of October, 1821, he breathed his last. 
When the messenger brought us the tidings of his 
death, we repaired to the tent, found his parents, his wife, 
and an aunt who was exceedingly fond of him, sobbing 
and weeping bitterly by the side of the corpse. The 
attendants joined in the lamentation; it was not the 
wild and frantic grief of paganism, so universal formerly 
on such occasions, but the expression of deepest anguish, 
chastened and subdued by submission to the Divine will. 
We mingled our sympathies with the mourners, spent a 
considerable time with them endeavouring to impart 
consolation to their minds, and then returned to rest, but 
not to sleep. 
The sudden departure of the young chieftain, and the 
circumstances connected with it, powerfully affected our 
minds. We had been intimate with him ever since our 
