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deer; and during the rest of the winter the little 
party fared sumptuously. 
Early in April, the old Indian’s rheumatism 
abated so much as to permit him to walk; upon 
which they all three built a bark canoe, and 
descended the Ollentaugy until the water be¬ 
came so shallow as to endanger their frail bark 
among the rocks. Tecaughnetanego proposed 
' to go ashore and pray for rain to raise the creek 
or river, so as to enable them to continue their 
journey. Smith readily consented, and they ac¬ 
cordingly disembarked, drawing their canoe 
ashore after them. Here the old Indian built a 
“sweating-house” in order to purify himself, be¬ 
fore engaging in his religious duties. 
He stuck a number of semi-circular hoops in 
the ground, and laid a blanket over them. He 
then heated a number of large stones, and placed 
them under the blanket, and finally crawled in 
himself, with a kettle of water in his hand, 
directing Smith to draw down the blanket after 
him, so as almost entirely to exclude the ex¬ 
ternal air. He then poured the water upon the 
hot stones, and began to sing aloud with great 
energy, the steam rising in clouds from the 
blanket. 
In this hot place he continued for fifteen 
minutes, singing the whole time, and then came 
out dripping with perspiration from head to 
foot. As soon as he had taken breath, he began 
to burn tobacco, throwing it into the fire by 
handfuls, and at the same time repeating the fol¬ 
lowing prayer, in a tone of deep and solemn 
earnestness: 
“O, great Owaneeyo! .1 thank thee that I 
have regained the use of my legs once morq; 
that I am- now able to walk about and kill tur¬ 
keys, without feeling exquisite pain. 
“Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh! Grant that my knees and 
ankles may be right well, that I may be able, 
not only to walk, but to run and jump logs, as 
I did last fall! 
“Oh! ho! ho! ho! Grant that, upon this 
voyage, we may frequently kill bears as they 
may be crossing the Sandusky and Scioto. 
“Oh! ho! ho! ho! Grant that we may also 
kill a few turkeys to stew with our bear’s meat! 
“Oh! ho! ho! ho! Grant that rain may corqe 
to raise the Ollentaugy a few feet, that we may 
cross in safety down to Scioto, without splitting 
our canoe upon the rocks. 
“And now, O Great Owaneeyo ! thou knowest 
how fond I am of tobacco, and though I do not 
know when I shall get any more, yet you see 
that I have freely given up all I have for a 
burnt-offering; therefore, I expect that thou wilt 
be merciful and hear all my petitions; and I, thy 
servant, will thank thee and love thee for all thy 
gifts.” 
Smith held the old chief in great veneration, 
and he listened to the first part of this prayer 
with respect and gravity; but when the attention 
of Owaneeyo -was called to the tobacco, his 
muscles gave way, and, in spite of his efforts to 
restrain himself, he burst into a low, half-stifled 
laugh. Ridicule is at all times formidable, but 
particularly so in a moment of enthusiasm and 
sincere devotion. Tecaughnetanego, was ser¬ 
iously offended, and rebuked his young compan¬ 
ion in the following words: 
“Brother, I have somewhat to say to you! 
Wfien you were reading your books in our vil¬ 
lage, you know I would not let the boys plague 
[ you, or laugh at you, although we all thought it 
a foolish and idle occupation in a warrior. I 
respected your feelings then ; but just now I saw 
you laughing at me. 
“Brother^ I do not believe that you look upon 
praying as a silly custom, for you sometimes 
pray yourself. Perhaps you think my mode of 
praying foolish, but if so, would it not be more 
friendly to reason with me, and instruct me, 
than to sit on that log and laugh at an old 
man?” 
Smith apologized with great earnestness, de¬ 
claring that he respected and loved him sin-1 
cerely. The old man, without saying a word, \ 
handed him his pipe as a token of friendship, \j! 
although it was filled only with willow bark. The 
little offence was soon forgotten. 
A few days afterward, there came a fine rain, 
and the Ollentaugy was soon sufficiently deep to 
admit of their passage in safety. After reaching 
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