contract many Indian habits, and there kept till they arrived to manhood;
but I have never seen one of those but what was an Indian in every respect
after he returned. Indians must and will be Indians, In spite of all the
means that can be used for their cultivation in the sciences and arts.

One thing only marred my happiness, while I lived with them on the Ohio;
and that was the recollection that I had once had tender parents, and a
home that I loved. Aside from that consideration, or, if I had been taken
in infancy, I should have been contented in my situation. Notwithstanding
all that has been said against the Indians, in consequence of their
cruelties to their enemies--cruelties that I have witnessed, and had
abundant proof of--it is a fact that they are naturally kind, tender and
peaceable towards their friends, and strictly honest; and that those
cruelties have been practised, only upon their enemies, according to their
idea of justice.

At the time we left Wiishto, it was impossible for me to suppress a sigh
of regret on parting with those who had truly been my friends--with those
whom I had every reason to respect. On account of a part of our family
living at Genishau, we thought it doubtful whether we should return
directly from Pittsburgh, or go from thence on a visit to see them.

Our company consisted of my husband, my two Indian brothers, my little son
and myself. We embarked in a canoe that was large enough to contain
ourselves, and our effects, and proceeded on our voyage up the river.

Nothing remarkable occurred to us on our way, till we arrived at the mouth
of a creek which Sheninjee and my brother said was the outlet of Sandusky
lake; where, as they said, two or three English traders in fur and skins
had kept a trading house but a short time before, though they were then