young man died, and I attended his funeral, and gave an address and
prayed, according to portions of the Burial Service. The medicine-man
was present, and most attentive.

"From that time he appears to have lost faith in his profession,
though he informed me that the 'Scahnawah,' or spirit, appeared to him,
and advised him to continue his medicine work, which would be a source
of great gain to him; but that he had replied, saying God's Word had
come, and he was determined to give up his practice, and seek the
salvation of his own soul. His long hair, which has never been cut, and
which folded up serves him for a pillow at night, he speaks of having
cut off as soon as he can do so with safety to his health. When I see
him sitting at our services, clothed and in his right mind, I am
reminded that the Gospel is now as ever 'the power of God unto
salvation.'"

At Christmas (1878), when the Indians from other villages came in
canoes to Massett, the usual festive custom of "dancing with painted
faces, and naked slaves with their bodies blackened," was dispensed
with, and in lieu of it the visitors were received by a choir of a
hundred Hydahs, children and adults, chanting the anthem, "How
beautiful upon the mountains." "The unanimous opinion of all was that
the new and Christian welcome was far superior to the old heathen one."

In the same letter Mr. Collison mentions his translations, in which he
had succeeded beyond his expectations. Portions of Scripture, a simple
catechism, the Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, the General Confession
and Thanksgiving, several collects, ten hymns, and a series of "Short
Addresses on Great Subjects," had been produced by him in the Hydah
language.