It is a sign that they must soon be prepared.] Thus ended the hopes of making agriculturists of the wild people among whom we lived; nor did I wonder; such as they were, they felt happy.
What could they want besides their neat conical skin lodges, their dresses, which were good, comfortable, and elegant, and their women, who were virtuous, faithful, and pretty?
Had they not the unlimited range of the prairies?
were they not lords over millions of elks and buffaloes ?--they wanted nothing, except tobacco.

And yet it was a pity we could not succeed in giving them a taste for civilization.

They were gentlemen by nature; as indeed almost all the Indians are, when not given to drinking.

They are extremely well bred, and stamped with the indubitable seal of nobility on their brow.
The council was broken up, as both Christianity and his own peculiar sentiments would not permit the Prince Seravalle to entertain the thought of extending slavery.

He bowed meekly to the will of Providence, and endeavoured by other means to effect his object of enlightening the minds of this pure and noble, yet savage race of men..