I therefore made the best of it and sat myself down whilst they continued adorning themselves.

This being done to their satisfaction, they came and requested my opinion as to their appearance; and as I intimated my most unqualified approval they became in high spirits, and gave a very animated description of the conquests they expected to make.
This weighty affair having been completed we again moved on, the natives keeping a careful lookout for the friends they expected to see.

They at length espied one sitting in the rushes looking for small fish; but no sooner did he see the approaching party than he took to his heels as hard as he could, and two others whom we had not before observed followed his example.
MEETING WITH A NEW TRIBE.
Our native comrades now commenced hallooing to the fugitives, stating that I had come from the white people to bring them a present of rice and flour.

Moreover Jenna shouted out to his uncle, "Am not I your nephew--why then should you run away ?" This and similar speeches had, at length, the desired effect.

First one of them advanced, trembling from head to foot, and when I went forward to meet him and shook hands with him it reassured the others, and they also joined our party, yet still not without evident signs of fear.