He does not believe that we have no blankets.

It is hard to be kept waiting here, but all may be for the best: it has always turned out so, and I trust in Him on whom I can cast all my cares.

The Lord look on this and help me.

Though I have these nine boys, I feel quite alone.
I gave the chief some seeds, peas, and beans, for which he seemed thankful, and returned little presents of food and beer frequently.
The beer of maere is stuffed full of the growing grain as it begins to sprout, it is as thick as porridge, very strong and bitter, and goes to the head, requiring a strong digestion to overcome it.
_February, 1867._--I showed the chief one of the boys' blankets, which he is willing to part with for two of our cloths, each of which is larger than it, but he declines to receive it, because we have new ones.

I invited him, since he disbelieved my assertions, to look in our bales, and if he saw none, to pay us a fine for the insult: he consented in a laughing way to give us an ox.