ito. For it will
be remembered, that, although nominally a Christian, she had not
wholly cast off the wild notions of her tribe, if it be, indeed,
possible for an adult Indian to do so. The maxim of Horace:

"Quo semel est imbuta recens servabit odorem
Testa diu,"

is of universal application, nor has it ever greater force than when
reference is had to ideas, connected with the terrors of an unseen
world, and where the mind that entertains them is destitute of the
advantages of education.

Esther, it may readily then be supposed, did not delay after their
arrival, to go to see both Holden and his son. She could not behold
again, and recognize the child she had preserved, in the young man
who stood before her, without strong feeling, nor could Pownal look
unmoved upon the gentle and timid woman, to whom he was so much
indebted. Esther knew again the string of coral beads she had left
upon the boy's neck, and ascribed it to the whispers of the Great
Spirit, that she had allowed them to remain. She did not return from
her visit to Pownal empty handed. In fact, she was loaded with as many
presents, of such articles as suited her condition and half-civilized
taste, as she and the boy, Quadaquina, who commonly accompanied her,
could carry. It was the mode which naturally suggested itself to
Pownal, as alike most pleasing to Peena, and most calculated to
impress her mind with a sense of his estimate of her services,
especially as there was connected with the gifts a promise, that
during his life her wants and wishes should all be supplied. Peena
now felt herself the happiest and richest of her tribe, and her heart
glowed with devotion towards those who had been the means of investing
her with wealth, and the consequence attached to it.

"Hugh!" ejaculated Ohquamehud, in amazement, as the squaw and her son
threw down upon the floor of the cabin the rich red and blue cloths,
and hats, and shoes, and other articles which Pownal had pressed
upon them. The exclamation escaped involuntarily, but, with a natural
politeness, the Indian asked no questions, but waited till it should
please the squaw to furnish an explanation.

The sweet-tempered Peena saw his desire, and turning to the boy, she
said, in their native language, in which the three always conversed
together:

"Speak, Quadaquina, that the eyes of thy father's brother may be
opened."

The boy, in obedience to the command of his mother, and without
looking at th