We will
give him plenty of squaws and dogs; we will bring him slaves from the
Umbiquas, the Cayuses, and the Wallah Wallahs. They shall grow the corn
and the tobacco while we hunt; while we go to fetch more slaves, even in
the big mountains, or among the dogs of the south, the Wachinangoes. I
will send the vermilion [see note 5] to my young warriors, they will
paint their faces and follow me on the war-path. I have spoken!"

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 civilisation. 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.

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Note 1. Indians living on the Columbian River, two hundred miles above
Fort Vancouver, allied to the Nez Perces, and great supporters of the
Americans.

Note 2. Name given to the half breeds by the Spaniards, but by Indians
comprehending the whole Mexican race.

Note 3. The "spirit of the young beaver;" a name given to me when I was
made a warrior.

Note 4. Two priests, literally two black gowns.

Note 5. When a chief wishes to go to war, he sends to his warriors some
leaves of tobacco covered with vermilion. It is a sign that they must
soon be prepared.

CHAPTER THREE.

This breaking up, for the time, of our agricultural settlement took
place in the year 1838. Till then, or a few months before, I had passed
my time between my civilised and uncivilised instructors. But although
educated, I was an Indian, not only in my dress but in my heart