Delia. Did Mr. Evarts and Mr. Cornelius go directly to the North?

Cornelia. No, they went from Brainerd to the Cherokee agency, where they were received very kindly by Col. Meigs.

Andrew. Was the Colonel a missionary? Cornelia. No, my dear, he was an agent of the United States' Government-the venerable patriot, who was taken prisoner at the time General Montgomery was slain before Quebec; I dare say some of you have read about him in the History of the United States. Talbot. I remember him.

Cornelia. A great Indian council was holden at the agency, while Mr. Evarts was there, which he attended with Mr. Cornelius. Talbot. Why did the council meet?

Cornelia. I know but little about political concerns, cousin Talbot, but the chiefs were convened on this occasion to discuss some subjects connected with a treaty, which had been formed in 1804 between our Government and the Cherokee nation, in which Government granted particular favors to those Cherokees, who would leave their land and remove from the east side of the Mississippi river to the west, on the river Arkansas; another object of this council was to enrol those who intended to remove, and to explain

a new treaty which had been recently made. Mr. Evarts improved this opportunity to address the assembled multitude upon the subject of a mission and schools being established among them after they were settled in the Arkansas country. Ta-lon-tee-skee, the head chief, had visited the station at Brainerd, and expressed a desire to have missionaries and schoolmasters sent immediately to the Cherokees of the Arkansas.

Talbot. country?

Was a mission sent to the new

Cornelia. Yes, as soon as the Prudential Committee could make the necessary preparations.

Delia. Please to tell us about it; who went ?

Andrew. O here comes Nelly with all her tea things!

A stop was put to further conversation till after tea.

CHAPTER III.

WHILE they were drinking tea, Mrs. Claiborne complained that some of her children were not as well-bred as the Cherokees, whose deportment at table was highly commendable.

Mr. Claiborne. I do not think Cornelia's accounts agree very well.

Cornelia. What have I said, Uncle, that appears contradictory?

Mr. Claiborne. How can you make Cherokee politeness and gentility harmonize with Indian blankets, wampum belts and moccasins?

Cornelia. Why, Uncle, did Why, Uncle, did you not know that in the first years of the mission to the Indians, female associations were formed in all parts of the United States, which prepared boxes of clothing for the missionaries and all their scholars, and I can truly say, that some of my happiest days have been spent in these little missionary circles, where one of our number read aloud the journals of the missions, while the rest were making gowns, shirts, vests, stockings, and linen for beds and tables; for it was thought by many that the

sooner civilized habits were formed, in domestic arrangements, the better. Several handsome dresses were sent to a few of the school girls by ladies in New England.

Delia. O mother, do let me try and get up such a society while cousin Cornelia is here. Cornelia. Uncle, do you not think it would be a fine plan?

Mr. Claiborne. If it pleases you and the children, it will please me.

it ?

Cornelia. Aunt, what do you think about

Mrs. Claiborne. I will invite the young ladies to tea some afternoon, and give you an opportunity to try an experiment that has never been attempted in this neighborhood.

Cornelia. I thank you, Aunt, I shall be very happy to make an effort, and with the aid of your influence and example, shall not fear a failure.

Mr. Claiborne. It is very strange to me, if such a work of transformation has been going on among the Indians, that I have never heard any more about it.

Cornelia. Perhaps the Missionary Herald, which contains a great part of the missionary journals, has not fallen under your observation.

Mr. Claiborne. I have not read that, but I read several newspapers.

Cornelia.

Political newspapers do not often contain missionary intelligence." Mr. Claiborne. I must leave you to your missionary entertainment and keep my appointment with Charles Hastings.

Jerome. How did the mission family feel after parting with so many friends at once? Cornelia. They had a fresh supply of company so soon afterwards, and their time was so fully occupied, they had very little opportunity to indulge in sadness.

Jerome. What company, cousin?

Cornelia. A committee of gentlemen from the neighboring States had been appointed as visitors of the school at Brainerd, and they made their first visit soon after Mr. Kingsbury's departure.

After spending several days in the most. minute investigation of the whole establishment they left it with many expressions of satisfaction, and solid tokens of interest in its prosperity.

The new impulse given to religious inquiry, by the instruction and prayers of Mr. Cornelius, Mr. Evarts and the visiting Committee, with the deep grief occasioned by the removalof Mr. Kingsbury, was no where more visible, than in the Sabbath school for black people.