pressed more closely around bim than lie liked, and lie struck one of the Indians in the face with his drum-stick so sharply that the blow drew blood. The Indians, much offended, went to the in- terpreter and demanded apologies and a present, according to their custom. "No," said the interpreter, "our custom is to punish the offender; we will punish the boy in your presence." When the Indians saw the child strippcd for the logging they began immediately to beg for his pardon; but as the soldiers con tinued their preparations for whipping the lad, one of the In dians suddenly stripped himself and threw his robe over the boy, crying out, "Seourge me, if you cleose, but do not strike the boy The good Father Le Jeune, who tells this story, adds that this unwillingness of the Indians to see any child chastised "will probably occasion trouble to us in the design we ave to instruct their youth."

As far back as 1587 we find evidence that the Indians were itho Raleigh's, writing from the Virginia colony, says of the Virginia Indians: Theye beleeve that thera are many gods, which theye call Mantaoc, but of different sorts and degrees; one onely chicf and Great God, which hath been from all eternitie; who, as theye aflirme, when hee proposed to make the world, made first other gods of a principall order, to bec as means and instruments to ce used in the creation and government to folow; and after the sunne, moone, and starres as pettie gods, and the instruments of the other order more principall."

"In general," says IIunter, "a day seldom passes with an elder ly Indian, or others who are estecmcd wise and good, in which a blessing is not asked, or thanks returned to the Giver of Life, 60mctimcs audibly, but more generally in the devotienal language of the heart." cligion mas Han an employó ir alter

All te employts of the North-west Fur Company benr the same testimony to the fidelity and honesty of the Indians.

General II. Sibley once said to Bishop Whipple tlat for tlirty years it had been the uniform boast of the Sioux in every council thut they had never taken the life of a white man