selves soberly, and taking part m the exercises. Hawing prayed with them, Parker tried to convey to these peonle some idea of the principles of Chris- rLutv When he had concluded, the head cue deSred to b heard. He told Parker that he had Sny times prayed to the great ^rfoufin- ing his heart better, but rather worse He had betore listened to the teachings of a white man, who had told him to observe the sabbath by raising a flag which he gave him, on that day, by praying, singing, anc dancing around the flag-staff; and that he ob- served these instructions for a long time without benefit He wished to know if it was right. On being told that it was all right but tire dancing he prom- ised to give that up, and to teach his people the rloht wfy. Parker told this benighted being, who hSmbly Acknowledged his ignorance, that he needed a teacher but did not promise him one, though he felt lute weeping over him; nor did he propose to send him one, having learned very early in his ex- nerience that an Indian cannot discriminate between penence wure - mnmise 9 A mon th afterward a

^7oT irline P nX:; visited Fort Vancouver, and reMed that since they had left off dancing on Se sabbath their prayers had been answered; tiiat when they were hungry and prayed for deer the* hunting was successful. They again appealed, unsuc- cessfully, for a teacher.

Winter over, on the 14th of April Parker bade farewell to the inmates of Fort Vancouver with a S3y sense of the obligations under which they had

laced him. They had even declined to accept an) Sur for Indian goods, or interpreter's services fur- n nea Mm on his several excisions, where according to custom payment was made to his native crew W

Us and blankets. His design was to go Wk to tne Nez Perces, to whom he felt bound bj their service*

9 Parker's Jour., Mc Tour, 79.