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could not pass without calling to see her. She happened to be ill at the time, and the Prophet as Black-Hawk's brother was called - insisted upon having a "pow-wow" and "medicine dance" for her recovery. So one of our deer was killed and given to them for the purpose, and for three hours they made everything [unclear] with their songs, and whoops, and drums; and I have no doubt the hearty laughter inspired by their grotesque grimaces and dancing hastened my dear mother's recovery. God can use any and every means for the purposes of His grace. The difficulty of sending all the children to school daily in Detroit induced my uncle to engage a teacher for us at home. A portion of one of the outhouses was conveniently fitted up for the purpose, and James Mason [unclear] and myself were duly turned over to Mr. Viennicut to have our knowledge[unclear] with the seeds of wisdom. To me this was a decided improvement, for it saved me one mile to town; as I had to go to market before daylight to dispose of the "garden [unclear]", and after returning home and getting breakfast go back to the city to school. To be sure I was deprived of the playmates I had in town, but that was no great hardship as I prefered occupying the time usuallly devoted to play in the garden. Hoeing and raking, and gathering the fruit was much more congenial to my [unclear]-