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1793 W
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8 mo 21 4 found a little below the throat some warmth, she
was then taken in and laid before the fire, and
being attended to she thaw'd &came to.
The Indians say that money is the white peoples
treasure, which often fails, but game is their
treasure, and if they kill one year, the good Spirit
causes an increase for the next, so that by his
bounties, they receive fresh supplies.
22 5 The wind S West, so that the Vessel keeps the course
at about 6 knots an hour, which is very pleasing
after beating about the lake for 4 or 5 days without
getting much forward.
A person who was 14 years among the Indians
gives a very pleasing, edifying account of the harmony
that prevails among them, in their hunting matches
gathering their crops & other employments, that they
always give thanks to the great Spirit when they
have had success, & when not they hope for better
and he says they devote more time in common
to religious worship than the white people do, &
observe great solemnity, taking particular Care to
suppress every kind of lightness---In short, from what
I have seen and heard of the Indians, I believe there are
no people who give thanks, and pray to the great Spirit
more frequently, nor with more sincerity that they do,
and if true religion consists in the devotion of the
Heart, they are not void of it, therefore the term
Heathen I conceive to be improperly applied to them
29 5 Left Nase Schooley's avaluable family, where we
had been hospitably & well accommodated, and rode
about eight miles to Major Powell's on the bank
of the river, where a meeting was appointed, which
was considerably large and solid, and we parted with