Mr. Vogel has in his company 202 persons, but says that others, rendering their number 260 souls inclusive, are on their way by land.  Thirteen of this party, with White Eyes, son of White Eyes of frontier war celebrity, came on the 9th instant, and have been lodged in the public dormitory.  They are on their way, in the first place, to the Stockbridges, at Green Bay, and, finally, to their kindred, the Delawares, on the Kanzas.

13th.  Early one morning I was agreeably surprised by the arrival of Mrs. Jameson, whom I had previously expected to spend some time with me, and found her a most agreeable, refined and intelligent guest, with none of the supercilious and conceited airs, which I had noticed in some of her traveling countrywomen of the class of authors.

15th.  Mukonsiwyan, a Chippewa chief of the first class, calls, on his way back from a visit to the British annual meeting of the Indians, to get their subsidies at the Manitouline Islands.  He was evidently piqued in not having received as much as he expected.  He attempted to throw dust in the agent’s eyes by the following speech:—­

“My father, I wish to warm myself by your fire.  I have tried to warm myself by the British fire, but I could not, although I sat close by.  They put on green poplar, which would throw out no heat. This is the place where hard wood grows,[80] and I expect to be warmed by its heat.”

[Footnote 80:  The island of Mackinack was formerly covered with a forest of rock-maple, ironwood, &c., and much of it is still characterized by these species.]

It was said that an inferior quality of blankets had been issued at Manitouline.  This was the green poplar.  No guns and no kettles were given.  This is the coldness and want of heat, although sitting close by the fire.  On the contrary, large and extraordinary presents, and of the best quality, were issued here last season at the execution of the treaty of 1836.  This is the hard wood and good heat thrown out to all.  The figure derived appositeness from the prevalence of such species on the island.

CHAPTER LX.

Notions of foreigners about America—­Mrs. Jameson—­Appraisements of Indian property—­Le Jeune’s early publication on the Iroquois—­Troops for Florida—­A question of Indian genealogy—­Annuity payments—­Indians present a claim of salvage—­Death of the Prophet Chusco—­Indian sufferings—­Gen. Dodge’s treaty—­Additional debt claims—­Gazetteer of Michigan—­Stone’s Life of Brant—­University of Michigan—­Christian Keepsake—­Indian etymology—­Small-pox breaks out on the Missouri—­Missionary operation in the north-west—­Treaty of Flint River with the Saginaws.