His sentences were concise, and fuU of meaning ; and his delivery grave and natural. In the winter, Indians are at home, and my school was well attended: But many, who wintered at Stockbridge, in the Spring and Summer went off, and were about Schoharry, beyond Albany. In the month September, I therefore made an excursion into the Mohawk country, I had never been at Albany, nor even as far as Kinderliook, till now ; and was ignorant of the way, wliich led through a wilderness.

1034 REV. GIDEON KAWLEy's JOURNEY

I therefore wanted a guide, and took with me a young Canada Indian, wlio had- attended my school. He liad been bred a Roman Catholick ; coukl repeat the Lord's-prayer in Latin, and Ave Maria ; could read and write. He furnislied me with an alphabet for his language, which was of use to me. He was of the Cagnawauga tribe.

He was my company, and only he. Two years afterwards, some of the Canada Indians came, and not improbably this fellow might be of the party, wlio fell upon a family at Stockbridge, on the Lord's-day, and murdered and captured several of its inhabitants. But it was now peace, and I had no apprehensions when travelling alone with him, a whole day, through a solitary wilderness.

Near night we arrived at tlie out houses in Kinderliook.

[At this point Mr Hawley was abandoned by his guide, and obliged to proceed alone.]

I knew not the way to Albany ; and the path I had taken was obscure, and unfrequented by wliite people. I came to an Indian village, took some directions, but lost my Avay . I wandered in blind paths till I found a few white inhabitants in huts, who had lately made Settlements ; but being ignorant of the English language could give me but poor information.