They brought their wives and young children to see me.

I had been told that Indian women gossiped and stole; that they were filthy and troublesome.

Yet I could not despise them: they were wives and mothers--God had implanted the same feelings in their hearts as in mine.
Some Indians visited us every day, and we frequently saw them at their villages.

Captain E.spoke their language well; and without taking any pains to acquire it, I soon understood it so as to talk with them.

The sufferings of the women and children, especially during the winter season, appealed to my heart.