There were a good many of them, and when I cried for my father and mother, they said they would cut off my head if I were not quiet.
"I do not know how long we were travelling, but after the first day there was only the man who carried me, and another.

I was brought here, and there were many people, and I was very much frightened.

Then I found myself only among women, and they took off my clothes and dressed me in their fashion.

I think I was very happy, when I once got accustomed to it.

The ladies made a sort of pet of me, and I was taught to dance and to sing little native songs.