the plough, the hoe, the axe, and other imple-
ments of husbandry.

Brothers, we here ask you, are you still de-
sirous to be instructed by us, in the cultivation
of your lands? If you say you are, our brother,
whom we have just mentioned, will continue
with you during the summer. We shall leave
it to you to show him the spot where to begin
to work.

Brothers, he has left a farm, he has left a
wife, and five small children, who are very dear
to him; he has come from a sincere desire to be
useful to our red brothers. His motives are
pure, he will ask no reward from you, for his
services, his greatest reward will be in the satis-
faction he will feel in finding you inclined to
take hold of the same tools which he takes hold
of, to receive from him instruction in the culti-
vation of your lands, and to pursue the example
he will set you.

Brothers, we hope you will make the situa-
tion of our brother as comfortable as circum-
stances will admit. We hope, also, that many
of your young men will be willing to be taught
by him, to use the plough, the hoe, and other
implements of husbandry. For we are sure,
brothers, that as you take hold of such tools as
are in the hands of the white people, you will
find them to be to you like having additional
hands. You will also find that by using them,