friendly. We informed them, by an interpreter, of
our friendly motives in this visit, and explained our
uniform peaceable principles and practice, for more
than one hundred years; and that we wished to pro-
mote peace in our country. He told us, eight of
their principal men were gone to the Council at
Miami Rapids, with pacific views and intentions.
They took leave of us in a decent, respectable man-
ner.

This day, we had two meetings in the king's sail-
loft, largely attended by citizens, officers, and sol-
diers, of Detroit, which, though deeply exercising,
wading us through mire, and dirt, and rubbish, yet
were to a good degree, satisfactory.

Breakfasted at Capt. Elliott's: af-
terwards, attended the burial of Isidore Shone, at
the Roman chapel, where the priest in his pontifical
robes, was preceded by a man bearing on an ensign
like a halbert, a large cross; and attended by singers,
and two little lads, each with a candle. They, with
the priest and singers, were clothed in black petti-
coats, and covered over the arms and shoulders with
a white surplice, which reached down to the knee.
When the coffin, which was covered with a black
pall with costly fringe, approached the threshold of
the chapel, the bearers made a small halt, the priest
turned round with a brush in his hand, and sprinkled
water on the apparatus about the deceased. I did
not go inside of the house, but saw numbers of light-
ed candles burning in it; which made but a feint
light, as the sun shone bright, and the day was ex-
ceeding warm. Notwithstanding which, the eccle-
siastical part of the procession went bare-headed,
and very slow, muttering, or rather growling, a sen-