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evening, to three o'clock in the morning, all is well, and the last cries, all is very well. But it appeared a superficial sound to me. This day we dined at W.F.'s, which I think nothing could have inducedus to attempt, but the remembrance of our great Ex-ample being a friend of sinners. The old man treat-ed us with generous hospitality, which we requited with plain dealing. 26th. Twenty-eight Indians arrived to-day, from McInoi, [Michilimackinac] on their way to the Council. Dined at John Askin's, one of the mostrespectable merchants in this place. We were en-tertained in a pleasing manner. His wife is a French woman, of an amiable, easy, graceful deportment. We had the company of Dr.law Wright, lately married to Commodore Grant's daughter, a discreet youngwoman, who was present; also Lawyer Smith, aBritish merchant, John Askin's daughter, an agree-able young girl, and others. Our topics were, re-signation and dependence on Divine support, in the use of prudent and lawful endeavours, for both spi-ritual and temporal blessings. The origin of theIndians, with remarks on many traces of antiquity found in the wilderness. From all which, withtheir sacrifices; observations of moons; care for thesepulchres, and bones of their deceased ancestors;division into so many tribes, — the probability, andalmost certainty, was inferred, of their being thedispersed tribes of Israel; and therefore, from Scrip-ture testimony and prophecy (some part of whichwas fulfilled, which strongly corroborated that which yet remained) it was inferrible that they would be restored, — not to a Jewish, ceremonious Israel, but toa spiritual Israel of the circumcision, made without