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you know how come little white face; one day you know
our French Squaw very plenty sick Him say my squaw
pose my Pappoose come, me go to the "Great Spirit" for
me much plenty sick! Pose me go, you take little
Pappoose — all the same your Pappoose every thing.
"Me Squaw say", me take pappoose spose you go to Great
Spirit — By By come little pappoose so big my
hand you know — French mother go sleep long
time — my Squaw plenty for little pappoose for
eat you know"

Here he could not find words to express to his
satisfaction the answer to my question — I no know
what you call eat, you know the pappoose? Finding
himself fixed as it were for loss of an expression
He made his apology like any other gentleman

"Sir unaccustomed as I am to publick speaking
I rise etc." My Father me try to speak to you some
English, I can't much tell — But my Squaw "like
cow, you know", give plenty to him little pappoose, and
little white face, for eat all the same as little cow, you
know, very good for him you know, make him
plenty sleep you know, ugh?

I told the Indian Indigenous to inform his wife that
it was my wish to have little "White Face" and the object
of my visit was for the purpose of bargaining to
her away — In an instant he comprehended the
motive of my joke and played it off to the very life
in which he seemed to display a deep cunning
accompanied with much shrewdness — Not so
the Squaw, who seemed rather astonished at her
husband's language — which had the effect