They pled with me to go and see it; but I made much fuss about dressing and getting ready to meet the great Chief on the vessel, and would not go with them. The two principal Chiefs now came running and asked,—
NATIVES RETURNING STOLEN PROPERTY—
“Missi, will it be a ship of war?”
I called to them, “I think it will; but I have no time to speak to you now, I must get on my best clothes!”
They said, “Missi, only tell us, will he ask you if we have been stealing your things?”
I answered, “I expect he will.”
They asked, “And will you tell him?”
I said, “I must tell him the truth; if he asks, I will tell him.”
They then cried out, “Oh, Missi, tell him not! Everything shall be brought back to you at once, and no one will be allowed again to steal from you.”