[CHAPTER IV. ]

Last two Brethren leave me—Home-sick—Tonsorial Experience—"Whadee-Shipper," a New Name for me—Kindness of the Indians.

[CHAPTER V. ]

A Buffalo Hunt—A Thrilling Sight—Conversation with the Indians—Scurvy—Answer to Prayer.

[CHAPTER VI. ]

Strength in Time of Need—Afflicted like Job, with Boils—Scraping with a Potsherd Pleasant—My Prayer Room—Dressing Buffalo Robes—Dining on Cottonwood Bark—Indian Self-Denial.

[CHAPTER VII. ]

Police Regulations—A Moral People—Marriage Customs—Invitation to a Feast—Skunk Meat at Midnight—Indians Cheated by White Traders.

[CHAPTER VIII. ]

Symptoms of Death—No Hopes of Living—Ponca Manner of Burying the Dead—Dread of Having my Body Mangled by the Wolves—Decide to Bargain with the Indians to Cut up my Body and Take it to my Friends—Happy Assurance that I should Live, etc.