Chapter Nine.
When encamped, Donald is visited by an Indian, who assists in carrying Alec to the township—Influenced by the conduct of the Christian Indians and the exhortations of his friends, Alec is brought to acknowledge the truth.—His brother requires his presence in England, to recover his father’s property, and he sets off.
Donald was still reading from his pocket Bible, but had begun to feel somewhat drowsy, when he was fully aroused by seeing a tall figure moving through the forest towards him. As the stranger approached, the light of the fire exhibited a person of a dark countenance, with black hair, in which were stuck a few tall feathers, while his coat and leggings, ornamented with fringe, were of untanned leather. Donald at once knew him to be one of the natives of the land. The Indian approached fearlessly, and sat down beside him.
“I see your fire from my camp,” he said, in tolerable English. “I white man’s friend. Where you go?”
Donald, who knew that the natives in that district were on friendly terms with the settlers, at once told him who he was, and the difficulty in which he was placed.
“I help you,” said the Indian. “We not far from river. Canoe take up your friend to township.”
The assistance offered was just what Donald had been praying for.
“God has sent you to my help, my friend,” he said to the Indian, “and I gratefully accept your offer.”
“You know God and His Son Jesus Christ?” asked the Indian.
“I do, my friend, praise His name that He has made Himself known to me.”