If the Sachem had belmved soberly on his fii*st visit,
he deserves still higher praise for the improvement
which is evident in his manners since that time. He
would not eat now — savage as he was — at the hospi-
table board of his Christian host, until the latter had
craved the customary blessing which attended his
own meals ; and, * after meat, he desired him to do the
like, and so departed. '

Nor did Chickatabot receive only compliments and
new clothes from his Boston ally. Substantial jus-
tice was rendered to him and his subjects, whenever
eoaergency required ; and an Enghshman was pun-

*Wiiithrop.
20 INDIAN filOGRAPHY.
