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Updated: June 15, 2025
Ashatea accompanied us, with her people, down to the ice. "Do not forget," she said, "my message to your sister Lily." "You may trust me," I answered, making her a bow for I felt that she was a lady, although an Indian squaw; then off we set, hoping this time to reach home before nightfall. Having completely recovered from our fatigue, we got on famously.
The Bible was read, prayers were offered up, and the missionary gave an address; after which some of Wesley's hymns were sung by Lily and Dora Ashatea occasionally joining in, with a very sweet voice, although she had never heard them before. Mr Claxton afterwards begged the missionary to come and visit old Samson.
On his replying that such was the case, Ashatea expressed a hope that she would become a friend to her, as Lily was. Kepenau told me that they were on their way to visit our settlement, according to his promise.
O Dora, Dora! there is Roger and Mike Laffan. They were not drowned, or killed by the Indians! I always said so," she cried. In a moment their paddles were out, and, guided by Ashatea, they were making their way towards us. "Come into the canoe!" they exclaimed in chorus. "There is room for you; and we will take you to our friends.
"Ah, but it is not equal to one of your comfortable houses," observed Ashatea, who understood all that Lily said, and had, I found, improved greatly in her knowledge of English, having spent a considerable time at the settlement with Lily and Dora. We had some distance to go, I found, before we could reach the spot where Kepenau and his people were now encamped.
The day before we were to start, Ashatea appeared to be very unhappy. It was, I concluded, at the thought of parting from Lily; but Lily afterwards told me that it was more on account of Manilick, who still refused to embrace Christianity. "We must pray for him," said Lily.
He is an old man, too, as I thought, and carried a heavy load." Before even our friends saw us, the canoe shot into view down the stream; and after helping Ashatea and Reuben to land or rather the latter, for the Indian girl sprang lightly on shore without assistance we proceeded to the hut. Uncle Mark advanced to meet us.
While Lily was talking to me, Mike was recounting to Dora and Ashatea, in his rich Irish brogue, our various adventures with the Indians. Thus the time was passed while the girls paddled across the lake and up the river till we reached Kepenau's lodges. As we neared the shore, we observed a large concourse of people assembled near the wigwams.
As the canoe approached, I saw that there were four people in her: one in the stern, and two in the bows paddling; the other, who appeared to be a female, sitting near the after end, was also dexterously using a paddle, now on one side and now on the other. On looking again, I felt nearly sure that the Indian in the stern was our friend Kepenau, and that the female was his daughter Ashatea.
All I could do was to run over and pay my uncle and aunt a visit; but it may be that Lily was the chief attraction. I found her friend Dora with her one day. She was certainly a very nice girl, although not equal to Lily by a long way, in my opinion. They inquired whether we had seen anything of Kepenau and his daughter Ashatea.
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