Chapter XXX

The Author leaves his Collection in the Louvre, and
arrives with the Indians in Bruxelles--Indians at the
soirée of the American Minister in Bruxelles--Author's
reception by the King in the Palace--Small-pox among the
Indians--Indians unable to visit the Palace--Exhibition
closes--Seven sick with small-pox--Death of one of
them--His will--A second dies--His will--The rest
recover--Faithful attentions of Daniel--The Author
accompanies them to Antwerp, and pays their expenses to
London on a steamer--Death of the War-chief in London--His
will--The Author raises money by subscription and sends
to them--Letter from the survivors, in England, to the
Author--Drawings by the War-chief--The Author stopped in
the streets of London and invited to see the skeleton of
the War-chief!--His indignation--Subsequent deaths of
four others of this party in England--The three parties
of Indians in Europe--Their objects--Their success--Their
conduct--Their reception and treatment--Things which they
saw and learned--Estimates and statistics of civilized
life which they have carried home--Their mode of reasoning
from such premises--And the probable results 294