Chapter XXII

The Ioways in Vauxhall Gardens--Surrey Theatre--Carter
in the lions' cage--Astonishment of the
Indians--Indians in the Diving Bell, at the Polytechnic
Institution--Indians riding--Shooting at target on
horseback--Ball-play--"Jolly fat dame"--Ladies converse
with the Doctor--His reasons for not marrying--Curious
questions--Plurality of wives--Amusing scene--The
Author in Indian costume--A cruel experiment--Ioways
arrive in Birmingham--The Author's arrival
there--Society of Friends--Indians all breakfast
with Mr. Joseph Sturge--Kind treatment--Conversation
after breakfast about religion and education--Reply
of the War-chief--The button-factory of Turner and
Sons--Generous presents to the Indians--_Bobasheela_
arrives--Indians dividing their buttons--Doctor found
on top of the Shakespeare Buildings--Indians' kindness
to a beggar-woman--Poorhouses--Many Friends visit the
Indians--Indians' visit to Miss Catherine Hutton--Her
great age--Her kindness--Dinner--Her presents to them
in money--Parting scene--The War-chief's speech to
her--Her letters to the Author--Indians present to the
two hospitals 370 dollars--Address read by the Presidents
to the Indians--Doctor's reply--Indians start for York--A
fox-hunt--Curious notions of Indians about it--Visit to
York Minster--Ascend the grand tower--Visit to the castle
and prison--Museum of the instruments of murder--Alarm of
the Doctor--Kindness of the governor of the castle and
his lady--Indians' ideas of imprisonment for debt, and
punishment for murder 117