After their misfortunes in Belgium and in London the excellent lady of the American Ambassador in Bruxelles raised, by a subscription, several hundred francs and sent to me in Paris, to which I got other additions in that city, and forwarded to them in England, to assist in paying their expenses back to their own country; and shortly after, and before they embarked for America, I received the following letter from them, which I feel it my duty to myself to insert here, lest any one should be led to believe that I did less than my duty to these unfortunate people:-- "TO GEO. CATLIN, Esq., now in Paris. "_London, Jan. 27, 1846._ "OUR DEAR FRIEND, "We send you our words on paper to let you know that we are thankful for your kindness to us. You have done everything to make us happy while with you in Paris and Belgium; and as all our people know in America that you are indeed their best friend, they will be glad to hear that you have taken us into your kind care whilst we were in a foreign land, and that while you were in a deep affliction with your own family. MAUN-GUA-DAUS, KE-CHE-US-SIN, A-WUN-NE-WA-BE, WAU-BUD-DICK, UH-WUS-SIG-GEE-ZIGH-GOOK-KWAY." The above letter was spontaneous on their part, and written in the hand of _Maun-gua-daus_, the chief, who spoke and wrote the English language very correctly. I was much shocked and distressed to hear of the death of _Say-say-gon_, the War-chief, for he was a remarkably fine Indian, and had become much attached to me. His life, as a warrior and a hunter, had been one of an extraordinary nature, and the principal incidents of it, particularly in the hunting department, he had been for some weeks engaged, just before their disastrous sickness, in illustrating by a series of designs in his rude way, presenting me a portfolio of them, with the story of each, which I wrote down from his own lips as he narrated them. This most amusing and original keepsake, which I shall treasure up as long as I live, and which I regret that the dimensions of this work did not allow me the space to insert, can at all times be seen by the curious of my friends who desire to see it.