The Otta half-chief[132] and his squaw have taken tea with and frequently visited us. She was a very good natured, mild woman, and he shewed great readiness in acquiring our language, being inquisitive, retaining any thing that he was once informed, and imitating admirably the tones of every word. He spent the evening with us before they finally left the city. I took himself and squaw into Dr. Barber's room, and opened gently the skeleton case. He looked slyly in, and the wife wanted to look, but he put himself in an attitude to represent a dead person, and said, "_no good, no good_." She still wanted to see, but he would {382} not let her. Three others came afterwards wanting to see it, who, when I opened it, raised themselves up in a dignified manner and said, "_very good_," one of them taking hold of the hand said, "how you do."[133] The Otta half-chief and squaw afterwards saw it together and were very well pleased. Our children were all full of play with them, and the squaw nursed the younger ones. Margaret wanted to go with them. The calumet[134] of peace (the tomahawk pipe and their own sumach tobacco) frequently went round, and they expressed a wish to see us again. I have recorded much of the vocabulary of these Indians, and would transcribe it, but have not room. They count by tens as we do, for instance, _noah_, two; _taurny_, three; _crabraugh_, ten; _crabraugh noah_, twenty; _crabraugh taurny_, thirty, &c. They hold polygamy as honourable; one wife, _no good_; three, _good_; four, _very good_. In their talks with the residents they shew no wish to adopt our habits. _5th._--To dine with Dr. Dawes at his poor, worn out farm, of which he is already tired. The Doctor seems one of the best Englishmen I have met in America. _Sunday, 6th._--Dr. Rice[135] preaching this day in Congress-hall before the senate, and representatives, {383} called the assembly, polite, just, respected, respectable, and deemed it unnecessary to mention sin and human depravity. American husbands abound in outward politeness and respect to their wives; and gentlemen, in general, are excessively attentive to the fair sex, rising and leaving their seats, even at church, to accommodate the late coming ladies. I gave much offence, on a recent occasion, by my want of gallantry in this particular. The meanest white woman is here addressed by the title of _Madam_.