because it is not every _Indian_ that is favored with these Dreams. The mountain is of a moderate size, & there issue from it 40 Rivers which fall into a Lake not far from the _base_ & situated in a beautiful plain--this Lake is shallow & has some handsome sandy shoals, & in the borders of (in the water) it grow beautiful _rushes_. The water in every one of these rivers is of a different color, no two being alike, one is Black, another white, red, Green, blue, _ash-color_ &c. &c. _In_ the latter grow herbs & plants of a vast variety, as also their nature. In the sides of the mountain are of every of every herb & plant that grows in any part of the world whatever. When any one of them (22) (of the indians I mean) is thus favored, he appears first at these rivers, when the head or Chief of the Mountain comes out, accost him in a freindly manner, & after some conversation he is introduced into the interior of the house, where he is astonished to find people of every nation & language in the earth. But if I can form a right opinion, there are but few of each language.--They are seated in Four rows, their seats being something like those of a Theatre, semicircu- lar & rising a little one above the other. These are all Doctors; & it is their business to instruct the _votary_ in the object of his mission &c. They have a great quantity of medecines already prepared, of such as are produced in the bowels of the Earth, such as minerals, stones, shells &c. &c. and most, or many of these, are hung up in the house. Here is he is taught how, & in what manner, to prepare these, as also the Songs & sacrifices &c. appropriate to each different one or sort. When on the outside, or out-of-Doors, he is shewn all the roots, herbs, plants &c. and is taught the respective Song (of each) or of any particular one, or number, or such only as grow in the climate he inhabits. Both the Songs & the Plant, herb &c. are so indelibly imprinted on his mind (or memory), tho' he had never seen them before, or should not happen to meet with any of them for years afterwards, yet on his first view, he immediately recognises them, & every circumstance that had been instructed him, as if he had passed a regular apprenticeship. This may seem very extraordinary, if not indeed absurd to people unacquainted with them, but still it is no less a positive fact. These rivers i.e. waters are of different colors, so also is the _rapidity_ of each stream; some of them moving in a turbulent & awful manner as the rapids & eddies at the foot of Large falls; some moving in large majestic waves likes the swells of a large & Deep Lake agitated by the wind; & some in a beautiful smooth current, down which the _canoes_ are scarcly perceived to move. These are the tokens or signs or emblems of the manner of _our_ lives, here below, so far as regards to health & sickness, & of course the description requires no further explanation.