CHAPTER III.

1837-1839.--The Language.--Its Growth.--System of Notation.--After Changes.--What We Had to Put into the Language.--Teaching English and Teaching Dakota.--Mary's Letter.--Fort Renville.--Translating the Bible.--The Gospels of Mark and John.--"Good Bird" Born.--Dakota Names.--The Lessons We Learned.--Dakota Washing.--Extracts from Letters.--Dakota Tents.--A Marriage.--Visiting the Village.--Girls, Boys, and Dogs.--G. H. Pond's Indian Hunt.--Three Families Killed.--The Village Wail.--The Power of a Name.--Post-Office Far Away.--The Coming of the Mail.--S. W. Pond Comes Up.--My Visit to Snelling.--Lost my Horse.--Dr. Williamson Goes to Ohio.--The Spirit's Presence.--Prayer.--Mary's Reports 58