The Doctor yet stood, the concentration of smiles and anxious looks from every part of the room, and at length proceeded (_Plate No. 10_):--
"My Friends,--I see the ladies are pleased, and this pleases me--because I know, that if they are pleased, they will please the men."
It was quite impossible for the Doctor to proceed further until he had bowed to the burst of laughter and applause from all parts of the room, and particularly from the ladies. This several times ceased, but suddenly burst out again, and too quick for him to resume. He had evidently made a "hit" with the ladies, and he was braced strong in courage to make the best use of it, although the rest of his comrades, who were seated and passing the pipe around, were laughing at him and endeavouring to embarrass him. One of the party, by the name of _Wash-ka-mon-ya_, and a good deal of the _braggart_, had the cruelty to say to him, "You old fool, you had better sit down, the white squaws are all laughing at you." To which the Doctor, deliberately turning round, sarcastically replied, "You badger, go into your burrow backwards: I have said more in two sentences than you ever said in your life." He then turned round, and calling Jeffrey nearer to his side, proceeded--
"My Friends,"--[here was a burst of irresistible laughter from the ladies, which the drollness of his expression and his figure excited at the moment, and in which, having met it all in good humour, he was taking a part, but continued]--
"My Friends,--I believe that our dance was pleasing to you, and that our noise has not given you offence. (_Applause._)
"My Friends,--We live a great way from here, and we have come over a great salt lake to see you, and to offer you our hands. The Great Spirit has been kind to us; we know that our lives are always in his hands, and we thank him for keeping us safe. (_How, how, how!_ from the Indians, and applause, with _Hear, hear, hear!_)
"My Friends,--We have met our friend _Chip-pe-ho-la_ here, and seen the medicine things that he has done, and which are hanging all around us, and this makes us happy. We have found our chiefs' faces on the walls, which the Great Spirit has allowed him to bring over safe, and we are thankful for this. (_How, how, how!_)