A Cry and a Response. AJ

of his soul resting on him?” She meant the smile on his
face. She continued her story in exact detail. “His soul
left its work. Look on his face. ‘Notice the smile. Make
no weeping. Look out at the window. The sky is cloudless
—so his face. Will you with tears bring in clouds? Make
no mist arise. His soul is joyful. The half of my life—no,
the whole of my joy is gone; no, no, I must not say so.
Some of his joy stays in my heart.’ So I stopped weeping,
but our hearts were tearful. My words could not wipe
away tears from our hearts, though we knew how he was
with Jesus in heaven.’

“T then remembered that the dear old man had entrusted
me with his will. Mr. Collison had written it at his dicta-
tion, and Messrs. McCullagh and Hall had witnessed it with
their signatures. She asked me to translate it for her. I
will transcribe a part of it. Thus it runs:— This is to
testify that after my death, my tribe or any member of it
may not erect any large stone or monument over my grave
or in any other place as a record of my chieftainship. I
only desire a nice stone not exceeding four feet in height,
and a tablet in marble or brass erected in the church suited
to record the memory of one who has departed in the faith of
the Gospel.’

“<«Ta!l Aabuku: uwha!’ (Ha! I remember: certainly! ’)
so she said when I had finished. Then she told me this
story. ‘At that time (in 1888) there was a turning back
to former evil ways at Fort Simpson. The sin reached
Kincolith. My uncle, chief R. Gokshau, was dying. He
called his tribe to his side, and exhorted them to raise four
lofty stones over his grave, and to spare no ancient ceremony
at the installation of his successor. Then Moses called his
household together, and told them of all these things. He
was a strong man, but as he spoke he cried ike a woman,
because of the report. Thereupon he further exhorted his
sons Peter and Charles to take good heed that after his death
he should be buried as a Christian, without any sign of pride
or waste. So he commanded. Then he went to Mr. Colli-

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