That the smoke may ascend
To thy nostrils, and please thee,
Great Master of Breath,
Of our breath!

We will call the wise priest--
He will come!
He will come!
He will utter thy name with his lips;
He will ask that thy hand may be light
On our race, in thy wrath,
In thy wrath!

When the priest had performed certain ceremonies over the holocaust, he
retired, and the hymn was resumed as follows:--

We have call'd the wise priest--
He has come!
He has come!
He has utter'd thy name with his lips,
He has open'd his breast to thine eye,
He has ask'd that thy hand may be light
On our race, in thy wrath,
In thy wrath.

Hear us, Master of Breath!
Nor destroy,
Nor destroy:
If thou wieldest the bolt of thy rage,
If thou callest thy thunder to shake,
If thou biddest thy lightning to smite,
We must pass to the feast of the worm,
Of the worm.

Oh! grant us our prayers,
Lord of life!
Lord of life!
Make us victors o'er every foe,
Make us strong in the den of the bear,
Make us swift in the haunts of the buck,
Great Master of Breath,
Of our breath!

When the feast and sacrifices were concluded, M. Verdier rose and
addressed the assembly in these words:

"Brothers and warriors, I have come from a far country to
listen to the words of an Indian's mouth. I have left behind
me my father, and my mother, and my wife, and my children, and
the burial-places of my ancestors, and the council-fire of my
great chief, and the temples of the Master of Life, to dwell
with the Indians in their wigwams, to go with them to the
chace, to feast with them, to talk with them, to offer
sacrifices with them. I knew the dangers I must encounter
before I could enter their habitations. I knew how dreadful
was the rage of the Great Ocean, and how dismal the howling of
the winds upon it, in the season of darkness, but I said I
will despise the dangers, for I want to look upon the face of
the red man, and smoke with him in the calumet of peace.

"Brothers and warriors, I am here--I am glad I came. I have
seen the red man--I love him. And I have called together all
the red men of the land, that I may learn more of their
thoughts and love them more; that I may be able to carry back
to my sons, and to the chiefs and the w