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516 T H E G O S P E L M A G A Z I N E.
mile stones without money in his pocket! This, however, I refused him; and after talking calmly with him on the subject, and promising him money and presents for his Chief, when he sailed, he seemed satisfied ; and left the room apparently with an impression that I was his best friend. A few days after discontent again appeared : he said, he was going to live with Mr. Kelso, and again denied it. Mrs. Wilson had requested him to stay at home on a particular day ; but he refused : said he was going out with Mr. Kelso ; that he would go, and would not return again ; went into the kitchen, and used some unbecoming oaths ; that afternoon he left the house; was out all night, and, on the following day, came for his clothes ; which, though mine, (for his services were never an equivalent for his diet) I ordered to be given to him ; but not to admit him any more into the house. Mr. Kelso never called to explain these proceedings ; and whether he has been the friend of Tapeoee, or not, I leave others to judge.
It never occurred to me that the Missionary Society had any thing to do in the affair ; otherwise, I should have deemed it a duty to have informed them of Tapeoee's leaving me ; a circumstance which few knew, until informed by Mr. Kelso's advertisement in "the Instructor," that he was with him.
W. W I L S O N.
In consequence of reading my name, with certificates which I gave to Tapeoee, for the purpose of serving him on any pressing occasion, as a stranger in this, or any other country, where his lot might be cast ; I cannot refrain from expressing my disapprobation on its publication, in a manner for which it was never intended, and entirely without my knowledge.
If any testimony were requisite, to prove the hospitality and liberality of Captain William Wilson to this stranger from a far country, I should not do justice to my feelings, or to my friend, if I did not declare, That he took him into the house, when almost naked, and fed and clothed him well. He was allowed to visit me once a week, and oftener, when required ; I constantly endeavoured to impress on his mind the value of such a friend and asylum as he had found in his peculiar circumstances ; and he appeared well satisfied with Captain William Wilson of whom he always spoke with gratitude. But I never understood, from the frequent conversations I had had with him, in the course of nine months, at my house, and Mr. Wilson's, that Pomarree had sent him (as it is now affirmed) to this country, to be educated in the knowledge of Christiany; and to return to preach the Gospel in his native country. I never heard of this plan until he was under the care of his present preceptor.
J. A. G I L L H A M.
No. 7, St. George's Place,
Surrey Road, Nov. 11, 1807.