"These are needles and thread for making and mending clothes--they will
be useful by-and-bye."
At last the whole contents of the chest were overhauled and explained.
I could not well comprehend the glass bottles, or how they were made,
but I put them, with the pannikins, and everything else, very carefully
into the chest again, and hauled the chest to the further end of the
cabin, out of the way. Before we went to bed that night, Jackson had to
explain to me who God was, but as it was only the commencement of
several conversations on the subject, I shall not at present trouble the
reader with what passed between us. Jackson appeared to be very
melancholy after the conversation we had had on religious matters, and
was frequently agitated and muttering to himself.