Having wofully verified the truth of those predictions to which they turned a deaf ear in their own land, they would naturally cling to those prophecies which declared their final pardon, deliverance, and restoration to their own inheritance: hence the more intelligent Indian tribes have (like the venerable and unfortunate Montezuma) retained in broken links of tradition this expectation. Often, says the Rev. Mr. Smith in his 'View of the Hebrews,' have we had information from Indian chiefs and others from different regions, that they have ever understood from their tradition that the time is coming whick will make them more happy. This led the aged wife of an Indian chief to say (after the missionaries had unfolded the object of their visit) 'We have ever understood that at some time good people are to come and teach us.'