Dreams to Order | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 3, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 46.

Dreams to Order.

SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON was a canny Scotchman, who served the English Government as its agent to the Five Nations of Central and Western New York at the time of the French and Indian War. A story of his dreaming goes to show that he had peculiar qualifications for the post he occupied. It may serve, also, to throw some light upon the occult philosophy of dreams.

Soon after he was appointed to the superintendence of Indian affairs, he wrote to England for several suits of clothes, richly laced. When these were received, a noted chief of the Mohawk nation, called Hendrick, who happened to be present, particularly admired the suits.

In the course of a few days the chief called at the agency again, and informed Sir William that he had had a singular dream, and in answer to Sir William's questions, Hendrick told him he had dreamed that the agent had given him one of the fine suits recently received.

Sir William took the hint, and immediately made the chief a present of one of the richest suits. The Indian chief went away highly pleased with the generosity of the donor.

Some time after this, Sir William, happening to be in company with Hendrick, told the chief that he too had had a dream. Hendrick wished to know what the dream was, and Sir William said that he had dreamed that his very excellent friend, Hendrick, had made him a present of a particular tract of land, the most valuable on the Mohawk River, and including about five thousand acres. Hendrick was prompt in presenting the land to the agent, but not without making this shrewd remark,—

"Now, Sir William, I will never dream with you again. You dream too hard for me."—Youth's Companion.