nturer and coureur de bois-then a merchant and King's auctioneer-a notable personage and lea

m. Not least were details respecting Michilimackinac, the Mackinaw already referred to. Nearly half a century before, Henry, a native of New Jersey, of English parents-his ambition fired by tales of

captured nine out of thirteen military posts, and were secretly planning the downfall of Fort Mackinaw. This was regarded as an impregnable post and vulnerable only through strategy-in Indian parlance another nam

garrisoned by ninety British regulars. One day, outside the walls on the surrounding plateau, several hundred savages were encamped, ostensibly for purposes of trade, some of them killing time by pl

in the possession of the United States, held the key to the Michigan frontier and control of the upper lakes. While the huge log fire that roared in the chimney cast light a

uled my fears. While I was yet expostulating with him we heard the louder shouts of the Indians. They had rushed through the fort gateway into the enclosure within the palisades in pursuit of a lost ball. This was but a rus

lethargy and self-complaisance

rtals of Fort George, and Tuscarora youths playing the

l, know something of these matters from the tales told you by the officers of the North-West Company-entered on a carnival of blood. From a garret, where a Pawnee Indian

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t acute physical agony were inconceivable-unutterable, Colonel." He paused.... "After all, no

buried deep in thought, the one living in the

et departure. As I shoved my canoe into the water, en voyage for Wagoshene, the prayers of Wawatam rang in my ears as, standing on the y

ies for good that seem to underlie the outward ferocity of some redmen, fi

grateful, probably far more so than the ordinary white man, and seldom forgets a kindness. Should you come into closer contact with the redman, Colonel, as I have a presentiment you will before long, never forget that an Indian, by right of his mode of life, is deeply suspicious and painfully sensitive. He has a keen sense of humour, however, and is quick to discern and laugh at the weak points of others, which, until you understand his language, you will be slow to suspect.

ave," interr

rage of the fatalist I should say. You see, they are so cons

with what daring they

luences them greatly, as it does all savage races. In one respect they are at least superior to some of our own people-I refer to their treatment of their children. Their lovingkindness is pathetic. Contact with civilization, as you

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