24 INDIAN HISTORY. 



that the Indian race fade away l)cfore the a])proach of the 

 Caucassian? It is not so with the African ; he multiplies 

 fastest when brought into closest contact with the white, 

 and the fruits of misceiifenation show an unmistakahlc 

 ascendency of theidistinctive traits and peculiarities of the 

 African. But for some unaccountal>le reason the reverse is 

 true of the Indmn. Well marked cases in point exist in 

 this county. Several families of unquestionahle Indian 

 antecedents, now show no trace whatever of ahoriuinal 

 character. The })r(nuinent cheek bones are the last to 

 yield. The straight hair, tawny skin and peculiar color 

 and expression of the Indian eye linger for a time, Init the 

 fourth, and in niany instances the third generation, not 

 merely makes obscure, but obliterates them all. As the 

 Indian tribes, up and (l^)\\ii the whole continent, have 

 melted away before. the i)ale ghuice of the Caucassian ; so 

 Indian blood when mixed with \vhit(!, loses i^ essential 

 (jualities, and every vestige of Indian character is melted 

 away and absorbed by the Yankee. 



And here the (piestion recurs with more than original 

 for6e, why is this so with the Indian, while the African, 

 with none of his aggressive and warlike attrilnites, is found 

 to outlive the white under the test of amalgamation? Ilis 

 l)lood when mixed with the Caucassian is found to asseit 

 more than its share of race peculiarities. Can this law be 

 traced home to some natural cause and accounted for upon 

 some scientific analysis ; or does it rest in the Divine 

 predestination of the races, through which this poor and 

 despised people are yet to reach their just estate in the 

 future? This question, so full of interest, is left for the 

 learned to answer. 



Besides Indian Point already named, Orleans County 

 can boast another place identitied with Indian history, viz. : 

 the thrivinir villasfe of Barton Landing, which takes its 

 name therefrom. Barton River from Memphremagog to 

 the Landing was readily navigated by the Indian with his 

 light canoe. At this, point, however, he encountered the 

 falls and a landing was necessary, the iu'st from the Lake — 



