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the necessary materials for solving questions relative 

 to the mental qualities of the mutes. 



Note. — In closing these pages upon the works of the beaver, 

 I desire to make special mention of my friend, William Cameron, 

 of Marquette, to whom I am indebted for my first acquaintance 

 with the beaver lore of the trappers. Although I have not ven- 

 tured to use it, except with caution, I have found it useful in the 

 progress of this investigation. A quarter-blood Ojibwa, and the 

 son of one of the factors of the Hudson's Bay Company, Cam- 

 eron married an Ojibwa woman, adopted the customs of her 

 nation, and is now drawing near the end of a long life spent on 

 the shores of Lake Superior, As a voyageur, he has traversed 

 the continent to the Pacific coast ; as a trapper, he has explored 

 the great forests around Lake Superior, as well as portions of the 

 Hudson's Bay Territory ; and lastly, as a soldier in the army of 

 the United States, he has served his country with fidelity. A 

 thoroughbred woodman, an honest and most unselfish man, he is 

 every way a clever companion. I shall ever hold him in pleasant 

 remembrance as one of those eccentric and unspoiled children of 

 nature whom we occasionally meet with in the journey of life. 



