
EASTERN CREE ‘‘CACHE.’’ BLACK BEAR POINT, JAMES BAY 
Supplies placed on seaffold out of reach of dogs and wolves. 
reservation Indians who have been in contact with the white people for 
so many years. ‘The reason for this is twofold. In the first place, most 
of the tribes in the United States were by nature warlike, while those of 
the north were hunting peoples, gentle and rather timid in character. 
In the second place, our Indians have been surrounded by a great num- 
ber of white people who came among them as enemies. ‘They have been 
isolated in groups among people whom they dislike. For this reason 
they have striven to preserve their identity as Indians, in so far as that was 
possible. In Canada, on the other hand, the white people in the north- 
ern district are still greatly in the minority. They have come among 
the Indians slowly and have come as friends. The Hudson’s Bay Com- 
pany has done a great deal toward rendering the existence of the Indians 
less difficult. White men’s clothing, good food, implements and many 
other useful things have been given in exchange for fur. The side of the 
white man which the Indian has seen is an admirable one and worth 
striving to imitate in every way. 
While we were at Fort Hope, the Indians were visited by Government 
treaty representatives. The arrival brought about much rejoicing on 
the part of the Indians, exhibited in firing of guns and in daily feasts 
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