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according to the French patois, "nier" had the simple 

 sound of "a" or "ya," so that "Sho-bon-nier" when 

 spoken, was "Sho-bon-^." 



Fatigue, care, sleep, and suffering were banished from 

 beneath that roof that night. A thousand questions and 

 answers, pro and con, had to be asked and given, until 

 all the facts well known to the reader, were made known 

 to each questioner and listener in that little group, and 

 until each with each other had exhausted the subject, 

 none sought repose. 



Before the morning sun showed himself in all his 

 gorgeous splendor, known only to those who have seen a 

 winter sunrise upon a broad and clear prairie, one of 

 those sudden changes, so common around the vicinity 

 of Lake Michigan, both summer and winter, had taken 

 place in the surrounding atmosphere, as if in glorifica- 

 tion of the sudden change from clouds, darkness and de- 

 spair that had taken place within that dwelling. And 

 long before I had shaken off the effect of the last night's 

 late hours from sleep bereft, he was pouring forth his 

 warm and cheering rays in sparkling effulgence. The 

 fire was still burning cheerfully upon the broad hearth, 

 and before it sat one of the young children of old Sho- 

 val-ya, patiently waiting what seemed to him the wanted, 

 though tedious sloth of white men, to wear off, without 

 his dis- disturbing it. He had come with an earnest 

 message from his father for me to visit him that morn- 

 ing, and showed me by signs that he wished me to bring 

 with me an augur that was hanging against the wall of 

 the cabin. He said something about whitemen, the pur- 

 port of which I could not understand, but seemed grati- 

 fied when I assured him that I would certainly attend 

 the summons. Accordingly I took a hasty breakfast, and 

 arranging for my new friends to follow, I took my gun 

 and walked ahead. I found the old Indian gloomy and in 

 deep distress. He motioned me to a seat before him, and 

 taking out his tobacco and pipes, filled one for himself and 

 another for me, without speaking a word. And in the 



