152 INDIAN NOTICES. 



embraces three miles on each side of the river. The Indians 

 granted part of their lands, upwards of fifty years ago, to 

 individuals chiefly of Dutch extraction, who then settled on 

 them, and whose descendants are still resident. The land so 

 granted is called the Nellis Settlement, and is one of the 

 jnost beautiful spots in Upper Canada. The poor Indians of 

 the Six Nations, like every one of the many tribes in America 

 which have come in contact with white men, have greatly 

 decreased in numbers, and have recently sold to the British 

 Government fourteen miles in length of their Reserve from the 



o 



mouth of the river, and which has been surveyed, and was 

 brought into the market a few weeks after my visit there. 

 To see this district was the object of our excursion, but 

 which the state of the roads and want of time prevented our 

 accomplishing. We retraced our steps, after passing about 

 half a mile into the newly ceded territory. 



A number of w ell-dressed Indians of both sexes were pass 

 ing up and down the banks of the river on horseback, with 

 good saddles and bridles. In one instance, an Indian and his 

 Vvife, or squaw, as they are called in the language of the coun 

 try, were riding together, she after the manner of English 

 women, with a child sitting behind, and the husband had a 

 child before him. 



In going down the river, we called on an Indian of reputed 

 wealth, named Fish Carrier. He is a stout middle-aged 

 man, with a wife and family. His log-house had an ap 

 pearance of comfort, having two large well-glazed windows 

 in front, a door with veranda to the back, and a stone chim 

 ney stack. The family seemed to have finished a repast 

 shortly before our arrival, a good table being covered with 

 plates, knives, and forks, recently used. There were two 

 four-posted beds in the room, five or six chairs, a cat, and 

 several dogs. There were horses, cows, and pigs in the 

 woods. Fish Carrier could imperfectly understand, but was 

 unable to speak the English language, and Mr W. N 

 being similarly situated with the Indian one, the conversation 

 of the parties was short and unsatisfactory. 



Some distance below Fish Carrier s is the Council-house 

 of the tribes, a long narrow wooden building, with an upper 



