race. That is sufficient for ethnology; to 

 write in a book: possibly also the Calvin- 

 istic theologian was one time satisfied there- 

 with; but the Indian's life still remains, more 

 important than his race, and only after two 

 centuries of neglect, or persecution, or injus- 

 tice, are we awaking to the fact that his life 

 is one of extraordinary human interest. His 

 medicine lore and his thoughts of God lie 

 deeper than the curve of his cranium; his 

 legends and his rude music must be inter- 

 preted, as well as the color of his skin, and 

 we are but just beginning to see the meaning 

 of these larger things. 



All this is only an analogy and proves 

 nothing. However, it may suggest, if one 

 thinks about it, that possibfy we have made 

 a slightly similar mistake about the animals ; 

 that we are not quite through with them 

 when we have cried instinct and named 

 their species, nor altogether justified in kill- 

 ing them industriously off the face of the 

 earth as we once did with the poor Beothuk 

 Indians for the skins that they wore. Be- 

 neath their fur and feathers is their life ; and 



