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future movements of the whole party. He has Informed 

 Dr. Pokorney that the hunt to-day ought to take place at a 

 certain point on the lake ; they find themselves unable to 

 agree on this subject, when the Governor came to the aid 

 of the latter, and poor John was thus left in the minority. 

 He could not good-naturedly endure all this, and remained 

 sullen during the whole day. Poor unhappy man ! What 

 is the matter with you ? Are you in love, and loved and 

 still unhappy? How are we to explain your conduct? We 

 have carefully studied your case, and have also pondered 

 seriously the doctrine of the transmigrations as propounded 

 by Pythagoras, and ask now the question, Has not the soul 

 of some departed Huron chief found a temporary lodgment 

 within the body of this unhappy man ? But the more we 

 studied the antics of this curious fellow the more puzzling 

 became the solution of the questions. Chief John was not 

 a lover of "fire-water," but with this exception, his light, 

 quick, and elastic step, keen sight, acute sense of hearing, 

 extensive knowledge of wood-craft, all proclaimed the 

 ruling spirit of the noble red man, and our guide in his 

 own words assured us that he possessed all these ; never- 

 theless there was something wonderfully conflicting be- 

 tween his words and acts. It was during the second day 

 of the deer-hunt, led by Dr. Pokorney, that the Governor 

 declared, in the presence of the Scribe, that inasmuch as 

 " a house divided against itself cannot stand," therefore 

 John must take his departure. 



It was evident to us that the Governor had reached this 

 conclusion after much patient thought ; but since the con- 

 duct of the guides associated with him had been entirely^ 



