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my living among strangers. I shall live the balance 01 

 my life with the Indians.' This is the only instance in 

 all my experience of a white woman remaining volun- 

 tarily with the Indians. 



I could give numbers of well-authenticated instances 

 of outrages as bad, and many far worse, than any here 

 described. I have told enough, however, for elucidation, 

 and I am glad to leave this sickening and horrible subject. 

 I would infinitely prefer to suppress all mention of these 

 fearful atrocities, and I only mention them in the interest 

 of truth. Without some reference to them, it is almost 

 impossible to depict the Indian as he really is, and 

 also to account for the antipathy which exists between 

 those living on the frontier and the red man of the plains. 



