C6 ATTEMPT TO MARRY ME. 



the darkest Indians I ever saw), and before I left he asked me 

 whether I would give him a testimonial, showing me some 

 which he had from various members of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company. 



I gave him one, mentioning in it what he had done for me, 

 and we parted. 



I reached Mis-ta-wa-sis' camp on the evening ,of the day I 

 left "White Hawk/' and fancied he did not greet me as warmly 

 as usual ; and on inquiry I found that he had almost killed one 

 of his wives the day before with an axe, and was afraid of what 

 I might say to him. 



I immediately left his lodge and said I would never enter it 

 again, at which he was very much hurt, though he said nothing, 

 and I moved into one of the neighbouring lodges, where I 

 found an old Indian with four daughters, one of whom he very 

 much wanted me to marry, bringing the young lady for me to 

 look at ; and on my refusing as politely as I could, she rushed 

 out of the lodge in a great rage and did not again appear. 



On my return home I found F , as usual, very miserable, 



since, having had no one to chop wood for him, he had nearly 

 starved and was almost frozen. I remained two days to cut a 

 good supply, and then started for a last hunt with A-ta-ka-koup, 

 as there were signs of a herd of deer having come south lately. 

 We remained out four days, and got seven deer, a wild cat, 

 three wolves, and a fox; and I had a good opportunity of 

 seeing the way in which the Indians try to propitiate the 

 hunting God when on the trail of game. 



We had followed three deer nearly all day, jumping them 

 once but not getting a shot, when we ascertained that they 

 were in a large thicket about three or four hundred vards ahead 



