6 HEREDITY. 



gathered 600 bushels of berries ; caught 750 pouiida 

 of fish, all of them probably as beautiful as any ever 

 taken in the Adirondacks ; and have captured $14,- 

 000 worth of furs, and made 1,000 yards of matting. 

 -* One thousand people, 7,000 bushels of corn ; that is 

 seven bushels apiece : $14,000 worth of furs ; four- 

 teen dollars the result of the trapping of each man. 

 It is evident that they have done better at trap- 

 ping than at most other things ; but have you farmers 

 on these desolate stretches and pine barrens between 

 Cape Cod and Mount Wachusett done better with 

 your ^ricultural products ? Have many in the fat- 

 ness of the Mohawk Valley, or the Mississippi, done 

 better? No doubt this is a favorable specimen of 

 the action of the Indians on a reservation. 



But we transfer this audience to the Lake Superior 

 agency in Wisconsin. We find the Indians extremely 

 anxious to have their reservation improved. They 

 express themselves as willing to do without clothing 

 and blankets, if they can have a schoolhouse and 

 teacher. One of them has built a house himself, 

 and furnished it as white men's houses are furnished. 

 He has a bedstead, cups and saucers, plates, knives, 

 forks, and spoons, and a No. 8 cook-stove. What 

 does this indicate ? 



" He brushes his hat o' mornings : 

 What should that bode? " 



Much Ado about Nothing, act iii. sc. 2. 



Should not an abundance of encouragement be given 

 to such enthusiasm ? There is undoubtedly a change 



