Tile Indians are settled alonj;' tlie \"alk->' of the I'ow 

 River, some in tepees, but most of them in snl)slantial and 

 \vell-l)nilt log houses, eaeh famil\- ha\ing a small cul- 

 tivated patch of ground on which they raise potatoes, 

 cabbage and other vegetal)les, \vhile their ponies are hob- 

 bled near by and their cattle range the jnairie. They 

 seem to spend a happy contented life altogether different 

 from the non-treaty Indians, whose bad traits I observed so 

 markedl\- in Majile Creek, and whose good (pialities were 

 not to be (lisco\ered witli the naked eye. 1 talked with 

 u number of tluxse who spoke Ivnglish, and spoke it ([uite 

 as well as the majority of white men. They had traveled 

 some, could read and write, treated their wives and fam- 

 ilies with consideration, and, mo-reox'er, had accumulated 

 a little wealth outside of the Govennnent allowance. 



One Indian told me that he had not seen his father 

 since he was a bow until this summer, wIku his father 

 wrote him a letter asking him to \isit him at a ])oint a 

 long distance still further north. lb- took a team of 

 horses and drove there, the round trij) occupying two 

 weeks of traveling. He spent one week with his parents, 

 and spoke of th.em very affectionately and dutifully. 



The Stoney tribe speak the " Cree " language and 

 belong to that race of brave fighters. .\ Mr. McDougal, 

 who resides near Morley, has translated the Bible and the 

 new Testament (as well as a book of hymns ) into the Cree 

 characters (which are sai<l to be ver\' sim])le and easil\' 

 learned), and he preaches to them and instructs them in 

 their own ton^iue. He is a wealthy rancher, one of the 

 oldest residents and has seen the prairies when they 

 teemed with roaming herds of buffalo, elk, antelope and 



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