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boldly attacked the English settlements, and had no 

 hesitancy in plvindering English vessels on the coast, 

 and in several instances engaged with armed ships sent 

 against them, and are credited with having taken over 

 a score of vessels in the Bay of Fundy. They were fi- 

 nally broken up, as hostile Indian bands have invariably 

 been, and the village on the shore of Chaleurs Bay now 

 represents the tribe, where they are advanced in civiU- 

 zation, having a grammar and printed parts of Scrip- 

 ture and books of devotion in their language, partly in 

 phonetic characters and type; and to see them going 

 to worship on the Sabbath one would think a large 

 portion of them were whites, so neatly dressed and light- 

 complexioned are they. A rivalry in religion exists 

 among them, as with humanity in general, part being 

 devoted to the Cathohc religion and others to the 

 Protestant, results of their early teachings from the 

 French and Enghsh. 



Among these Indians are the most skilful salmon- 

 fishing guides and hunters to be found anywhere. The 

 adroitness of those Indians in poling a canoe, standing 

 up, one at the bow and the other at the stem, over the 

 foaming waters, amid falls and rocks is marvellous — 

 pushing and guiding the canoe with long spiked poles, 

 with rapidity in smooth water, and slowly forcing it up 

 the falls in narrow passages between threatening rocks, 

 and all in perfect safety and freedom from splashing 

 water. With my wife I made many of these river ex- 

 cursions, which I shall always remember with delight. 



I had an amusing incident with one of my two 

 Indian guides. One, Louis, was of extraordinary ex- 

 pertness and very steady in character. The other, Joe, 

 was heavier, but by no means clumsy. He would 



