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M'gipsu and Inaloo, with us; in place of Ikwa and his wife we 

 invited two visitors, Ktidlah and Myah. We had nicknames 

 for all the natives. Ahngodegipsah we called the "Villain" on 

 account of the similarity of his expression, when he laughed, 



Christmas Dinner to the Natives. 



to that of the villain on the stage. His wife, Inaloo, talked 

 so incessantly that she at once received from the boys the 

 nickname of the "Tiresome." M'gipsu was called the "Daisy" 

 because she could do anything she was asked to do. Her 

 husband, Annowkah, we knew as the "Young Husband"; Kud- 

 lah was called "Misfortune"; and Myah was known as the 

 "White Man." The "Villain" was put at the head of the table 



