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wout sh hal sale returned _ Furthermore, they tell.me that they.,are 
ery sure ey will fire upon you as sopn.as they meet you. They are 
pact For in seven or eight-days. Excuse me for making these ab- 
servations, but it seems my duty to warn you of danger. — _ Moreover, the 
chiefs who probibit your setting out before the return ah the warriors are 
the sbeasers of this note 
al lam your ‘obedient parvent, 
s.J OSEPH BISSONETTE, 4 
« By L, B. CHART RAIN. 
“ Names 3 .of some of 3 the chiefs —The pei or Hat, the Breaker of Arrows 
the Black Night): the Bull’s Tail.’’ ; - 
‘After reading jhe, I mentioned its purport to my companions ; and, see- 
ing that all were fully possessed of its*contents, one of the Indians rose 
up, and, having first shaken hands with ae ee as follows: 
“« You have come among us at a bad time.. Some of our people have 
been killed, and our young men, who are gone to the mountains, are 
eager to avenge the blood of their relations, which has been shed by the 
whites. — Our crete yes oat wads and, if they meet you, they will belie 
ha carry s and ammunition to. their . enemies, | and v 
_ fire upon you. You have told us that this will ma War. We kno 1 
our great father has many soldiers and big guns, . and we are. 
=a our lives. We love the whites, and are desirous of. peace. -Think- 
of all these things, we have. determined to keep you here until our 
arriors’return. We are glad to pee: ae among us. Our father is rich, 
and we expected that you would ha 
guns, and blankets. But we are glad to see you.’ We 
“ 
look upon your — 
coming as the light which goes before the sun; for you will tell our great 
and. 
father that. you have seen us, and-that we are naked poor, a 
ete to ba and. he will send us all eae. things.” He was flowed 
by the others, to re same effect. cae 
any us until we should meet their people 
ee robes in my tent and eat at my table, and . our F 
a give them presents in ve eee oftheir services. _ 
saying that there were no young men left in the villa ; 
were too old to travel s so p< mii horscheet ane. ae e 
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