X. CH'GEEGEE-LOKH-SIS. 



HAT is the name which the northern 

 Indians give to the black-capped tit- 

 mouse, or chickadee. " Little friend 

 Ch'geegee " is what it means ; for the 

 Indians, like everybody else who knows 

 Chickadee, are fond of this cheery little brightener of 

 the' northern woods. The first time I asked Simmo 

 what his people called the bird, he answered with a 

 smile. Since then I have asked other Indians, and 

 always a smile, a pleased look lit up the dark grim 



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