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RECREATION. 



SOME CHANCE ACQUAINTANCES. 



during my acquaintance with him he 



was always quiet, inoffensive, and 



seemed anxious to please me. We used 



to take long walks and rides together, 



but I was careful not to give him 



liquor, or to allow any one else to 



do so. 



* * * 



As a rule, the white men we met on 

 the frontier, though fair with us, were 

 not so with the Indians. They (except 

 the leading men of the Fur Company) 

 thought nothing of cheating, robbing or 

 killing an Indian, and the wonder is 

 that the Indian is as good as he is. 

 Some exceptions are found in white 



trappers adopted into Indian tribes, as 

 they are loyal to them. Many of the 

 frontiersmen were outlaws from the 

 States, on account of some crime com- 

 mitted, and neither by their example 

 nor precepts doing the Indians any 

 good. I do not remember any service 

 held on Sunday, or any difference made 

 in the day from a week-day. 



Having completed our arrangements 

 for crossing the Rockies, we left Fort 

 Benton on a bright September morning, 

 with 15 horses purchased from the 

 American Fur Company, one cart to 



