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Mrs Converse not only was the Indians' defender in the courts, 

 but was constantly busy relieving unfortunate Indians who had 

 been robbed, swindled or injured. She always managed to 

 find a ticket home for Indians who were destitute and disgusted 

 with the big town. Sometimes they returned with a new pocket- 

 book well lined and clean new outfits. 



Those who were stricken with diseases or injured in accidents 

 found her quick to discover their plight and to furnish relief. 

 Mrs Converse kept track with all the solicitude of a mother of the 



One of the Canadian chiefs who welcomed Mrs Converse to the Six Nations Reservation 



in Ontario 



50 or 100 Indians who lived in New York and those who came 

 temporarily, The writer has four or five large scrapbooks full of 

 clippings telling of the humorous, tragic and pathetic experiences 

 of Indians in New York city, most of them from the pen of Mrs 

 Converse herself. 



Her activities, however, were not confined to the Indians who 

 dwelt in the city. She constantly watched bills before legislative 

 bodies and was always on hand with a good fight when an adverse 

 bill came up. The forces which she marshaled were formidable 

 and the framers of the bills were obliged to capitulate every time. 



