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the duties of a woman. He swaddled it 

 in soft moss, fed it with broth made from 

 the flesh of the deer, and to still its cries 

 applied it to his breast, praying earnestly to 

 the great Master of Life, to assist his en- 

 deavours. The force of the powerful pas- 

 sion by which he was actuated produced 

 the same effect in his case, as it has done in 

 some others which are recorded : a flow of 

 milk actually took place from his breast. 

 He succeeded in rearing his child, taught 

 him to be a hunter, and when he attained 

 the age of manhood, chose him a wife from 

 the tribe. The old man kept his vow in 

 never taking a second wife himself, but he 

 delighted in tending his son's children, and 

 when his daughter-in-law used to interfere, 

 saying, that it was not the occupation of a 

 man, he was wont to reply, that he had 

 promised to the great Master of Life, if his 

 child were spared, never to be proud, like 

 the other Indians. He used to mention, 

 too, as a certain proof of the approbation of 

 Providence, that, although he was always 

 obliged to carry his child on his back while 



