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ashamed when clothing is put upon them, and not 
unfrequently are they persecuted by their friends 
for ^Hurning white people.’’ When any dress like 
white people, or adopt the customs and fashions 
of the whites, others say, ‘‘they done turn white 
manP 
Children at the schools, if not watched, will 
throw off their clothing; and when alone they love 
to do this, and have a good romp, then put them 
on again— and with them a long, sober face, — before 
coming into the presence of the missionary or 
teacher again. 
Many of them, young and old, seem to have a 
natural dislike to clothing; for even head-men when 
visited unawares, are sometimes found naked. 
The warmth of the climate accounts for this, 
in part ; for certainly the biting frosts of Decem- 
ber in -this country would not only change their 
tastes in this particular, but would cause them to 
put forth effectual efforts to procure clothing. 
‘‘Necessity is the mother of invention,” and a 
father to provide. 
