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knots removed as a finish. They had legs about two feet long and the 
bench was about four feet long. They made a solid seat and we all sat 
down. I passed my tobacco around to the entire bunch, squaws and 
all, and this brought the first friendly glance I had noticed from the 
.Indians. They all took a hearty chew and passed the plug back to 
me. As we enjoyed the fire the Indians and Bill would talk Indian, 
which I at that time did not understand. I could SQe that once in a 
while they were talking about me for as Bill seemed to explain they 
would all look at me. When Bill seemed to be through giving my 
history, he turned to me and said: 1 ‘ I was telling my friends that you 
were a white Indian.” This brought a hearty laugh. Supper was soon 
announced and served in a log cabin which was about twenty feet 
from the one which we were in. The table was roomy, made of split 
timber and there was the same kind of log benches to sit on. All the 
men turned up for supper and the squaws did the serving. Our plates, 
were made of wood and spoons also. Each Indian used his pocket 
knife or his hunting knife to cut up the meat and the wooden spoon 
was used to deliver the goods. They first served a large wooden bowl 
of soup, afterwards deer steak and corn bread and a tea of some kind 
which I had never drank before. The bowl of soup was so large that I 
could hardly empty its contents, but I saw that the Indians had de- 
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