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ISO TRAVELS THROUG^I LOWER CANADA! 
river; there is a full view of the river, and of 
the island of Bois Blanc, from the parlour 
windows, and the scene is continually enli¬ 
vened by the number of Indian canoes that 
pass and repass before it. In front of the 
house there is a neat little lawn, paled in, and 
ornamented with clumps of trees, at the bot¬ 
tom of which, not far from the water, stands a 
large Indian wigwam, called the council-house* 
in which the Indians are assembled whenever 
there are any affairs of importance to be trans¬ 
acted between them and the officers in the In¬ 
dian department. Great numbers of these 
people come from the island of Bois Blanc, 
where no less than five hundred families of 
them are encamped, to visit us dailyand we 
in our turn go frequently to the island, to have 
an opportunity of observing their native man¬ 
ners and customs.- 
Our friend has told them, that we have 
crossed the big lake, the Atlantic, pn purpose 
to come and see them. The circumstance lias- 
given them a very favourable opinion of us ; 
they approve highly of the undertaking, and 
say, that we have employed our time to a good 
purpose. No people on earth have a higher 
opinion of their own consequence; indeed, 
they esteem themselves superior to every other 
race of men. 
We remained for a short time in Malden, 
and then set off for Detroit in a neat little 
