268 TRAVELS THROUGH UPPER CANADA *. 
him had done. The little fellow was ex¬ 
tremely ashamed of himself; but he quickly 
retrieved his error, by drawing a plate towards 
him, and peeling the fruit with the greatest 
neatness. 
Some'port wine, which he was afterwards 
helped to, not being by any means agreeable 
to his palate, the little fellow made a wry 
face, as a child might naturally do after drink¬ 
ing it. This called forth another reprimand 
from the father, who told him, that he de¬ 
spaired of ever seeing him a great man or a 
good warrior if he appeared then to dislike 
what his host had kindly helped him to. The 
boy drank the rest of his wine with seeming 
pleasure. 
The Indians scarcely ever lift their hands 
against their children; but if they are un¬ 
mindful of what is said to them, they sometime^ 
throw a little water in their faces, a species of 
reprimand of which the children have the 
greatest dread, and which produces an ■ in¬ 
stantaneous good effect, One of the French 
missionaries tells us of his having seen a girl 
of an advanced age so vexed at having some 
water thrown in her face by her mother, as if 
she was still a child, that she instantly retired, 
and put an end to her existence. As long as 
they remain children, the young Indians are 
attentive in the extreme to the advice of (help 
