836 
FOREST AND STREAM 
SAFETY FIRST 
You hear it everywhere. The 
Safety is one of the superior 
points of the “Gun that Blocks 
the Sears.” The Safety which 
makes accidental discharge 
impossible. 
ESTABLISHED 1853 
N. R. DAVIS & SONS, b » x 707, Assonet, Mass. 
an idea that they had discovered one of the lost 
tribes of Israel. 
Another feature of the Indian tongue is that 
it lends itself admirably to phonetic writing. The 
Ojibway characters, through the genius of a 
missionary named Evans, have been arranged 
in a sort of shorthand that literally makes it 
possible for an Indian to learn how to write his 
own language in a day or two of study. Think 
how our American school boys and girls would 
bless the wizard who could do that with the 
English language! 
Too often even the Indian and the French 
titles become corrupted 'by debasement, or ig¬ 
norance in translation. The United States has 
thousands of towns that ought to have their 
pronunciation changed, but it is too late now to 
attempt the work. 
The writer recalls a curious instance in this 
respect that came to light a year or two ago. He 
was camping with a party in Canada and was 
fortunate enough to discover a trout lake the like 
.of which had not been deemed as possible in 
this terrestrial sphere. 
The guides said that “Jippaw” was the name 
of the lake, and the more curious in the party 
were trying to figure the derivation of the title. 
It was not Indian—it was not French—for one 
of the guides who could write spelled it as 
above. 
Then a man who was more familiar with the 
digging of basic facts out of the skull of the 
aboriginal, went at it in a different way. 
“Pete,” he said, “you been here long time.” 
“U uhh,” was Pete's answer. 
“Who was here first, French or English? 
Who cut logs, make trail past here?” 
Pete thought a minute. “01’ Bill—what you 
call him—-Bridge? Yes, he make trail,” replied 
Pete.- 
"Du pont?” 
“Oui.” 
The secret was out, we knew that we were 
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