My Friend, Emilia, Was "Blue Cloud;" My Little Donald, "Frozen Face;" Young C - -, "The Red-Headed Woodpecker," From The Colour Of His Hair; My Brother, Chippewa, And "The Bald-Headed Eagle." He Was An Especial Favourite Among Them.

The Indians are often made a prey of and cheated by the unprincipled settlers, who think it no crime to overreach a red-skin.

One anecdote will fully illustrate this fact. A young squaw, who was near becoming a mother, stopped at a Smith-town settler's house to rest herself. The woman of the house, who was Irish, was peeling for dinner some large white turnips, which her husband had grown in their garden. The Indian had never seen a turnip before, and the appearance of the firm, white, juicy root gave her such a keen craving to taste it that she very earnestly begged for a small piece to eat. She had purchased at Peterborough a large stone-china bowl, of a very handsome pattern (or, perhaps, got it at the store in exchange for BASKET), the worth of which might be half-a-dollar. If the poor squaw longed for the turnip, the value of which could scarcely reach a copper, the covetous European had fixed as longing a glance upon the china bowl, and she was determined to gratify her avaricious desire and obtain it on the most easy terms. She told the squaw, with some disdain, that her man did not grow turnips to give away to "Injuns," but she would sell her one.

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