The Settlers in Canada
By Frederick Marryat
9 Oct, 2019
Excerpt: ...what I came out for, from having fallen in with them at work." "And so have I," said Martin. "I once was lying down under a bush by the side of a stream, and I saw a whole council of them meet together, and they talked after their own fas
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Excerpt: ...what I came out for, from having fallen in with them at work." "And so have I," said Martin. "I once was lying down under a bush by the side of a stream, and I saw a whole council of them meet together, and they talked after their own fashion so earnestly, and I really think they have a language as good as our own. It's always the old ones who talk, and the young ones who listen." "That's true," replied Malachi. "I once myself saw them hold a council, and then they all separated to go to work, for they were about to dam up a stream and build their lodges." "And what did they do, Malachi?" said Mrs. Campbell. "Why, ma'am, they did all the same as Christians would have done. Less