“But are you not afraid of the Indians?”
“Afraid of the Indians! I would rather live among them than in the society of the whites. No! No! I am not afraid of the Indians. They are worth more than we, provided we have not brutalised them with our strong drinks, the poor creatures!”
This said, the American made a sign to the Indian to come up and began to talk very fluently to him in his
language. It was strange to see what pleasure these two men, so different in birth and manners, took in exchanging ideas with one another. Clearly they were discussing the respective merits of their weapons. The white, having looked at the savage’s rifle very carefully:
“There is a fine carbine,” said he. “No doubt the English have given it to him to use against us, and he will not fail to do so as soon as there is a war. That is how the Indians draw on their heads all the ills that weigh them down. But they know no better, the poor fellows..”
Michigan-Kanada sınır hattındaki Amerikalılar ve Ojibwe (Chippewa) kabilesinin münasebetleri. Sınır hattında kültürlerin kaynaşması, İngilizler yerlileri kışkırtmaya devam ediyor.