152 THE SILVER LAKE STORIES.

Mr. M a welcome to his new home.
They then sat down and did such ample
justice to the food set before them, that
Mrs. M——— and the cook thought their
labors would | never be ended. All
things must have a close however, and
at length the Indians had finished their
repast. Then another long speech must
be made, thanking first the Great Spirit,
and afterwards Mr. M , for the good
things provided for them.

Some years after this, when the In-
dians had learned to love the “fire-
water,” and many of them had become
very intemperate, an old Indian while
-ander the influence of liquor, laid down