THE HIBERNIAN INDIAN.
—o— An anecdote told to Thurlow Weed by Father de Smet, the great Indian Missionary, introduces us to a new kind of Indian chieftain, the Hiber nian Indian. A fierce war had been raging between two tribes, when the missionary had succeeded in bringing the chiefs of both together in friendly council. They were sitting together solemnly, all of them smoking, and Father de Smet was receiving the overtures of the hostile tribe through an interpreter. Scarcely, however, had the interpreter finished speaking when one of the chiefs, who looked just, like an Indian, sprang to his feet, and rushing excitedlv forward, exclaimed in excellent Hibernian-Eng-lisb, ‘ Yer Honor, the vagabond’s lying to ye.’ He was an Irishman, originally from Canada, who had been so long among the Indians that he had adopted their habits, married a squaw, and become one of the chiefs of the tribe. He con'd not bear to see the missionary imposed upon, «nd in his excitement blurted out the honest warning in his ualive tongue, and with his native accent
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Dunstan Times, Issue 715, 31 December 1875, Page 3
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177THE HIBERNIAN INDIAN. Dunstan Times, Issue 715, 31 December 1875, Page 3
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