Beothuk and Micmac . FETISH OBJECTS OF THE BADGERS BROOK BAND OF MICMACa. Hunters luck-charm of lyiix-leelh. b, <, llunttrs luck-charms{kwundeu) of stone, kept about the house on a strinK SPECK—BEOTHUK AND MICMAC. MICMAC DOLL REPRESENTING RED INDIAN (.BEOTHUK) S A N T U 57 my questions to his mother, disclosed thefact that she was endeavoring to explain tome that, while her mother was a Micmacwoman, her father was a member of thetribe which had been exterminated in theisland by white men. There was at thistime in her statements no idea of boasting,nor of gaining money or favor. She did notc
Beothuk and Micmac . FETISH OBJECTS OF THE BADGERS BROOK BAND OF MICMACa. Hunters luck-charm of lyiix-leelh. b, <, llunttrs luck-charms{kwundeu) of stone, kept about the house on a strinK SPECK—BEOTHUK AND MICMAC. MICMAC DOLL REPRESENTING RED INDIAN (.BEOTHUK) S A N T U 57 my questions to his mother, disclosed thefact that she was endeavoring to explain tome that, while her mother was a Micmacwoman, her father was a member of thetribe which had been exterminated in theisland by white men. There was at thistime in her statements no idea of boasting,nor of gaining money or favor. She did notclaim to know any words of her fatherslanguage, but declared her willingness, if Iwould give her time, to try to recall one thing she was definite at the veryfirst: that her father claimed that he hadbeen stained red when he was a baby amonghis own people, and that his people werevery crude and were persecuted by theEngUsh. He had, it seems, been taken bythe Micmac when he was young, reared bythem, and converted to Christianity. i\sfor the rest, suffice to say that I spent timewhen possible during the rest of the summerin following the family about from one sum-mer resort to another, encouraging the ol
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