. The Canadian nurse. ber of the family who passesgives the hammock a small push and thebaby snoozes happily. Last EasterSunday I spent all day with a mother inlabor with her fourth baby. As I did notwish to leave her the school teacherbrought me lunch and we picnicked ona diy rock overlooking the lake with thecool April breeze blowing over the have found it necessary on someoccasions to bring young children hometo iron out their feeding problems orclear up severe coughs and colds. Onemember of this group stands out asexceptional. I had him first at aboutfive months of age with a dischar
. The Canadian nurse. ber of the family who passesgives the hammock a small push and thebaby snoozes happily. Last EasterSunday I spent all day with a mother inlabor with her fourth baby. As I did notwish to leave her the school teacherbrought me lunch and we picnicked ona diy rock overlooking the lake with thecool April breeze blowing over the have found it necessary on someoccasions to bring young children hometo iron out their feeding problems orclear up severe coughs and colds. Onemember of this group stands out asexceptional. I had him first at aboutfive months of age with a dischargingear, among other things. As he grew tofeel better he flatly refused to remain inhis cot but insisted on coming out intothe living room where he could observemy activities. He was quite happy prop-ped up in pillows on the couch, wavinga red rattle. How he loved that rattle!I used to hear it in the night and whenhe went home he took it with him. Inicknamed him Tomahawk. He hadthe straightest hair and the widest grin. Tomahawk and jriend of any baby I have ever seen. He is a fullblood Chippewan. His grandfather,Christoph, is a handsome gentlemanwho would lead one to believe by hismanner and bearing that he had de-scended from a long line of aristocracy. There is no way to express in a shortarticle the fascination I find in workingamong the Indian people. In this areawe have members of the Chippewan and Cree bands and, of course, a large num-ber of Metis. These people themselveshave a fine, intangible line of socialdistinction which it is difficult for anoutsider to grasp. For instance I find ithard to understand why the Crees ofCamsell Portage refer to the Chip-pewans in their midst as those Indians.*The wtme children in the settlement arequite confused by the various distinc-tions made by their elders. They feelquite at home sliding down hills withthe descendants of former savages. One incident that amused me greatlywas of a small white boy who was onfriendly terms with the T
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