Genealogy and recollections . way to dispose of me. They collected in thecabin where I lived. While they were in council their din-ner was cooking. There were about ten in number, andthey all sat down on the floor in a circle, and then com-menced by their interpreter, Nicholas Coonse. The first question they asked me was, Would I havemy hair cut off like they cut theirs? I answered second question they asked me was, If I would haveholes bored in my ears and nose and have rings and leadhung in them like they had? I answered No. The thirdquestion they asked me was, If I could make hats? (
Genealogy and recollections . way to dispose of me. They collected in thecabin where I lived. While they were in council their din-ner was cooking. There were about ten in number, andthey all sat down on the floor in a circle, and then com-menced by their interpreter, Nicholas Coonse. The first question they asked me was, Would I havemy hair cut off like they cut theirs? I answered second question they asked me was, If I would haveholes bored in my ears and nose and have rings and leadhung in them like they had? I answered No. The thirdquestion they asked me was, If I could make hats? (Ihad a large bag of beaver fur with me when they tookme prisoner; from that circumstance I suppose they thoughtI was a hatter.) I answered No. The fourth questionthey asked me was, If I was a carpenter? and said theywanted a door made for their cabin. I answered fifth question they asked me was, If I was a black-smith; could I mend their guns and make axes and hoesfor them? I answered No. The sixth question they [ISO]. At the Rancho 1. Mrs. Moores sister, Margaret Walker, with her son Shirley 2. Margaret Moore 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Rancho scenes and grandchildren APPENDIX asked me was If I could hoe corn? I answered seventh question they asked me was, If I couldhunt? I answered No. I could shoot at a mark verywell, but I never hunted any. Then they told Coonse toask me how I got my living; If I could do no work. Ithought I had out-generalled them, but that questionstumped me a little. The first thought that struck my mind,I thought I would tell them I was a weaver by trade, but asecond thought occurred to my mind, I told Coonse to tellthem I made my living by writing. The Indians answeredand said It was very well. The eighth question they askedme was, If I had a family? I answered Yes, I had awife and three children. The ninth question they askedme was, If I wanted to go home to see my wife and chil-dren? I answered Yes. They said, Very well, youshall go home by and by.
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