. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . out the spirits. If we take a final survey of the Indianwomans life, we must admit that it is fullof toil ; but this very factpermits her to imfold to theirfull extent her quaUties ofhead and heart. She is any-thing but a dull-witted beastbut whereas the mans powersare devoted in the main to the service ofthe community, the woman plays lier rolein the smaller circle of the family. If,however, the heaviest duties are hers in The Intelligenceof the IndianWoman. of burden ; good nature, which find
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . out the spirits. If we take a final survey of the Indianwomans life, we must admit that it is fullof toil ; but this very factpermits her to imfold to theirfull extent her quaUties ofhead and heart. She is any-thing but a dull-witted beastbut whereas the mans powersare devoted in the main to the service ofthe community, the woman plays lier rolein the smaller circle of the family. If,however, the heaviest duties are hers in The Intelligenceof the IndianWoman. of burden ; good nature, which finds utterance not{jnly towards members of her family andtribe, but also towards strangers, as I canprove from my own experience. In every \illage where I resided for anylength of time, I was treated by the womenas one of their own and drink were neverlacking for me, and my welfarewas a matter which concerned them a rule, it was an elderly woman whoplayed the part of mother to me. In theKobeua village of Namokoliba on theCuduiary, where I passed several peaceful l*holo,i^rapli by P. Neviiie lidlvanls, Liutthamplon. TEHUELCHE WOMAN AND CHILDREN (TIERRA DEL FUEGO). this sphere of labour, hers also are thechief privileges in the houselrold. In her care for her child, both before andafter it is born, we may see one of the chiefexpressions of her mental life. Her greatintelligence is united to a spirit of pure and interesting weeks, it was the wife ofthe chief whose protection I enjoyed. Itreally was no difficult matter for me toaddress the good old woman, who had threegrown-up sons, as mother, especiallywhen I saw how much pleasure it gave her 392 WOMEN OF ALL NATIONS and her family ; and I am free to confessthat it gave me no less pleasure when shecalled me her son. Every morning when Iwoke she sent her Httle girl to my hammockwith fresh water for minor ablutions, andmany a titbit and refreshing drink I owedto her kindness. When the time came for
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