garehees

Updated: June 29, 2025

The only one of the party who appeared careless about the cold was an Indian named Garehees, who had come with us from Sarnia, and he sat with his feet hanging over the side of the sleigh; however, when we asked him how it was that he did not feel the cold, he replied with a grin, "Moccasins no cold, white man boot cold, ice! two pair socks under moccasins me big blanket too!"

Edward Francis Wilson - Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians