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The other was a tall, wiry, half-breed Indian, with high cheek bones and small, black, shifting eyes that were set very close together and imparted to the man a look of craftiness and cunning. He was known as "Micmac John," but said his real name was John Sharp. He had drifted to the coast a couple of years before on a fishing schooner from Newfoundland, whence he had come from Nova Scotia.
He must be constantly upon his guard, he thought, and perhaps after all would not be discovered. No, he would not let himself be afraid. When he returned to the tilt Micmac John asked: "Gettin' much fur?" "Not so bad," he replied. "I has one silver, an' a fine un, too." The half-breed showed marked interest at once. "Let's see him. Got him here?" "No, I left un in th' third tilt.
Wood says that although there were then at Aukpaque Indians of three different tribes, Micmacs, Maliseets and Caribous, they all understood the Micmac language, and he expresses regret that he had not been sent among them two years before, being satisfied that he could have gained their confidence and good will. Probably Canibas or Kennebec Indians.
Since his arrival here the hunters had lost, now and again, martens and foxes from their traps, and it was whispered that Micmac John was responsible for their disappearance. Nevertheless, without any tangible evidence that he had stolen them, he was treated with kindness, though he had made no real friends amongst the natives.
Sacobie Bear was a great gossip for one of his race. In fact, he had a Micmac nickname which, translated, meant "the man who deafens his friends with much talk." Archer, however, was pleased with his ready chatter and unforced humour. But at last they both began to nod. The white man made up a bed on the floor for Sacobie with a couple of caribou skins and a heavy blanket.
The Manitou of the Algonquins, and the Okies or Otkons of the Hurons and Iroquois were not always superior, mysterious beings endowed with supernatural powers, like the Algonquin Manabozho, the Great Hare, the king of all animals; or a deified hero, like Hiawatha, the founder of the Iroquois confederacy, and Glooscap, the favourite of Micmac legends.
Bourg, were desired to seat themselves, when a Malecete captain began a song and dance in honor and praise of the Conference and those concerned therein. On his finishing, a Micmac captain began another song and dance to the same purpose. The Superintendent then, with Major Studholme and the Rev. Mr.
"Trueheart, as she is named in the Micmac tongue, is a native of this island at least her mother was; but her father, I have been told, was a white man a wanderer like myself who came in an open boat from no one knows where, and cast his lot among the Indians, one of whom he married. Both parents are dead. I never saw them; but my wife, I think, must resemble her white father in many respects.
Neither did Micmac John dance, for he seemed in ill humour, and was silent and morose, nursing his discontent that a mere boy should have been given the Big Hill trail in preference to him, and he sat moody and silent, taking no apparent interest in the fun.
"I thinks I'll be startin' in th' mornin' an' campin' over there Sunday, an' Monday I'll be there t' hunt. Can't un come 'long, John?" "No, I'd like t' go but I got t' see my traps. I'll have t' be leavin' ye now," said Micmac, rising. "Not t'-night?" "Yes, it's fine moonlight an' I can make it all right." "Ye better stay th' night wi' me, John. There'll be no difference in a day." "No.
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