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eight days he should be dug up again. But some of the Indians were jealous, and instead of digging him up, they heaped up his grave with branches and stones. A terrible storm followed. All the pile was scattered to the four winds, and the chief arose and departed as a spirit. Still, to-day, the Indians are very super— stitious and often call for help on their ancestors’ spirits.

“The chieftainship is not hereditary now. Until some years ago it was handed down in the Sark family, but when the old chief died, his successor was only seven and a regent had to be appointed. When the young man came of age the regent refused to give up the chieftainship. The quarrel reached the Arch- bishop. The regent gave everything back by placing the regalia on the altar; and the chieftainship was henceforth to be decided by an election every three years.

“ Returned soldiers now have two votes. Originally, the up-keep of the island was attended to with money sent from London. Then it was taken over by Ottawa.

“Have you seen the hall?”

”No,” I replied, with my eyes on a group of little Indian children.

I think the Indians of Lennox Island have the most attractive children I have ever seen. Most of them have dark hair and eyes, but a great many have lost some of their Indian characteristics through the inter- marriage of their parents with French and English settlers. Some show no sign of Indian blood in their features at all. Of the schoolmaster’s four youngest children, two have dark hair and eyes, and the other two are very fair. The explanation is that their mother is English. He was a Canadian soldier and