INDIAN WIGWAM

frequently camped in the woods near our farm. We liked to go to their wigwams and get pretty baskets. But women and children were afraid of them and unless we had a man to accompany us we would not dare to go. We had crazy, or feeble-minded people wandering about too.. They had no asylum or place of refuge and they would not stay home. They were more danger and terror to us than were the Indians. A Fig/7t Wit]? 4 Crazy Man

A fewpfarms from us there was a man who had become insane. He had a Son and daughter to take care of him but he would not stay at home. He went back into the forest and built himself a camp. He dug a cellar about three feet deep, put rafters over it and covered them with sods. It was a dreary place to live alone. He frequently came out to the settlement, and was a terror to women and children. His appearance was enough to frighten weak or timid people. His clothes were ragged and his hair and beard long and rough. He had a wild look and carried a heavy shillalah. He was a dangerous man. We feared him as much as we did the bears. He had a high temper and was as cunning as a fox. He was quiet enough when there were men about, but when he saw that he had the mastery no one could tell what harm he would do. When the alarm was given that he was in

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