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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