examine it closely while taking 
     
     covert glances to Hsize up” her 
     
     admirer. If ”smitten,” she would 
     
     throw the chip at him with a 
     
     pleasant smile, and then nothing was i 
     
     wanting but the service of the priest 
     
     to bind the marriage tie. If, how— 
     
     ever, the young brave was not a 
     
     man to her liking, the chip would 
     
     be tossed aside with a frown, and he would then be obliged to seek 
     
     elsewhere. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     A full wedding ceremony took place in the following way. 
     
     On the appointed day the happy brave, accompanied by his relatives, 
     
     went to the bride and her assembled friends. She was ” given away” 
     
     by her father, and was then dressed in a handsome costume, a present 
     
     from the groom. All then took their way to the village green to 
     
     participate in the wedding dance, at which the whole village was 
     
     present. The following day the newly-wedded pair started on a 
     
     canoe honeymoon trip. At some choice spot, chosen for its beauty 
     
     and romantic surroundings, both knelt together and made vows 
     
     of unending affection. The neighborhood of some great rock was 
     
     always preferred, and the enduring rock was invoked to witness the 
     
     vows thus made. A tree was rarely chosen because of its being 
     
     more perishable than a rock. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The superior civilization of the Indian knows little of infidelity, 
     
     and nothing of divorce. 
     
    
   
   
    
     All the Indian peoples of Canada had, and still have, 
     
     superstitious and strange fancies. Animals, plants, mountains, rivers 
     
     and great rocks were supposed to have indwelling spirits. They 
     
     were, therefore, treated with respect. liven to animals of the 
     
     chase, such as bear and beaver, etc, they would offer an apology 
     
     for the necessary pursuit. Fishing—nets were even included in a 
     
     ceremony which consisted of an address to the fish begging them 
     
     to take courage and be caught, soothing them also by the promise 
     
     that due respect should be paid to their bones. Plants had souls, 
     
     the Indians believed; and, in addition, they held the belief that elves 
     
     and fairies of great beauty and marvellous powers dwelt in hill and 
     
     valley. The high mountain tops were supposed to be inhabited by 
     
     gods with wonderful attributes; and the sound of thunder, the voice 
     
     of the rapid, and the roar of the great cataract were all manifesta- 
     
    
   
   
    
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