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dians looked to the white woman for help in every time of trouble. Was a native baby sick the white mother must know some remedy; was any Indian hurt the white woman in the absence of the white man must do the necessary surgical work.

It was one continual demand, and the back porch of the house was lined with Indians almost every morning with olallies (berries) to sell, with ducks or geese to dispose of, or with some tale of woe or sickness to tell. Generally one or two Indian women were about the house helping in some capacity, and their relatives would visit them as often as they were allowed.

Indian women visiting were not enlivening creatures. Coming in quietly with a hardly articulate "klowhiam" or good morning, they would stand around, saying nothing. When