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over a rocky clifF about eight feet high into the river, and had found a natural life-preserver in the tiny piece of wood just at hand. Indian Margaret was the nurse then, and she quietly stripped herself, swam out like a duck and towed the baby in. Except for that friendly piece of driftwood and Indian Margaret, this little narrative would never have been written.

Another time of extreme anxiety was when the Indians had procured large supplies of liquor. A frightful hubbub would prevail in the Indian village, and as this was diredly between the Strong and Birnie houses, it made a fearsome situation.

The Indians, harmless enough at ordinary times, were liable to be dangerous when drunk, and more than once the children were chased home by drunken Indians with drawn knives.