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 man of superior talent, and I hope that he may, in time, conquer his love of this wild life and become an honored and useful man among our race."

"Have you learned the name of your sick charge yet, wife?" he added.

"She says that she is called Tulip," was her answer; "but farther I have not questioned, as it seems to be painful to her to speak of herself, and she is not quite rational at all times."

"That is an Indian name," said the husband.

"Yes; but I think that she has another, and that we shall learn it, in time."