In this respect and in another they differ very widely from most of the other aborigines of North America.

I allude to their kind treatment of the women.

The men do the laborious work whilst their wives employ themselves in ornamenting their dresses with quill-work and in other occupations suited to their sex.

Mr.Wentzel has often known the young married men to bring specimens of their wives' needlework to the forts and exhibit them with much pride.

Kind treatment of the fair sex being usually considered as an indication of considerable progress in civilisation it might be worthwhile to inquire how it happens that this tribe has stepped so far beyond its neighbours.