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The Spirit of the Border

CHAPTER X
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At a bench three Indian carpenters were pounding and sawing.

Young braves ran back and forth, carrying pails, rough-hewn boards and blocks of wood.
Instantly struck by two things, Jim voiced his curiosity: "Why do these Indians all wear long hair, smooth and shiny, without adornment ?" "They are Christians.

They wear neither headdress, war-bonnet, nor scalp-lock," replied Mr.Zeisberger, with unconscious pride.
"I did not expect to see a blacksmith's anvil out here in the wilderness.

Where did you procure these tools ?" "We have been years getting them here.

Some came by way of the Ohio River; others overland from Detroit.


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