He filled his pipe and got it going well before he launched on his tale.
"My fat'er, Simon Grampierre, he is educate'," he began.

"He read in books, he write, he spik Angleys, he spik French, he spik the Cree.

We are Cree half-breed.

My fat'er's fat'er, my mot'er's fat'er, they white men.

We are proud people.