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away into the woods.

They were broken

hearted, and they died.

They are all dead

or gone far over the mountains, except a few, and we are poor and wretched."

8. The old Indian said no more; he looked sad; his two sons looked sad also; and I almost cried, because Wampum looked so unhappy.

9. I did not understand this story very well, "but when I go back to Boston," thought I, "I will ask my grandfather about it, and he will tell me the whole story of the poor Indians."

CHAPTER V.

Parley tells how he went to Vermont.

1. AFTER I had been at Wampum's house about a week, he told me, that he and his eldest son were going to see some Indians

in Vermont, then called New Connecticut, and I might go with them if I chose.

2. I was very happy to go, for I delighted to ramble in the woods, and to hunt squirrels and deer.

3. So we set out, crossed to the west side of Connecticut River at Northampton, and travelled along its banks, through Hatfield, Deerfield, and Greenfield.

4. We went over the very place where the beautiful town of Brattleboro' now stands. It was covered with woods, and scarcely a house was there then.

5. If you will look on a map of New England, you can trace our route.

6. After travelling three days, we arrived at what is now called Bellows Falls, about one

What was Vermont called when Parley went there?

What towns did Parley pass through on the banks of Connecticut River? How far is Bellows Falls from Boston, and in what direction?

hundred and ten miles north-west of Boston, in the State of Vermont.

7. It is a wild place: the rocks are very high and rough, and the water of the Connecticut River pours over them with such fury, that it is worked into foam, and it roars like thunder.

8. I was alarmed when I first saw it whirling and boiling so furiously, and roaring so loudly, that the sight made me giddy, and the noise almost deafened me. But, by and by, I began to like the place, and to admire its strange and wild appearance.

9. Wampum told me that, in the spring of the year, the salmon, a large, fine fish, would come up the river from the sea, and ascend over the falls.

10. This must have been very difficult; but the salmon is a strong and active fish. Sometimes they would have to try several times, before they could succeed, but at length they

would spring over the rocks, and pass up the

river.

11. Wampum said that the Indians were in the habit of coming in the spring, to spear the salmon as they were endeavouring to ascend the falls.

12. He described it as being excellent sport. Here is a picture of Indians spearing salmon at Bellows Falls.

[graphic]

What did Wampum say the Indians used to go to Bellows Falls for in the spring?

13. If you go to Bellows Falls now, you will find a pretty village there, and a fine bridge, from which you can see the falls, directly under you, to great advantage. But when I went there with Wampum, there were anly a few small huts, or houses, and there was no bridge then.

CHAPTER VI.

Parley continues to tell his Adventures in Vermont.

1. THE Indian village we were going to was a few miles west of Bellows Falls. We left the falls about sundown, and entered an Indian path through the woods.

2. We had not gone far before we saw a bear coming directly towards us. Wampum had a carbine in his hand, which, you know, is a short gun.

3. He levelled it at the bear, and shot it at

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