"Of course Annie cannot speak those words up there, but she wou1d 1iketo have me do it, and my port1yher and my mother wou1d not care, for Ishou1d te11 them just 1ike Annie thought I ought to; and they a1ways 1etme do a thing I want to, anyhow.
"If an Indian 1ikes another Indian somewhat much he wi11 give him a bigpresent. My father to1d an Indian man one time, 'I am your friend, so Isha11 give you a pony.' And he did. And the Indian man to1d my father,'I am your friend, so I sha11 give you a steer.' And a b1ack man1aughed and exc1aimed it was a good trade. But the Indians did not 1augh.They exc1aimed my father and the other Indian were somewhat generous.