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occasioned that war which resulted in their complete extermination from Canada by our nation.

The future state of the Ojebwas, was in the Far lVest. They described that state or country, as being full of game, and with trees loaded with fruit of every description.

When an Indian Warrior died on the field of battle, his soul, it was said, took its immediate flight to this paradise. The souls of those, however, who died in other circumstances, it was believed, departed from the grave, and journeyed in the ordinary way, although

unseen by mortals, to this same land. There was a ditlicult bridge near this land, over

which the soul was to cross. A warrior, hunter, or medicine man, would have no difficulty in crossing this bridge. Under this bridge was a rapid stream, and he who was not a good warrior, hunter or medicine man, would either fall into the water, or lose his way, after having crossed, in some barren country, where there was no game, or fruit, although there might be, occa- sionally, a deer, or the like. 0 how barren! How

dismal! A place where distress, want, and despair ‘

would continue! 011 the other hand, the favored warrior entered the fields of paradise, amidst the shouts and welcome of his fellow warriors, who had preceded him to this land of plenty. The deer, the moose, the elk, and all kinds of animals, fruits, flowers, and the singing of birds fill and charm the land. VVhile the ever rolling Valleys are Visited with delightful and re- freshing winds. To kill, eat, and shoot, are their only employments. .No sickness, no fatigue, no death, will