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with which he entertained the idea of living with
them and becoming one among them.
THE KENNEBEC INDIAN AND HIS CHILD.
Nothing can illustrate in a more touching man-
ner the influence of this feeling than the story of
the Kennebec Indian and his dead child. The
tribe to which this poor man belonged lived on the
banks of the Kennebec, in Maine, and when the
State passed into the occupancy of white men, it
became nearly or quite extinct. One man of the
tribe who still remained, so recommended himself
by his good behavior, and by his evident desire to
adopt the habits of civilized life, that he received a
grant of land from the State, in a certain town-
ship, and he settled upon this land with his wife
and child, while the other farms in the neighbor-
hood were settled by whites.
The Indian was treated fairly enough by his
neighbors in their ordinary dealings with him, but
still he was an Indian in their view, and they felt
no cordial sympathy with him or his family.
They did not admit him to any intimate relations
with them, or regard him with the kind and
friendly feelings which they entertained for each
other.
At length his child fell sick and died. The
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