She warmed it by the fire, attempting to still its feeble cries.
"Do you nurse your baby well, Wenona ?" I asked; "it looks so thin and small." "How can I," was the reply, "when I have not eaten since it was born ?" Frequently we have heard of whole families perishing during severely cold weather.

The father absent on a winter's hunt, the mother could not leave her children to apply to the fort for assistance, even had she strength left to reach there.

The frozen bodies would be found in the lodges.

The improvident character of the Indian is well known.

Their annuities are soon spent; supplies received from government are used in feasting; and no provision is made for winters that are always long and severe.