Thus, Kinzie would be called by one "_Quinze nez_" (fifteen noses), by another "_Singe_" (monkeyfied).

Mr.Kercheval was denominated _Mons.

Court-cheval_ (short horse), the Judge of Probate, "_le Juge Trop-bete"_ (too foolish), etc.

The following is an instance in point.
Mr.Shaw, one of the agents of the Northwest Fur Company, had passed many years on the frontier, and was by the voyageurs called Monsieur Le Chat.[28] On quitting the Indian country he married a Canadian lady and became the father of several children.

Some years after his return to Canada, his old foreman, named Louis la Liberte, went to Montreal to spend the winter.