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of Canadian Frenchmen that had come into that region, and of their great wickedness, passed through her mind, and she added:

"I'm sure, I don't know who you are, but I hope that you are not a Canada man."

Nattie made a move as if she would re enter the wigwam, but the youth seemed to wish to detain her yet a while longer.

"Why do you hope that I am not a Canada man?" he asked.

"Because they are enemies to us," Nattie answered.

"To you and me?"

"No; to Indians."

"Then you and I are not Indians?"

"I am not," she said.

"So I see," he answered; "yet you live with them."

"I was brought here," she said, looking uneasily toward the cabin.

"Your name is Nathalie," he said.