CHAPTER IV

THE IROQUOIS OF THE CANADIAN BOUNDARY

The Iroquoian family--Surgeon Bigsby--Coasting on Lake Ontario--A strange reception--Saluting "royalty"--Landing in the Indian village--The chief's remarkable speech--The excitement that a red tunic may cause--The old chief's generosity--Further popularity for the doctor--The chief's dinner-party--Farewell gifts--The next halt--Troubles of a geologist--"Cesar Auguste"--An unwelcome passenger--Getting rid of the half-breed 55