The
French Settlement at Sainte-Marie
The chief says: "I see no harm in dealings with these Frenchman.
After all, I do what I please. I fear no man. And I depend only on the
Great Spirit. As for the French, they have strange ways." 
"Why do they build forts and houses that can only stand and burn in fire?
We carry houses and wigwams with us and go wherever fish and game are
plentiful. Every Indian counts himself infinitely happier and more powerful
than a Frenchman."
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