Since the beaver-hunt, during which the blind Sachem had told his story to René, the latter had not wished to speak of his own. These two elderly men had won much influence over his feelings: the former by his friendly indulgence, the latter, in contrast, by his unrelenting severity. Except for Chactas, his adopted father, and Père Souël, the missionary at Fort-Rosalie he renounced all relations with mankind. A tendency to melancholy drew him into the woods he spent whole days there alone, and seemed a savage among the savages. Once among the Natchez, René was obliged to take a wife, to conform to the ways of that American Indian people but chose not to live with her. This work may be freely reproduced, stored and transmitted, electronically or otherwise, for any non-commercial purpose. Kline © Copyright 2010 All Rights Reserved
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