Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-13

as did his parents. in a country in habited only by Indians. From the first they treated them kindly and fair ly and received only kindness in re- came accustomed to frequent visits from her duslzy neighbors The women came freely and watched her at her simple cookery. White squaW's bread heap good said they, and she taught them to make genuine New England brown bread So with many other dishes of savory mixture. In return she was taught how to prepare suc- cotash and to them she owed many an addition to her larder by way of dried fruits, which otherwise she might have feared to gather.
 When the boy arrived, he became the center of admiring wonder to all be- holders. Nothing which they could do for him seemed too great or too burdensome. As soon as he could han dle them he was furnished with bow and arrow, and taught the use of them. All kinds of woodland lore was in StiIled into this little mind, which from day to day developed beyond all ex- pectation of his parents. They felt sure that the Indians would work no wrong to the child, and he was left free to come and go at his will among his Indian mates.
 When he outdid his playmates of the wild there appeared no jealousy, but only praise at his achievements. To them he owed the knowledge of trapping and of bee hunting. Within the past few years he has told of his success in tracking wild bees to their homes and securing enormous amounts of honey In his last letter he alludes to the many swarms that had escaped from his domestic hives, and his in tention of securing their honey later in the autumn He quite puts to shame al Q " to the care of bees.
 The time came, however, when other white settlers located in the vicinity of the New York home, and Ezra S parents were no longer alone among the Indians The call of the wild stirred the blood of the frontiersman, so, disposing of his property there, the emigrant's wagon once more re ceived them and their belongings and westward they journeyed again. Their next stop was in the present state of Ohio. There again they were alone among the Indians, and the same kind ly treatment. met the same friendly responses and EZra's education in hunting and the chase was advanced.
 Another son had been added to their household but our concern is only with the older one, whose prowess was more and more nOticeab ble as time went, on.
 Once more they found themselves surrounded by white settlers and the same experience was repeated. This time no stop was made till Wisconsin was reached, and there the family rested from their wanderings and made a permanent home. How the quiet little matron must have rejoiced at feeling that she had a home at last She had certainly earned the right to one by patient endurance of discomfort and hardship. More chil- dren came to them in this final home, but these knew nothing of the life in the wilderness as the older ones had done. The stories told them by par ents and the older boys were as thrill ing to them as those tales of adVen- ture which the youth of the presenG day find so expressing in their leisure time.
 The parents were somewhat ad vanced in years. and welcomed a re- spite from the arduous life of former days, and at last established them selves in a thriving city of the thriv ing state. There the younger children received the advantages of school life Ezra, however, had not been allowed to grow up in ignorance al: these years. His mother had seen to that and for those times he had been more favored than many He was well grounded in the three R's. and not ashamed to meet his brothers and their mates in friendly challenge to intel lectual combat. They all admitted that he could spell them down at any time
 But he never lost his love of the woods and his delight in the pursuit