From Captain Franklin's Journal.

EXTRAORDINARY AFFECTION
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LA lhAONDllN An hC EEO AOANs


The Chipewyan Indians profess strong
affection for their children, and some re.
gard for their relations, who are often nu-
merous. as they trace very far the ties OF
consanguinity. A curious instance of the
former was mentioned to US, and so well
authenticated, that shall venture to give
lit in the words of DIR. Richardson's Jour.
nal A young Chipewyan had separated
from the rest of the band for the purpose
of trenching beaver, when his wife. who


was his sole companion, and in her first


pregnancy, was seized with the pains oI


iabour. She died on the third day atte,
having given birth to boy. The husband
was inconsolate, and vowed in his anguish
never to take another woman to wife bu,
his grief was soon in some degree absorb.
led in axiety for the fate Of his infant son
TO preserve its life he descended to the
office of nurse, so degrading in the eyes
of Chipewyan, as partaking of the du


ties of woman. He swaddled it in soft


moss, fed it with broth made from the flesh
of the deer, and to still its cries applied il
to his breast, praying earnestly to the
great maker Of life to assist his endeav-
ours. The force Of the powerful passion
|by which he was actnated, produced ths