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9its former possessors ;but it is now the propertyof the Chippewa.From the firsthunting party which broughtme furs I experienced some disorderly behavior;but happily without serious issue.Having crowded into my house and demandedrum, which I refused them, they talkedof indulging themselves in a general pillage,and I found myself abandoned by all my men.Fortunately I was able to arm myself; and onmy threatening to shoot the first who shouldlay his hands on anything, the tumult beganto subside and was presently after at an end.When over, my men appeared to be trulyashamed of their cowardice, and made promisesnever to behave in a similar manner again.Admonished of my danger, I now resolvedon burying the liquor which I had; and theIndians, once persuaded that I had none to9Lac Court Oreilles in Sawyer County, Wisconsin,about eighty miles southwest of Henry's winteringplace. Hither the Ottawa fled in the seventeenthcentury, seeking refuge from the destroying Iroquois.Although they remained for but a brief period theyreturned to the place on subsequent hunting expeditions.The Ottawa acquired the sobriquet of CourtOreilles (short ears) not because they practiced clippingthese organs, but because, unlike certain othertribes who distended the lobe by ornaments or weights,they left their ears in their natural condition. TheOttawa have long since disappeared from the vicinityof Lac Court Oreilles, where there is today an Indianreservation inhabited by several hundred Chippewa.Editor.192