Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 741
ke na-tures that weare most aptto remem-ber. Few ofus, in fact,ever think ofIndian children at all, except at the sight of apicture of them. Little has been told or writtenabout the boy and girl red folk, and it wouldpuzzle most of my readers to say what theysuppose these children of nature look… … was astonished to find that they had skins assmooth and soft as any ladys—no, smoother andsofter than that: as delicate and lovely as anydear little babys here in New York. This ladywas visiting the Blackfeet in my company, andshe was so surprised, when she happened totouch one little red boys bare…
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