Though he spoke the Cree language, he had more the appearance of a Sioux.

Still can we hear Big Tom's deep rich voice reading in his musical Cree language:

For the Cree language is devoid of invective.

Frequently it would be the Evening Hymn, the first verse of which in their beautiful Cree language is as follows:-

The Cree language is evidently a dialect of the Sauteux, similar in construction, and differing only in the modification of a few words.

To our readers who may not be posted in the Cree language of the far North, we give the English translation of the verse:

For years portions of the Word of God, and a goodly number of hymns translated into the Cree language, were printed, and incalculable good resulted.

"The braves talk with forked tongues, and we do not believe them," she replied, in the Cree language.

In translating such words as "waggon" or "chariot" into the Cree language, a word similar to that for "dog-sled" had to be used.

Then these two women called out in the Cree language, "Here are two Blackfeet, who have come here and are talking to us."