`` I shall never forget that ham , '' said Kate wearily , `` but , Phil , we ca n't drive far enough to be out of their reach if they really want to steal our provisions . But I do n't believe they will . I believe they have plenty of food -- Indians in tepees mostly have . The men hunt , you know . Their looks are probably the worst of them . Anyhow , you ca n't judge Indians by appearances . Peter Crow looked respectable -- and he was a whited sepulchre . Now , these Indians look as bad as Indians can look -- so they may turn out to be angels in disguise . '' `` Very much disguised , certainly , '' I acquiesced satirically . `` They seem to me to belong to the class of a neighbour of ours down east . Her family is always in rags , because she says , ' a hole is an accident , a patch is a disgrace , ' Set camp here if you like , Kate . But I 'll not sleep a wink with such neighbours . '' I cheerfully ate my words later on . Never were appearances more deceptive than in the case of those Stoneys . There is an old saying that many a kind heart beats behind a ragged coat . The Indians had no coats for their hearts to beat behind -- nothing but shirts -- some of them had n't even shirts ! But the shirts were certainly ragged enough , and their hearts were kind . Those Indians were gentlemen . They came forward and unhitched our horses , fed , and watered them ; they pitched our tent , and built us a fire , and cut brush for our beds . Kate and I had simply nothing to do except sit on our rugs and tell them what we wanted done .
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