That night there was a grand wedding and a
potlach; so that for two days to follow there was no fishing done
by the village. But in the morning Madeline shook the dust of the
Lower River from her moccasins, and with her husband, in a
poling-boat, went to live on the Upper River in a place known as
the Lower Country. And in the years which followed she was a good
wife, sharing her husband's hardships and cooking his food. And
she kept him in straight trails, till he learned to save his dust
and to work mightily. In the end, he struck it rich and built a
cabin in Circle City; and his happiness was such that men who
came to visit him in his home-circle became restless at the sight
of it and envied him greatly.
But the Northland began to mature and social amenities to make
their appearance.
Hitherto, the Southland had sent forth its sons; but it now
belched forth a new exodus--this time of its daughters. Sisters
and wives they were not; but they did not fail to put new ideas
in the heads of the men, and to elevate the tone of things in
ways peculiarly their own. No more did the squaws gather at the
dances, go roaring down the center in the good, old Virginia
reels, or make merry with jolly 'Dan Tucker.
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