FATHER MORICE

his red-skin converts. He has discussed
with these children of the forest the ethics of
life and has drawn from them a philosophy
sometimes as consistent and full of common
sense as may be found in the great schools.
For instance, Father Morice tells us that In-
dians, who have become Christians, cannot
understand how white men, who have been
baptized can, without remorse of conscience,
resign themselves to the killing of their fel-
lowmen; and when they are told that priests
accompany soldiers as chaplains in the ser-
vice of their country their astonishment is
exceedingly great. For them war and mur-
der are synonymous terms.

On other points their ethics were not so
sure. Thus among them the lot of woman
was very far from enviable. All the drudg-
ery of daily Indian routine was hers; on the
move, or even when at home, she would have
to carry heavy burdens and be subjected to
all sorts of indignities which could not but
render her life miserable. By dint of pa-
tience and insistence he succeeded in better-
ing her position in the family and society,
but not before he had had to encounter the

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