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Indians. Somewhat, perhaps, as a gesture of defiance, X once
spent his last sixty-five cents on a pound of bacon, a luxury in
which none of the other natives ever indulged. He loves to dis-
play his possessions—a spring bed in which he actually sleeps
(the only other spring bed in the village, owned by the “cap-
tain,” being used as a display piece, and not slept in), china
dishes kept clean, oilcloth-covered shelves, and a fiddle.

Not many years ago X was very well off, and had a number of
good trapping seasons. Then he seems to have lost interest in
life, and he developed a violent distaste for the company of his
fellow tribesmen. He regarded himself as vastly superior to them
intellectually and aesthetically, and even refused to drink in their
company. Now he has lost most of his possessions, even having
pawned his rifle. X’s only response to his ever-worsening predica-
ment is to withdraw into himself.

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