"Young ladies, a very mysterious letter has been found. It is evidently in the Indian language. It is probably intended for one of our Indian young ladies. Did anyone present lose a letter?"
No one spoke.
"O'Jawa," said the superior, addressing a young Indian girl, "will you come forward and see if this letter is written in one of the Iroquois or one of Algonquin dialects?"
O'Jawa promptly came up the aisle, and scanning the paper, said:
"It is Algonquin, Mother."
"To whom is it addressed?"
"To no one, Mother," she replied.
"By whom is it signed?"
"By a White Chief, Mother."
"Please translate it," said the Mother Superior.