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to be alone if he could help it, following me whithersoever I went regardless as to its being agreeable to me or not and I was invariably obliged to give him "the slip" when going on a frolic, or hunting tramp which if he went, would prove beyond his strength. Sometimes I would almost weep when I refused to permit him to go with me where his presence was not wanted, because it seemed to break his little heart. Although he was a willful boy he had a large and generous heart which was equally manifested in manhood as well as childhood. He was always ready to do any thing for me with the greatest alacrity, and he never refused to divide with any one whatever of this worlds' goods he possessed. He was as brave as he was generous, and as gentle as he was brave. The following anecdote, of which he was the original, has been attributed to various other sources. While we were on our journey from Fort Snelling to Detroit in 1826, he was one night sitting on a log, on the banks of the For? river besides father. It was a clear night, and the new moon and the stars shone brightly. Suddenly he looked up into father's face and asked- "Father, what has become of other half of the moon?" "Well, my son," replied father, "what do you suppose has become of it?" He thought for a moment, and said: