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In those days when the North Country was still young, its code of personal and civic virtues was simple and brief. When the burden of domestic cares became unbearable, and the dismal loneliness by the evening fireside gave rise to a mighty protest, the adventurer from the South Country went, for want of anything better, to an Indian village, paid the established fee, and took one of the daughters of the tribe as his wife. translation by E. Broydo read by A. Abramovich