human
Where have you been, Onawa?
gpt
I have come from the camp with my father, she replied.
human
Where have you left your son? They say, among the tribes, that he grows into a great warrior. They say also that he carries wood and draws water and cuts up the deer which he has killed. Our young men despise a woman's work.
gpt
I have taught him the duty of helping his mother, came the reply.
human
In my country a man lives for his mother or his wife, and her good favour is his glory.
gpt
Why are the French so beautiful, so bold-looking?
human
That they may captivate the minds and eyes of women who are weak.
gpt
They are better to look at than Englishmen. They do not wear old garments marked with dirt. They do not let the hair upon their faces grow down their bodies. They do not talk deep in their throats. They are not serious. I love to hear them talk, to see them move. They walk like men who own the world.
human
I have warned you against them, he said earnestly.
gpt
They are the natural enemies of your people. Consider! What Frenchman has ever married into your tribe and settled down among you?
human
You hide from them because you know that they are better men than you, she taunted.
gpt
It was a Frenchman who first came Jo our country from the other world. Perhaps there was no England in those days. The sun loves to shine upon Frenchmen. The English live in the mists. You have taken my sister for wife, but I--I, Onawa, daughter of Shuswap, would marry a Frenchman.
human
Never shall I wish you a harder fate,