LAND, MAINE.

I thought you might be interested to hear about some Indians who
were confined in the old Spanish fort at St. Augustine, Florida,
when I was there. They were sent from the West, as disturbers of
the friendly relations between us and their tribes. When they
first came they looked very wild and savage, with their red
blankets, and long black hair, of which the men were very proud:
but when they went away their hair was short; they wore shoes and
collars and neck-ties, and the United States uniform. They behaved
so well that they were allowed to post their own sentinels, were
drilled by the officer in charge of them, and made a very
respectable company. Many of them learned to read and write, and a
large number are now at school in Pennsylvania.

CAMPBELL HAMILTON.

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GROESBECK, OHIO.

My cousin Harry and I found some pepper-and-salt (or erigenia, as
my big sister calls it) on the east side of a hill in our woods on
the 28th of February. We also found spring-beauties and
pepper-root in bud. I never found wild flowers so early before.
Last year we found the first on the 11th of March.

HAZIE POOLE.

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GALLIPOLIS, OHIO.

I am seven and a half years old, and I go to school. I had a
canary named Sweet. It died, and I buried it under the kitchen
window. I take YOUNG PEOPLE, and like the Post-office best of all.
My cousin Lizzie made me a fire-fly out of pasteboard, and it
flies nicely.

HERBERT H. HENKING.

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TOPEKA, KANSAS.

I am a subscriber to YOUNG PEOPLE. I think it is a very nice
paper. I have a little pet antelope, and we feed it out of a
bottle.

HENRY BLAKESLEY.

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

When I was four years old we had a young mule. The day it was born
my brother and I were going to see a little friend who lived near
us. I asked mamma if the mule could not go too, because it looked
very anxious to go. After that we always called it the anxious
mule.

WALTER H. C. (9 years).

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ELDRED, NEW YORK, _March 10_.

The picture of a little girl pulling the Chinaman's pigtail, and
asking if it would ring,