midday
A few weeks later there was another excursion to the emerald glooms of the forest , but this was limited in number to the Macleods and DeBerczys , with a few of their intimate friends . Wanda was absent on one of her indefinite expeditions -- indefinite in length as well as in object , though the wigwam of her foster-feather was one of the points of interest visited by the party . Conspicuous among the numerous Indians in the settlement in the neighbourhood of Orillia was the last of the Algonquins , partly because of the pathos which attaches to the sole survivor in any region of a nearly extinct race , partly because of the mantle of traditional glory that had fallen upon him from the shoulders of valorous ancestors . He declined to join the revellers at their midday feasting under the trees , but his unexpected appearance afterwards suggested a pleasant substitute for the noon-day siesta . `` Talk about the storied memories of the past , in the old world , '' said Edward , leaning back on the mossy sward , and gazing up through green branches to the blue heaven , `` this country has had its share of them , and here is the man , '' clapping a friendly hand on the Indian 's shoulder , `` who can tell us about them . '' `` Ah , do ! '' implored Herbert and Eva .