Chapter XXVII

_La Morgue_--The Catacombs--The Doctor's dream--Their great
alarm--Visit to the _Hippodrome_--Jim riding M. Franconi's
horse--Indians in the Woods of Boulogne--Fright of the
rabbits--Jim and the Doctor at the _Bal Mabille_, Champs
Elysées--At the _Masquerade_, _Grand Opera_--Their
opinions and criticisms on them--Frenchwomen at
confession in St. Roch--Doctor's ideas of it--Jim's
speech--"_Industrious fleas_"--Death of the wife of Little
Wolf--Her baptism--Husband's distress--Her funeral in the
Madeleine--Her burial in Montmartre--Council held--Indians
resolve to return to America--Preparations to depart in
a few days--_Bobasheela_ goes to London to ship their
boxes to New York--He returns, and accompanies the
Indians to Havre--Indians take leave of _Chippehola_ (the
Author)--M. Vattemare accompanies them to Havre--Kindly
treated by Mr. Winslow, an American gentleman, at Havre--A
splendid dinner, and (_Queen's_) _Chickabobboo_--Indians
embark--Taking leave of _Bobasheela_--Illness of
the Author's lady--His alarm and distress--Her
death--Obituary--Her remains embalmed and sent to New York 261