“I told you I thought she would,” said Kendrick, with an air of satisfaction.
“She is in yonder wigwam,” and Girty pointed to one that stood by the bank of the Scioto, a hundred paces or so from where they were.
“I will take good care of her,” Kate said, and neither of the two that stood by her side guessed the double meaning conveyed in her words.
And so Kate was placed to guard the captive Virginia. In her heart two passions struggled for supremacy. The fate of her rival was in her hands. Would she save or crush her?
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE GREAT MEDICINE.
Ke-ne-ha-ha gazed at the old Medicine Man in astonishment, not unmixed with awe.
“Did the great chief hear right? Did my father say that he could show the Wolf Demon to Ke-ne-ha-ha?”
“Yes, the Great Medicine of the Shawnee nation can raise the dead—can bring the evil spirit—the Wolf Demon—from the air, the earth, or from the fire where he has his wigwam,” chanted the old Indian.
For a few moments in silence the Shawnee chief looked up on the Great Medicine.