"I couldn't do it to save my life. They are so long and outlandish that I can never get my, tongue around them."
"Let's give them shorter names."
"Well, suppose you name the taller one, who has such a crooked nose."
George reflected a moment and replied;
"I'll call him 'Spink;' that is short and easily remembered. I don't think he will be offended, for he seems to be good-natured."
"We can fancy that it may mean in some language, 'He that looks Sweeter than Honey,' and he will be delighted when we manage to make it clear with the help of Mul-tal-la. I have the other fellow named."
"What is it?"
"Jiggers, or, The Warrior that showed Chief Taggarak all He Knows. That ought to make him proud and happy."
So the two Blackfeet who had befriended the brothers received their names, and will be hereafter thus known when we refer to them, instead of using the difficult titles by which they were called by those of their own race.
From his seat opposite the door that was closed Victor had noticed a peculiar agitation now and then of the buffalo flap. Once, when the corner was drawn a little aside, he caught the sparkle of a bright eye, which was instantly withdrawn, as if the owner had noticed that his peeping was observed and he was scared. By and by the eye appeared again, and remained longer than before.