"And yer took all this trouble jest because I happened tew do what any good man would have done?"
"The Sioux never forget."
If he had not been so entirely intent upon his own thoughts and the skill she had displayed, he would have noticed her softly-beaming eyes, and that the hot blood surged up from her heart and flushed even the olive of her cheeks—that his stalwart frame and kindness had wakened the most powerful passion in her heart, notwithstanding,
"She had struggled hard and long
Against her love, and reasoned with her heart,
As simple Indian maiden might."
But he was not yet in a situation—was far too much shaken to give a single thought to any thing but himself and his wonderful escape, and went recklessly on.
"I know, Cloud, yer people remember er good deed as well as er bad one, and never forgit revenge, and I only hope I kin make it even with yer some time, and I will ef I live."
"The pale-face is safe from the dark Manitou of death."
"Yes, for the present, I reckon, though I wouldn't be good fer much in a foot-race or a fight."