"Wayno, wayno!"
It was Appah who stood before them, with two of his men, and gave his cordial assent to what he had just heard. A miracle had happened and all seemed well.
"My squaw! touge wayno!" he started to go to her. Ladd stood in his way.
"What are you doing here?" said the agent fiercely.
"What you do here?" was the angry response.
"None of your damn business."
"All same me damn business too."
"What are these men doing here?"
He noticed the small rope carried by one of them. Wah-na-gi answered for them.
"Appah is going off up into the Moquitch to hunt and make medicine, and he wanted to take me with him."