“I don’t know what you mean,” she answered, simply.

He smiled, but, instead of explaining himself, changed the conversation abruptly by asking her:

“You have also seen the White Spirit?”

“I have.”

“She is very beautiful!”

“The red-men think her so.”

“She has proved a great help to Smoholler in gaining his ascendancy over the minds of the Indians.”

“Yes.”

“You do not fear her?”

“Oh, no; she never injures any one.”