"Will you march with me to assure the success of my projects?"
"Let my father order, I will obey."
This readiness was displeasing to the General.
"Come," he said, angrily, "let us put an end to this; I have not time to enter into a contest of wits with you, or follow you through a labyrinth of Indian circumlocutions."
"I do not understand my father," Antinahuel replied, impassively.
"We shall never get to the end, chief," the General said, stamping his foot, "if you will not answer me categorically."
"I listen to my father; let him ask, I will reply."
"How many men can you have under arms within twenty-four hours?"
"Ten thousand," the chief said, drawing himself up proudly.
"All experienced warriors?"