"Then let me die!" said Gray Eagle.
"No. The Blackfoot shall go to the village of the Sioux, and when he sees Snowdrop the slave of Red Pine then he shall die by torture!"
Then addressing Captain Curtiss, he said:
"What does the pale-face want here?"
"We were just traveling through the country on our way to Oregon," replied the captain.
"Do you know Gray Eagle, the Blackfoot?"
"No; I never saw him until last night."
"And the pale-face who went with the Blackfoot squaw?"
"I do not know him. I have nothing to do with either."
"Red Pine will keep the pale-face, but he shall die with the Blackfoot dog!"