"Me understand."
"That is the letter B."
"Yes, aha! Boston tilicum, you let her be. Old woman no good; me punish her. Knock-sheet—stick her" (club her).
Mr. Mann saw at once the strange turn that the young Indian's mind had taken. He was puzzled again.
"No, Benjamin; I will teach you what to do."
"Teach me how to club her? You are good! Boston tilicum, we will be brothers—you and I. She wah-wah, but she is no good."
"That is C."
"Aha! She heap wah-wah, but she no good."
"Now, that is A, B, and that is C. Try to remember them, and I will come soon and talk with you again."
"You wah-wah?"