It would be no easy matter. They guard every path I do believe, that leads to my door....
Every path....
Yes ... and let me tell thee now, that if it should ever happen to thee to go astray in these woods, thee will have nothing to fear so long as thee pursues a path which leads to my door ... if thee should miss thy way, inquire aloud, and thee will be safe....
How so?
Thee will be overheard....
You astonish me.
And guarded, if it be necessary....
Guarded!...
Up to my very door ... thee can hardly put faith in what I say. Do thee know George, that to be a poo-ka-kee, is to bear a charmed life, as thee would say, not only here, but in the great wilderness? Do thee know too, that among the tribes of the north, it is a common thing to charge a captive with cruelty to the quakers.
I do ... and I have heard every cry of a pale man at the stake answered by ... Ah ha! what for you farver ’im choke-a poo-ka-kee-ooman?