A long time after that, I heard this story: One of the interpreters, who for years had been my voice, moped around the Agency for days, gloomy, half sullen. He had been a merry fellow.
“What’s wrong with you, Quat-che—sick?” asked an employee.
The Indian looked surprised, and seemed to think for a reason.
“I am unhappy,” he said, finally. “Sometimes I listen—and I miss the boss’s footsteps.”
MAP OF THE NAVAJO AND HOPI COUNTRY THE ENCHANTED EMPIRE
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