chief our scalps had bin dryin' in the smoke o' a Pawnee
wigwam afore now. What now, lad?"
Joe's question was put in consequence of a gleeful
smile that overspread the countenance of Dick Varley,
who replied by pointing to a wigwam towards which
they were approaching.
"Oh! that's only a dandy," exclaimed Joe. "There's
lots o' them in every Injun camp. They're fit for
nothin' but dress, poor contemptible critters."
Joe accompanied his remark with a sneer, for of all