is shells, and de Injuns tink dem goot monish, mais I

ask you

fat place

de come from."

"They are thought to be gathered on the shores o'

the Pacific," said Joe. "The Injuns on the west o' the

Rocky Mountains picks them up and exchanges them

wi' the fellows hereaway for horses and skins--so I'm

told."

At this moment there was a wild cry of terror heard