brows frowned more heavily than ever over his eyes.
"The Pale-faces are too bold," he exclaimed, working
himself into a passion. "They are in the power of
Mahtawa. If they will not give the gun he will take
it."
He sprang suddenly to his feet as he spoke, and
snatched the rifle from Henri's hand.
Henri being ignorant of the language had not been
able to understand the foregoing conversation, although
he saw well enough that it was not an agreeable one;