Crusoe.

"I'll manage it," said Joe, and walked towards her,

while Dick and Henri returned to the chief's tent.

"Does the Pawnee woman thank the Great Spirit

that her child is saved?" began Joe as he came up.

"She does," answered the woman, looking up at the

hunter. "And her heart is warm to the Pale-faces."

After a short silence Joe continued,--

"The Pawnee chiefs do not love the Pale-faces.

Some of them hate them."