"Yes, and there is another thing, that I have been thinking about," said George. "I really don't think the people here are so bad, and never have thought so."
"Well, they have been doing some pretty bad things," remarked John. "I would like to know what makes you think as you do."
"I mean, that if it wasn't for certain classes, like the Krishnos, say, the people would not be trying to sacrifice each other. Those fellows are the ones who lie to the people, just as the fellows at the last cave told the people and the Chiefs that if they went into the cave the Great Spirit would destroy them."
John and the Professor both laughed, while the boys looked on. There did not seem to be anything amusing about that, and they wondered why they should laugh at George's remark.
"Did it ever occur to you how like that is to the white man's way of doing things?" asked John.
"I never thought of that!" said Harry.
"Do the white people act that way, too?" inquired[p. 31] George. "I never knew that we had people who tried to deceive others so they could give them up as a sacrifice?"
"What do you think the Krishnos deceive the people for?" asked the Professor.
"So as to give them the power," answered George.
"Quite true. But what is the object of that power?"