Food was brought, and the native cooks ordered to prepare it for them at once. The act so astonished the Tuolo chief, Marmo, that he could not express himself. For a day he sat pondering. The Professor noticed the act, but he said nothing. The next morning Marmo called, and said:
"I can see why the White Chief told me it was well to act so the people would not want another chief."
"But I am not acting in this way so that the people will want to keep me as their chief."
This reply puzzled him.
"But why do you treat my people in this way?"
"Because he is a man just like myself. I have no right to treat him in any other way."
"But he is only a ravoo (common) man."
"Why is he only a common man?"
"Because he is not a warrior, nor were his people warriors before him."
"But he is a man, the same as you and I are. Because he is not a warrior, or was not born of some one who was a warrior, or if he does not belong to the family of a chief, makes no difference to the white man. His children may become chiefs, or great men, and if we show them that they may become like we are, it will make all of them better, and it will not injure us."