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CHAPTER III
Come, come, thou art as hot a Jack in thy mood, as any in Italy;
and as soon mov'd to be moody, and as soon moody to be moved.
--Romeo and Juliet.
Though the trapper manifested some surprise when he perceived that
another human figure was approaching him, and that, too, from a
direction opposite to the place where the emigrant had made his
encampment, it was with the steadiness of one long accustomed to
scenes of danger.
"This is a man," he said; "and one who has white blood in his veins,
or his step would be lighter. It will be well to be ready for the
worst, as the half-and-halfs,[*] that one meets, in these distant
districts, are altogether more barbarous than the real savage."
[*] Half-breeds; men born of Indian women by white fathers. This race
has much of the depravity of civilisation without the virtues of
the savage.
He raised his rifle while he spoke, and assured himself of the state
of its flint, as well as of the priming by manual examination.


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