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"It's as human, and as mortal too, as a warrior of these prairies is
ever known to be. I have seen the time when a red-skin would have
shown a foolish daring to peep out of his ambushment in that fashion
on a hunter I could name, but who is too old now, and too near his
time, to be any thing better than a miserable trapper. It will be well
to speak to the imp, and to let him know he deals with men whose
beards are grown. Come forth from your cover, friend," he continued,
in the language of the extensive tribes of the Dahcotahs; "there is
room on the prairie for another warrior."
The eyes appeared to glare more fiercely than ever, but the mass
which, according to the trapper's opinion, was neither more nor less
than a human head, shorn, as usual among the warriors of the west, of
its hair, still continued without motion, or any other sign of life.
"It is a mistake!" exclaimed the doctor. "The animal is not even of
the class, mammalia, much less a man."
"So much for your knowledge!" returned the trapper, laughing with
great exultation.


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