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Let us draw the truth out
of him; for an unlucky war-party may prove more dangerous to us than a
visit from the whole family of the squatter."
"It is truly a desperate and a dangerous species!" said the Doctor,
relieving his amazement by a breath that seemed to exhaust his lungs
of air; "a violent race, and one that it is difficult to define or
class, within the usual boundaries of definitions. Speak to him,
therefore; but let thy words be strong in amity."
The old man cast a keen eye on every side of him, to ascertain the
important particular whether the stranger was supported by any
associates, and then making the usual signs of peace, by exhibiting
the palm of his naked hand, he boldly advanced. In the mean time, the
Indian betrayed no evidence of uneasiness. He suffered the trapper to
draw nigh, maintaining by his own mien and attitude a striking air of
dignity and fearlessness. Perhaps the wary warrior also knew that,
owing to the difference in their weapons, he should be placed more on
an equality, by being brought nearer to the strangers.


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