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therefore managed to read the mute astonishment, that lay so deeply
concealed in the tawny visage of the savage, and took his measures
accordingly.
"Does my brother think that the rider is a warrior of the Pale-faces?"
he demanded, when he believed that sufficient time had elapsed, for a
full examination of the pacific mien of the naturalist.
The flash of scorn, which shot across the features of the Teton, was
visible, even by the dim light of the stars.
"Is a Dahcotah a fool?" was the answer.
"They are a wise nation, whose eyes are never shut; much do I wonder,
that they have not seen the great medicine of the Big-knives!"
"Wagh!" exclaimed his companion, suffering the whole of his amazement
to burst out of his dark rigid countenance at the surprise, like a
flash of lightning illuminating the gloom of midnight.
"The Dahcotah knows that my tongue is not forked. Let him open his
eyes wider. Does he not see a very great medicine?"
The light was not necessary to recall to the savage each feature in
the really remarkable costume and equipage of Dr.


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