Part 2 (1/2)

I took Lily's hand as I spoke, and led her towards the Indian He was dressed in skins, with an axe hanging fro over his shoulders,--unlike most of the Indians I had seen, ear it tied up and orna frouessed from this that he was a friend to the white men, and had received it as a token for son as he saw us approach, and put out his hand

”We co upon h I knew a feords of the Indian tongue, I could not at that time speak it sufficiently well to express what I wished to say

”Kepenau is glad to have done you a service,” he answered in English

”I heard the young uessed that she would not do so without cause, so I hurried on to help you But why are you so far froerous for unarather berries, and were about to return,” said Lily

”You will not detain us?”

”Not if you wish to go,” answered the Indian

”But co of more value than these berries”

I felt sure that the Indian would not injure us, so Lily and I followed hih the forest faster than we could, and presently stopped near soe antlers

Placing himself across the carcass of the animal, he exclai of these forests

Once, thousands of these animals wandered here, but since the white man has come they have all disappeared; and now that I have slain hirounds Still, Kepenau bears the Whiteskins no malice He was ever their friend, and intends to remain so You must take so this, he co the deer, in which operation I assisted him He then cut off several slices, which he wrapped up in soe leaves and placed in my basket

”Take the venison to your mother, and say that Kepenau sends it,” he observed

”He has no mother,” said Lily

”Is he not your brother?” asked the Indian

”No!” said Lily ”His o”

Lily at that time did not know that her own mother had been murdered when mine was

”You do not bear the red men anyto ive our eneood Indian, I a up at him with more confidence in her manner than she had before shown

”I wish to beco ”I have learned to love the Great Spirit, and wish to obey him But it is time for you to return home Wait until I have secured the flesh of the deer, and then I will accompany you”

Kepenau quickly cut up the anih of a tree--out of the reach of the wolves--byhimself with as much of the venison as he could conveniently carry, he said, ”We will e of the forest, he bade us farewell

”Should there be more wolves in the forest, they will not follow you further than this,” he said; ”but if they do, remember that it will be better to sacrifice some of the venison, than to allow them to overtake you Throw them a small bit at a time; and as in all likelihood they will stop to quarrel over it, you will thus have tih we did not need to practise it on this occasion