Mukoki had grown a little more tense in his attitude.
"That's because white men have lived so much among them, white men who are called civilized," answered the young scion of Wabinosh House, his eyes growing bright.

"White blood makes thieves.

Pardon me for saying it, Rod, but it does, at least among Indians.

But our white blood up here is different from yours.

It's the same blood that's in our Indians, every drop of it honest, loyal to its friends, and it runs red and strong with the love of this great wilderness.