21/38 He has tried to do us much harm and he is grieved because we have not fallen before him. Did you hear something walking in the thicket at the bottom of the hill ?" "It is only a bear. Perhaps he is looking for a good place in which to pass the night, but he will go much farther away." "Why, Tayoga ?" "Because the wind is shifting about a little, and, in another minute, it will take him a whiff of the human odor. Then he will run away, and run fast. Now he is running." "I don't hear him, Tayoga, but I take it that you know what you are saying is true." "My ears are uncommonly keen, Black Rifle. |