_Eh bien_, te man must vary surelee pe w'ite and _re_-spect-_ah_-ble.

Of course this confidential remark soon spread abroad, as it was meant to spread abroad.

It came to many ears.

The most utterly worthless white men, on hearing it, generally drew themselves up in pride and vowed they'd see the ole frog-eatin' Frenchman hung afore they'd many his Injin.

They'd druther marry a Injin than a nigger, but they couldn' be bought with no money to trust their skelp with a Injin.
Not so our friend Dave.