He wurn't afeared of no Injin, he said; sartainly not of one what had been weakened down to half the strength.

Ef any man dared him to marry a Injin and backed the dare by ten thousand dollars, blamed ef he wouldn't take the dare.

He wouldn' be dared by no Frenchman to marry his daughter.

He wouldn't.

He wa'n't afeard to marry a Injin.
He'd cawntrack to do it fer ten thousand.
The first effect of this thought on Dave's mind was to change his view of the county-seat question.