I know Umatilla--he will never permit it." "But, Gretchen, the Injun told husband something awful." "What ?" "That the schoolmaster would one day perish as Dr.Whitman did.

Dr.
Whitman was stricken down by the Injun whom he regarded as his best friend, and he never knew who dealt the blow.

He went out of life like one smitten by lightning.

O Gretchen!" "But, mother, I do not fear.

The Indians thought that Dr.Whitman was a conjurer.