While a great talker upon occasion, he had learned from the Iroquois the habit of silence, when silence was needed, and it required no effort from him.
Though he did not speak he saw much.

The stream, caused by the flood, still flowed before the mouth of the cave, but it was diminishing steadily.

By the time night came it would sink to a thin thread and vanish.

The world itself, bathed and cleansed anew, was wonderfully sweet and fresh.

The light wind brought the pleasant odors of flower and leaf and grass.