Then, too, they are revengeful, and like all barbarians are satisfied, if aggrieved against our race, to get their satisfaction out of any member of it, whether he is the one who injured them, or is entirely innocent." "You seem to be regarded with high favor here." "I am.

I stand next to the chief in authority, so you see I have reason to believe I may be of some service to you.

You may be sure that I shall leave no stone unturned to help you." The captain and his companions gave expression to their deep gratitude, and Irons continued in his bluff, pleasant manner: "I guess I am about as much a savage as any of them.

If I hadn't been I never would have obtained any control over them.

I have seven native wives, and find I am forgetting a great many details of civilization, while my desire to return home is growing less every day.