Though debarred from tlie councils of this valley, Chief,
time hath been when my voice was heard in councils that
struck heavily at the power of his race. These eyes have
seen justice done on him who gave existence to the double-
tongued instrument of Belial, that now govemeth a rich
and glorious realm !"

^ My father hath taken the scalp of a great chief!''

" I helped to take his head !" returned the solitary, a ray
of bitter exultation gleaming through the habitual austerity
of his brow.
T?* "Aisgf'-*^"''



806 THE WEPT OF W18H-TOK - W I B H.
