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                               Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan@nd.edu>


Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?'
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34


Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?"
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5335


Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy)
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86


Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?"
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12	man
9	Ishmael
8	Paul
6	Middleton
5	Pawnee
5	Mahtoree
4	Teton
4	Doctor
3	Esther
3	Ellen
2	Heart
1	warrior
1	trapper
1	old
1	little
1	Sioux
1	Lord
1	Inez
1	Hard
1	Augustin
1	Abiram


Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?"
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809	man
731	â
685	�
395	trapper
395	eye
356	time
223	hand
185	warrior
184	place
184	moment
182	manner
174	prairie
165	friend
158	head
149	chief
144	word
142	order
137	woman
133	party
132	air
131	voice
130	squatter
130	day
128	skin
128	life
128	child
128	beast
118	son
117	father
116	thing
115	spot
115	rifle
115	animal
114	companion
109	foot
107	face
106	way
106	reason
105	side
101	ear
100	look
99	savage
99	people
99	nature
99	horse
94	mind
92	arm
91	girl
90	name
90	distance


Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?"
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7864	�
1360	â
217	Ishmael
175	Paul
172	Middleton
170	Ellen
143	Mahtoree
113	Teton
113	Pawnee
102	Doctor
79	Esther
75	Inez
65	bee
65	Lord
58	hunter
58	Abiram
57	Siouxes
53	Sioux
51	Heart
50	Iâ
47	Hard
45	Indian
43	Pawnees
42	Dahcotah
41	s
41	Tetons
41	Red
39	_
39	Battius
38	Pale
38	Obed
36	Asa
35	ye
33	Asinus
32	God
30	Hector
28	Weucha
28	Dr.
26	States
25	Indians
25	Bush
24	buffaloe
24	Abner
23	heavens
22	Wade
22	Le
21	©
21	Loups
20	Wahcondah
20	Captain


Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?"
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2026	he
1414	it
1403	i
1075	you
638	they
446	him
307	them
269	me
259	she
251	himself
235	we
150	us
100	her
62	themselves
55	myself
46	itself
28	yourself
26	herself
12	ye
12	ourselves
12	one
9	s
9	ay
7	thee
7	mine
3	yourselves
3	ours
2	em
1	�
1	yours
1	what?â
1	thisâ
1	this.â
1	theirs
1	sustain.â
1	spoken.â
1	serving.â
1	reason.â
1	open.â
1	much?â
1	mentioned.â
1	howls.â
1	honesty.â
1	his
1	heard.â
1	follow.â
1	fill.â
1	enjoy.â
1	base?â


Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?"
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6050	be
2589	have
561	do
519	say
489	see
420	make
353	know
260	find
258	come
254	give
229	take
195	look
187	go
185	hear
174	return
171	leave
169	speak
167	think
163	turn
155	call
152	let
146	tell
134	stand
133	seem
123	pass
120	continue
113	follow
111	begin
109	become
95	appear
94	lie
91	fall
90	put
90	lead
90	keep
88	prove
87	draw
81	answer
80	get
80	feel
78	bring
77	proceed
76	interrupt
76	believe
75	throw
75	listen
75	bear
73	meet
73	lose
70	raise


Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?"
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993	not
661	so
405	old
388	more
344	now
332	little
329	then
311	well
257	own
255	long
247	young
245	as
238	too
226	other
225	much
203	very
198	great
190	far
178	many
173	here
163	even
162	still
151	good
139	however
138	same
137	most
135	such
129	never
127	just
117	already
115	again
114	few
106	less
103	first
99	white
98	�
98	often
94	only
92	ever
90	up
89	whole
89	once
87	soon
87	out
84	no
83	enough
81	yet
81	true
75	small
75	open


Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?"
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39	small
38	least
34	most
22	good
14	great
11	near
9	mean
9	bad
8	slight
8	old
8	eld
7	high
6	young
6	fine
5	Most
4	pure
4	deep
3	true
3	swift
3	sweet
3	stout
3	rich
3	nice
3	manif
3	dear
3	brave
3	big
2	wise
2	strong
2	rare
2	loud
2	full
2	cold
2	bright
2	bold
1	wr
1	white
1	weak
1	thin
1	temp
1	sure
1	short
1	safe
1	rude
1	proud
1	nimble
1	nigh
1	mighty
1	meek
1	low


Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?"
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103	most
4	well
2	least
1	lightest
1	highest


Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?"
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Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?"
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Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?"
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Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?"
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20	� said paul
13	� said ishmael
11	� said middleton
7	� said ellen
4	� do not
4	� said dr.
3	man was not
3	trapper had not
3	� returned paul
3	� said abiram
3	� said abner
3	� said esther
3	� said obed
2	chief was not
2	eyes are as
2	eyes are good
2	head is white
2	mahtoree is not
2	mahtoree is very
2	man is not
2	time was necessary
2	trapper was not
2	words were necessary
2	words were scarcely
2	� come down
2	� come forth
2	� come hither
2	� come on
2	� continued ishmael
2	� is not
2	� returned mahtoree
2	� said asa
2	� say on
1	air had also
1	chief is ever
1	chief took on
1	chief turned on
1	chief was as
1	chief were about
1	chiefs had already
1	chiefs were now
1	day had now
1	day is too
1	day was not
1	ellen was less
1	ellen was not
1	ellen was speedily
1	ellen was vastly
1	ellen were quickly
1	ellen were utterly


Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?"
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1	chief have no cares
1	chief was not less
1	chief was not slow
1	day was not yet
1	ellen was not altogether
1	eye was not too
1	eyes are not able
1	eyes were not as
1	friend was no other
1	hand is not so
1	hand was not slow
1	ishmael made no objections
1	ishmael was not actually
1	life had not yet
1	mahtoree was not long
1	man had not however
1	man is no better
1	man was not mistaken
1	men are no common
1	party was not strong
1	paul saw no use
1	paul was not slow
1	paul were not long
1	skins are no pawnees
1	squatter were not likely
1	trapper had not time
1	trapper made no reply
1	trapper was not ignorant
1	trapper was not sorry
1	woman is no better
1	� do not things
1	� is not tachechana
1	� make no words
1	� say not so


Sizes of items; "Measures in words, how big is each item?"
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7024	chapter-04
6862	chapter-23
6708	chapter-24
6532	chapter-31
6286	chapter-26
5955	chapter-22
5873	chapter-27
5700	chapter-03
5693	chapter-20
5672	chapter-15
5615	chapter-34
5501	chapter-18
5491	chapter-08
5449	chapter-09
5400	chapter-07
5358	chapter-21
5342	chapter-10
5315	chapter-30
5311	chapter-29
5231	chapter-25
5223	chapter-28
5193	chapter-32
5171	chapter-19
5001	chapter-02
4961	chapter-12
4954	chapter-05
4834	chapter-14
4827	chapter-33
4663	chapter-11
4536	chapter-17
4368	chapter-06
4057	chapter-01
3756	chapter-13
3519	chapter-16


Readability of items; "How difficult is each item to read?"
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94.0	chapter-03
92.0	chapter-05
92.0	chapter-16
91.0	chapter-22
91.0	chapter-23
90.0	chapter-07
90.0	chapter-09
90.0	chapter-10
89.0	chapter-31
88.0	chapter-02
88.0	chapter-12
87.0	chapter-08
87.0	chapter-11
87.0	chapter-17
87.0	chapter-18
86.0	chapter-13
86.0	chapter-14
86.0	chapter-19
86.0	chapter-24
86.0	chapter-33
85.0	chapter-20
85.0	chapter-25
85.0	chapter-28
85.0	chapter-32
84.0	chapter-21
84.0	chapter-34
83.0	chapter-04
83.0	chapter-26
83.0	chapter-30
82.0	chapter-27
81.0	chapter-06
81.0	chapter-15
76.0	chapter-29
72.0	chapter-01


Item summaries; "In a narrative form, how can each item be abstracted?"
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chapter-01	tempting an offering, placed, as it was, before the eyes of a race long write, is called a �rolling prairie.� The vehicles, loaded with The appearance of such a train, in that bleak and solitary place, was A short distance in the rear of this man, came a group of youths very Perhaps there was little in this train, or in the appearance of its beasts and men, that the time of necessary rest was not far distant. �It may be well enough, to try the rifle,� muttered a dull looking man, little that remains, in peace.� �Down, Hector, down,� said his master, in a voice, that was a little �Stranger, if you ar� much acquainted in this country,� said the leader this place to the nighest point on the main river?� travelling a weary five hundred miles.� with a facility a little remarkable for his years and appearance, and

chapter-02	old country, to my eye it seems not to be overly peopled.� �I thank you, friend,� the old man replied to the rough invitation to �You ar� an old settler, in these districts, then?� the emigrant rather �A hunter, I reckon?� the other continued, glancing his eyes aside, as �They are old, and nearly ready to be laid aside, like their master,� said the old man, regarding his rifle, with a look in which affection or by the trap,� said the ill-looking companion of the emigrant, in his �I make but little use of either,� the trapper quietly replied. �You ar� not, then, of these parts by natur�, friend,� the emigrant �I once met a man that had boated on the river he names,� observed the �I call nothing a stream that a man can travel round,� exclaimed the �What now, dog?� he said, looking down at his companion, as if he

chapter-03	�This is a man,� he said; �and one who has white blood in his veins, or �A friend!� the old man repeated, deliberately releasing himself, at �No,� he said, speaking rather to himself, than to his companion, �she �You hear what is said about you, pup?� the trapper answered; �come �From what cloud have you fallen, my good old man?� he said in a am at this moment,� returned the trapper; �my dwelling, if dwelling I �Friend!� said the youth, lifting a cap of skins from his head, and �You�ve said enough, Paul,� interrupted the female, laying her hand on Not I, old man; nothing that crawls the earth is for my sport.� �What; again, Hector!� said the trapper in a soothing voice, which he �Your ears are cheats,� returned the old man, who, from the moment his close; down with your head to the very earth, like a dog that sleeps.�

chapter-04	�Is there nothing to be done?� asked Ellen, in an imploring manner, �And get knocked on the head for your pains,� returned the trapper. �I did not know but the young woman was of the kin,� returned the �Our time is at hand,� observed the trapper, who noted the smallest �The Dahcotahs are men!� exclaimed the savage, fiercely; forgetting in �I am a great chief!� said the savage, affecting an air of offended �Am I a fool not to know a burnt-wood Teton?� demanded the trapper, the ears of the great men of his tribe.� want of many things,� returned the trapper; �and they have come to see sleep,� said the trapper, with perfect composure. �I know that my friend is rich,� he said; �that he has many warriors �My ears listen to many wicked lies!� exclaimed the Teton warrior, in a �It may be true,� he answered, �that white men are sleeping in the

chapter-05	Long-knives[9], old shall die as well as young!� �Had we not better join the party of Ishmael?� said the bee-hunter. �No fear of them,� returned the old man, laughing in his own peculiar well done, old block!� whispered Paul, whose �This must end,� said the trapper, rising with the dignity of one bent �But not so long as to forget the tricks of his youth,� said Ishmael, �What have you lost?� calmly demanded the trapper. �I claim to be no better than a trapper,� the other meekly answered. my plunder, and then to say thank�ee to the man who did it!� �I cannot say that you are wrong,� returned the trapper, whose opinions �They had better not dispute that matter with a man who knows better,� �Asa, you are right,� said the father, turning suddenly on the trapper, of such a man as mad Anthony, if you tarried long among the soldiers.�

chapter-06	�Very true,� said Ellen, suddenly recollecting the necessity of they see better at that time of the day.� �Unfortunate!� echoed the little man, sideling nigher to his companion, �Yes,� exclaimed Ellen, eagerly, �we had an alarm�� �And thought I was lost,� continued the man of science too much bent on �You carry a pistol, Doctor, why didn�t you use it?� said the half This very night,� he continued, glancing his eye �Is it then a creature of your forming?� said Ellen, turning away from title to be called the king of the beasts!� �I know not the meaning of all you have said, Doctor Battius,� returned of natural science bore me up, and brought me off in triumph!� Ellen,� he added, with a countenance so solemn as to produce an �It is your own ass,� cried Ellen, the instant she found breath for service?� continued the laughing girl. animal running at large!�

chapter-07	�The rifle is better than the hoe, in such a place as this,� returned �There is richer soil in the bottoms,� returned the old man calmly, �The dog is like his master,� returned the trapper, without appearing �Old man,� said Ishmael sternly, �to which people do you belong? �Friend,� said the trapper, a little positively, �would the tail of a interrupted Ishmael; �you believe we shall see more of the robbers.� the words of the law in my ears,� said Ishmael, fiercely, �and I am not �Come, trapper,� continued Ishmael, in a tone of better humour, like a �Ay, it is so,� returned the squatter, glancing his eye towards his affairs,� returned the old man, without the least observable �I can put the little strength that is left me,� returned the trapper, �I have heard of minks,� said Paul, taking the old man by the arm, and

chapter-08	weeks,�ay, months?� retorted Ishmael, who, like all of his class, could �Who said that I believed it?� retorted Abiram with a bullying look, �Abiram, out with your grievances like a man,� interrupted the look-out, to know if there is any thing to be seen,� observed the �What is it, Nell?� cried Ishmael, lifting his powerful voice a little buffaloe or a prairie dog!� continued Ishmael. �tis Ellen!� interrupted the whole body of his sons in a �Nell is mad!� said Asa, half in contempt and yet not a little in �Can it be, the child has found a scout of the Siouxes?� said Ishmael, �What has Ellen done, father,� said Asa, with a degree of spirit, which �I know it well; and what sort of a father?� �if you have time for any thing but quarrels, Ishmael, look!� �I will go upon the rock, boys, and look abroad for the savages,� said

chapter-09	strongest meal that was ever placed before the mouth of man!� �I tell you, trapper,� said Paul, who was very little edified by the �Come on, friend,� he said, waving his hand, as he observed the �Lord, Lord!� said the old man, laughing, without much deference to the �I should be ashamed of my profession,� he said, swallowing a morsel of as the old man says, and you will find the riches of the piece.� �Listen to his beasts� habits and belly orders,� said the old man, �I know you well,� returned the Doctor, on whom the plaint of the old �A quadruped is an animal with four legs�a beast.� �I know it, and lend me your ear�not literally, friend,� observing Paul �I should be better pleased, stranger,� said Paul, on whom the Doctor�s girl, like Ellen Wade, would become the companion of a wild beast?� �It is a man!� exclaimed the trapper, rising.

chapter-10	United States the good-humoured and quaint appellation of Uncle Sam. �I come in amity,� the stranger said, like one too much accustomed to �Harkee, stranger,� said Paul Hover, bluntly; �do you understand lining �I thought as much,� exclaimed Paul, thrusting forth his hand frankly, �I dare say you are very right, sir,� he replied, with a most provoking �It is a strange request!� the youth muttered, turning his frowning eye did ye call him Uncas?� repeated the trapper, approaching the I know�d it!� shouted the old man, in his tremulous �Ah!� exclaimed the trapper, tossing a hand into the air as his whole forest:� such, old hunter, were the very words of my grandfather, when �A name, did you say?� exclaimed the old man, starting; �what, the name �Hector!� said the old man, struggling to conquer an emotion that little known beyond my own family,� at length the youth observed, not

chapter-11	night is setting in, and his needful work not yet ended.� �It is not prudent, certainly, aunt,� Ellen replied, with a vacancy in �The plain is free from red-skins, to-night at least,� said Ishmael, the marks, and the boy knows something of such matters too.� �Ay, the boy knows too much of many things,� returned Ishmael, of the Doctor when we have nothing better to do.� such a time as this,� Esther pettishly observed. blessed night!� the woman began to mutter, with a revolution in her �You appear not to sleep, my very kind and worthy Mrs. Bush,� he said, �What would you give me, man?� grumbled Esther; �a blister to make me �And now, Dr. Battius,� the girl gravely demanded, �may I know the been watching on this rock, to-day?� �I was ordered to do so.� I know no animal by that name.� �I must see the inmate of that tent.�

chapter-12	such will ever be the nature of things in the family of Ishmael Bush.� �It seems to me,� said Dr. Battius, speaking with the sort of �Is the medicine out?� drily demanded Ishmael: �it must be a rare dose �Don�t mind him, don�t mind him,� cried Esther, observing that the rest family might pass an hour or two in looking for him.� ar� thy Indian footsteps, Abiram?� �And a bloody piece of work you made of it, man,� cried the squatter, �Murder them!� cried Abiram; �I�ll swear to the old hound; �tis the dog for their own amusement,� Ishmael said, in his coldest manner. �Come not away!� cried Esther, in tones that sounded like the �Call in the dogs!� she said; �call in the hounds, and put them into �Put them in, boy; put them in,� continued the woman; �and you, Ishmael �Have I a man among my children?� demanded Esther.

chapter-13	what manner Asa has come by his end.� �We owe it to the accursed Siouxes!� answered Ishmael: �twice have they of the squatter turned away in a body from their mother and the corpse, �He has been shot in the open ground and come here for a cover,� said �It must be so,� said the gloomy but attentive squatter. �He died as a son of mine should die,� said the squatter, gleaning a have the grave to make, and then to hunt his murderer.� �It will be a sad meeting for the girls!� said Ishmael, who, from time �He did, he did,� murmured Esther; �the boy was the pride of the �Say not so, good woman,� returned the father, glancing his eye a Ishmael!� �It is a petticoat fluttering on the line,� said Esther; �I put it �It is not so,� said Ishmael, whose usually inflexible features were

chapter-14	stay till I hear his answer!� said the nearly breathless Ellen, �I thought you were a friend,� Ellen replied; �and that you travelled And now, young woman,� still keeping a jealous eye on the �I know not the meaning of all you wish to say, Dr. Battius,� she Ellen Wade,� cried Paul Hover, who had advanced to his elbow, �What is it then you ask of me?� said Ellen, wringing her hands, in �The whole truth is out, Ellen,� Paul continued, �and we have lined the �Is this the only vow you have taken, Ellen?� Paul continued in a tone �Now, old trapper, do you hear that!� said the unsophisticated female natur� is awakened in her,� said the old man, shaking his rash Paul!� shrieked Ellen; �another step and the rocks will �Stir not, Paul; for your life keep beneath the rock!� �Keep under the ledge,� said the trapper, pointing out to Paul the

chapter-15	Middleton was returning through the grounds of Don Augustin, from a �It is getting late, my Inez,� he said, �and Don Augustin would be apt �Be like him in _everything_,� she answered, looking up in his face, Imitate my father, Middleton, and I can ask no more of you.� �One hour,� repeated Inez, as she kissed her hand to him; and then �I swallow all my food, captain, without chewing,� returned the �Go, go,� said the other with a little of a soldier�s severity, �Go, before I order the guard to seize you.� �What mean you, fellow?� exclaimed Middleton, turning quickly towards �If you have any thing to say, speak now,� continued Middleton, �I like a northern note,� he said very coolly; �they have a character knowledge to be true.� to be the great secret of our trade, can you tell me that?� �I know not,� said Middleton, beginning to tire of the fellow�s

chapter-16	�And you, my Inez; in what manner were you treated?� �And that time?� demanded the impatient Middleton, who so well knew the �If he had not,� muttered the youth between his compressed teeth, �I �You, Middleton!� returned his wife looking up into his flushed face, �Friends!� interrupted Inez, glancing her eyes around the little tent �Ay, ay, that have I,� answered the old man, who still maintained his rear-guard, well knowing that my man in front is too busy to answer.� �Go, child,� the old man said, motioning to Ellen to follow the example �It is true,� cried Middleton; �we have wasted moments that are �How is this?� cried Middleton; �did you not say, Inez, that this �I cannot�I ought not,� continued Ellen, getting the better of her �Now, old trapper,� retorted Paul, �this is what I call knowing which �Paul, Paul, if you love me, fly.�

chapter-17	�If old Ishmael gets a squint at that highway through the brush,� cried remember it well!� said the old man, stopping by the side of his uneasy �This is the spot, where the body of the dead man lay!� cried command of the nervous system,� said the man of science, with a look �The man is given to speak in parables,� muttered the single-minded The old man, who stood leaning on his rifle in a thoughtful attitude, days in looking into books, can see no reason to be disturbed?� countenance!� exclaimed the old man relinquishing his hold of Hector, is equal to all that man can imagine!� is it, man?�what is it?� �There!� said the Doctor, pointing into a dense mass of the thicket, to deviltries!� muttered the old man, dropping the butt of his weapon to class, mammalia, much less a man.� �So much for your knowledge!� returned the trapper, laughing with great

chapter-18	�Is my brother far from his village?� demanded the old man, in the �My brother is very young to be already the master of a lodge,� �The man is a living proof of the truth of his words,� muttered the made?� suddenly demanded the youthful warrior, a look of startling �The skin of the traveller is white,� said the young native, laying a lies, like the idlers in the towns?� retorted the old man, laughing. Pawnees love to see strange faces in their lodges?� them by the hand; and will the warriors smoke with my young men?� �The head of my brother is white,� returned the Pawnee, throwing one of �The eyes of a Pawnee are good, if he can see a white-skin so far.� �My eyes are none of the best now,� returned the old man a little Pawnee is not blind, that he need look long for your people!�

chapter-19	�There is nothing to be seen,� cried Middleton, who kept close at his �Listen,� said the trapper, when he had succeeded in making Middleton hunter is a better judge of a beast and of its name,� he added, winking �And do you then believe,� said the Doctor a little provoked by the �Come forth, old trapper,� he shouted, �with your prairie inventions! �Close, and die for the ground,� shouted the old man, �or a thousand of �How well the Pawnee knew the philosophy of a buffaloe hunt!� said the �Anan,� said the old man, looking up simply at his companion. Therefore I agree with the old man, and say, Kill the beast.� �Friends,� said the naturalist, looking with a sorrowful eye from one �The animal shall not die,� said the old man, suddenly clearing his �Now, know we not only who they are, but their errand,� the old man

chapter-20	�Where are your young men?� sternly demanded the Teton chieftain, after �Does the partisan of the Tetons see men on these naked fields?� �Has my brother been a warrior?� said the wily Teton, in a tone that he tomahawk,� he said, �when their own young men never forget that they �My father is old,� said Mahtoree, looking at his aged companion, with trouble to come back, to tell the young men what he has seen?� �Mahtoree is a chief of the Dahcotahs,� returned the cunning Teton, �And has he found the Big-knives women, or has he found them men?� �My brother sees that my tongue is not forked,� continued the trapper, �I know that the Dahcotahs are a wise and great people,� at length the �The Master of Life has made chiefs, and warriors, and women;� Dahcotahs: we shall see, for our eyes are open very wide.�

chapter-21	�Ay, the beast is no sloth,� continued the trapper in the Teton �Friend,� commenced the old man, when he found himself in a situation has not altogether deserted your brain,� returned the old man, with a �Resolutions!� repeated the old man, shaking his head a little know the beast on which the Pale-face rides?� he continued, addressing �Does my brother think that the rider is a warrior of the Pale-faces?� �Is a Dahcotah a fool?� was the answer. that they have not seen the great medicine of the Big-knives!� from evil!� exclaimed the trapper, in English. �Hugh!� exclaimed the savage, every dull thought instantly recalled about to put, the old man again loosened the reins of his horse, and �Where is your conjuror?� demanded the chief, turning suddenly to the medicine are not like the ways of other men.� In an instant the old man was between the horses of Middleton and Paul,

chapter-22	It is time to seek a place of rest.� �Your grand�ther, were he living and here,� interrupted the old man, �Ay,� continued the old man, in a voice, which betrayed how powerfully �Harkee, old trapper,� interrupted Paul, who, content with the �Let us descend,� said Middleton; �be it beast or man, we are too �Now, if the thing was not morally impossible,� cried the trapper, who horse:�you are right�you are right,� said the trapper, interrupting �Ah, this may do, this may do,� said the old man, when they arrived on �It is profanation in the eyes of the Lord,� retorted the old man, �to witness, among the treasured glories of the Old World.� �Anan!� said the old man, looking up enquiringly into the face of the �Your morals are exact enough for me,� returned the old man, �for I �Tell me,� interrupted the old man, �is it a certain truth that

chapter-23	�If I might advise,� said Paul, �it would be to strike a water-course, the eyes of a Red-skin would find a trail in air.� �Rising of the sun!� slowly repeated the old man, lifting his tall �There is no time to lose, old man; each instant is a day; let us fly.� �Now for that matter, old trapper,� said Paul, stretching his athletic �Think you,� returned the old man, pointing scornfully at the mazes of �Now,� said the old man, holding up a finger, and laughing in his �It will do�it will do,� returned the old man, who after the first old trapper,� said Paul, �no reasonable man can, or, for that matter, �Now look off yonder to the East,� said the old man, as he began to �Harkee, old trapper,� interrupted Paul, pointing to a little distance, �This has been a strange beast, old man,� said Paul, who had pulled the

chapter-24	�Ay�ay�the secret is out,� said the old trapper, shaking his head, like The young Pawnee rolled his eye over the place, as if he were examining path, my young men shall help him to strike them.� �And if we meet the Tetons?� demanded the trapper, who wished to �The enemy of the Big-knives shall feel the blow of the Pawnee.� �Ay, I was not mistaken,� he said; �this good-looking young warrior�for �Harkee, old trapper,� the moody-looking bee-hunter exclaimed; �it is done its work in time of need, at as great a distance.� �Is this river too deep to be forded?� asked Middleton, who, like Paul, �Now leave the Pawnee to be the pilot,� said the trapper; �my hand is �Now, friend Doctor,� said the old man, when he saw the Indian plunging �Do you greatly value life, friend Doctor?� demanded the old man, with

chapter-25	�Harkee, old trapper,� said Paul, writhing in his bonds to catch a �The Siouxes are in council on my brother,� the trapper at length �They are counting the scalps over the lodge of Hard-Heart!� �The earth is white, by people of the colour of my father.� come upon the open prairies to fight with men.� wisest nation of Red-skins that the Wahcondah has ever breathed upon?� doubt the great chief, his father, has seen them, and knows what is �The Tetons are counting the scalps on my lodge!� returned the young the Master of Life, his heart will become Sioux!� gifts to start with on so solemn a journey,� muttered the old man in softly to our old men.� will give me a message that a white man may bear.� him with his eyes looking towards the setting sun.� prairies, and he will come before the Master of Life like a chief!�

chapter-26	The Master of Life has an ear for every language!� his own chief, how great is a Dahcotah!� tell the nations of the prairies what the Siouxes are doing.� father will make what a poor Indian says fit for a white ear.� �My brother has turned his eyes on the wrong path,� interrupted �The Dahcotah will speak to my young men?� The old man well knew this to be the lodge of Mahtoree, and, in her soft eyes, with looks that varied, like her emotions, with love and �The manner is indifferent,� interrupted Inez, too anxious to await the Pale-faces wish to know why the Great Teton has come into his lodge?� their ears, and Mahtoree would seem a trader to their eyes. like these you see�ay, Teton, I tell no lie,� observing his auditor to �Is not Tachechana the daughter of a chief?� demanded a subdued voice,

chapter-27	�Look you here, old grey-beard,� said Ishmael, seizing the trapper, and �Say on, friend,� calmly returned the trapper; �they shall be given as �Friend!� repeated the squatter, eyeing the other for an instant, with young men carry venison into his lodges.� understand, in order that I may know there is no foul play.� �Let the Dahcotah open his ears very wide,� he said �that big words may �And me,� continued the trapper, making one of those expressive signs, �My friend is old,� he said, �and cannot travel far. �The Teton chief has spoken very plainly,� the old man continued; �he seen a power of real quality,� cried Esther, flourishing her hand in Then an old Indian arose, and spoke as follows:� �What I would say is this,� resumed the trapper, who was far from �Being in that mind,� returned the deliberate trapper, �I will act for prepared to answer to it as now.�

chapter-28	�What is a Sioux?� the chief sagaciously began; �he is ruler of the man!� After waiting for the low murmur of approbation, which followed �Let my young men go look for Tetao!� he cried; �they will find his �The day of Le Balafré is near its end,� were the first words that were other will soon follow, and then an old chief will be seen looking for the chiefs, who were in the counsels of Mahtoree, turned their eyes on Does my son speak with the tongue of a Teton?� Men of the Tetons, I take this youth into my lodge.� �My father is very old, but he has not yet looked upon every thing,� Pawnee become a Sioux!� �The head of my brother is very white,� he said; �but the eye of Le him to look at Mahtoree, if he had never yet seen a warrior.

chapter-29	�I know not, I know not,� returned the deliberate old man; �the vermin usefulness is altogether a new calling to so bookish a man.� hags of squaws, friend Doctor; I have no judgment in savage tempers, if �Harkee, old trapper,� shouted Paul, whose patience could no longer possible,� said Middleton, who, like his companion, began to find the is not to be overcome in the same manner as an Indian.� �Harkee, old gentleman trapper,� interrupted Paul, with a little �Truly, old trapper,� returned Paul, stretching his limbs, which were blood of this arm in motion, and am ready to receive them.� such sights than the old man, from trusting himself within the circle grows paler at the sight of a tomahawk,� returned the trapper, without �Mighty medicine of my people!� shouted the old man, in the Teton �Now is the time to come out of our ambushment,� exclaimed the old man,

chapter-30	cattle of the Siouxes, Hard-Heart drew up, and came to a dead halt on When the Pawnees observed the rush of their enemies, twenty warriors �Has the Teton ever known a warrior of the Loups come to his towns to beg a place for his lodge?� returned the young brave, with a look in buffaloe, which is given him for food,� the Teton continued, struggling Go; a Pawnee warrior will never come among such Sioux �This is the way a young chief should talk of war,� he answered with village of a Red-skin, with a tomahawk in your hand.� �How long is it since the Teton counted the scalps of his warriors, �Fool; die, with empty hands!� Mahtoree exclaimed, setting an arrow to the well-known war-cry of Hard-Heart was heard at hand, and at the next chiefs, the Pawnees were compelled to retire upon the open bottom,

chapter-31	�Ay, ay,� added Esther, �the man is right. �Peace!� said Ishmael, stretching his heavy hand towards his kinsman, the truth,� said Middleton, �do not things by halves, but, by the �Young man,� interrupted the squatter, with a dark frown, �you, too, here to witness the manner in which Ishmael Bush deals out justice.� �Yes, there is too much truth in his words, squatter,� said the �The matter is settled between us,� interrupted Ishmael, with the air �And now, Ishmael,� resumed his conquering wife, �in order to keep a �Harkee, friend Ishmael Bush,� returned the bee-hunter, who found that �It is quite plain, friend Bush,� he said, �that there are two opinions �I have promised the lady,� said Ellen, dropping her eyes again to the �Take the cords from the young man,� said Ishmael. �Look then at this,� said Ishmael, placing before the eyes of the

chapter-32	�We have journeyed together long, through good and bad,� Ishmael at �Eest�er,� said the husband, turning on her a reproachful but still a book, Ishmael, and there I found the words of comfort.� �There are many awful passages in these pages, Ishmael,� she said, when far, before a better place than this is found to pass the night in.� �So thought my boy,� returned the squatter, motioning for the team, �I hear one speak from the grave!� returned the husky tones of Esther, miserable office shall pass away from my hands.� �And now, Abiram White,� said the squatter, when his sons had descended ��Tis done,� said the squatter, motioning for his assistants to follow �Ishmael, my man, heard ye nothing?� �Hist,� returned the husband, laying a powerful arm on Esther, without �Follow,� returned the squatter, again grasping his rifle, and striding �Where have you put the body?� whispered Esther.

chapter-33	�It is the way of man,� returned the Captain; �and it is probable they as little does he know of the temper of a Red-skin, who has seen but �Your tarry will not be long,� returned the old man, applying his own delay, �I wish to offer you a small matter of trade. trapper, can offer before we part.� �I had not thought of parting,� answered Middleton, endeavouring to �Harkee, old trapper,� said Paul, clearing his throat with a desperate �It is well�it is well, boy,� returned the old man, fumbling at his �It is enough,� interrupted Middleton, �I have seen and heard so much �It is a small matter, Captain,� returned the old man, succeeding at �Well, well,� returned the old man, meekly; �I hope there is no heavy �Anan!� said the old man, looking up enquiringly into the other�s face, �Harkee, old trapper,� cried the bee-hunter, striking his own hand into

chapter-34	first glance of the eye told his former friends, that the old man was When he had placed his guests in front of the dying man, Hard-Heart, �Pawnee, I die as I have lived, a Christian man,� resumed the trapper �A boastful tongue is not heard in the heaven of a white man,� solemnly �Little that I have ever seen is forgotten,� returned the trapper: �I Will you do a favour to an old and dying man?� �It is a far journey to send such trifles,� resumed the old man, who �I know the place,� interrupted Middleton, observing that he spoke with �Pawnee,� continued the old man, always changing his language to suit �The words of my father are in my ears,� returned the young partisan, Captain,� he added, making an effort to wave his hand for Middleton, �I father,� interrupted Middleton. The stone shall be put at the head of your grave.�