Red Jacket and Cornplanter rode down the clearing from the far end as though they had just chanced along. Back went Big Hand's shoulders, up went his head and he stepped forward one single pace with a great deep Hough! so pleased he was. That was a statelified meeting to behold-three big men, and two of 'em looking like jewelled images among the spattle of gay-coloured leaves. I saw my chiefs' war-bonnets sinking together, down and down. Then they made the sign which no Indian makes outside of the Medicine Lodges-a sweep of the right hand just clear of the dust and an inbend of the left knee at the same time, and those proud eagle feathers almost touched his boot-top."

"What did it mean?" said Dan.

"Mean!" Pharaoh cried. "Why it's what you -what we-it's the Sachems' way of sprinkling the sacred corn-meal in front of-Oh! it's a piece of Indian compliment really, and it signifies that you are a very big chief.

"Big Hand looked down on 'em. First he says quite softly, 'My brothers know it is not easy to be a chief.' Then his voice grew. 'My children,' says he, 'what is in your minds?'

"Says Cornplanter, 'We came to ask whether there will be war with King George's men, but we have heard what our Father has said to his chiefs. We will carry away that talk in our hearts to tell to our people.'

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