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Roosevelt the only two white men every native 

 has heard of. It may be that both of us were 

 mistaken, but from his evident authority over 

 a very wide district we were inclined to believe 

 our visitor. 



We told him we wanted guides through the 

 hills to the southward. He promised them in 

 a most friendly fashion. 



" I do not know the white man," said he. 

 "I live. always in these mountains. But my 

 brother Lenani told me ten years ago that some 

 day the white man would come into my country. 

 My brother told me that when the white man 

 came travelling in my country I must treat him 

 well, for the white man is a good friend but a bad 

 enemy. I have remembered my brother Lenani's 

 words, though they were spoken a long time ago. 

 The white man has been very long in coming ; 

 but now he is here. Therefore I have brought 

 you milk to-day, and to-morrow I will send you 

 sheep ; and later I will send young men who know 

 the hills to take you where you wish to go." 



We expressed gratification, and I presented 

 him with a Marble fish knife. The very thin 

 blade and the ingenious manner in which the 

 two halves of the handle folded forward over it 

 pleased him immensely. 



