OH, SHOOT! 



interest. Meanwhile, over the brush-tops in 

 all directions black heads with hair like horse 

 tails were lifted; more tattered figures ap- 

 peared and surrounded us. 



Not all of them were as friendly as the first 

 few. Some were merely sullen; others were 

 almost openly hostile. I undertook to photo- 

 graph one pair, but they pulled a couple of 

 knives as long as a ship, so I canceled that 

 sitting. More than once some coarse-fibered 

 villager got insulting, despite the fact that 

 there were ladies present. But we were armed 

 and watchful, and on the whole they treated 

 us as well as I would feel inclined to treat them 

 if they descended upon my house in a body. 

 Salisbury had assured us that they possessed 

 no firearms; nevertheless, in exploring their 

 living quarters we discovered that they were 

 quite as well armed as we. 



Those living quarters were nothing but 

 windbreaks, small brush corrals, and there 

 was nothing in the village that looked like a 

 roof. As for food, the tribe lives altogether 

 on shore dinners, with some occasional veni- 

 son. It is probable that they cook some of 

 their food, though not all, and meal time 

 among them would not be pleasant for a 



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