268 WALL STREET AND THE WILDS 



Another blow awaited me. I was riding 

 ahead of the procession when I met a strange In- 

 dian who passed within a few feet of me, looking 

 neither to the right nor the left. He spoke to 

 Tavetossa who was following me and that In- 

 dian laughed. Thereupon I led Tavetossa to 

 Jones to learn what the strange Indian had said. 

 Jones' translation was: 



"He said you no wano (no good), ride 

 like this," and he flapped his elbows in imitation. 



The joyous life in the open obsessed me and 

 even its memory brings a cry of the spirit that 

 responds to the words in Lascar 



"I want free life and I want fresh air." 



