combined to produce a state of 

 maddest adoration for Manita. 



Emotions such as these do not 

 remain long concealed, Wah-pu-ta 

 was asleep in the wagon-box. White- 

 leg put his arm around Manita 

 and kissed her. Then the horses 

 requiring attention he was obliged 

 to release her. Manita did not under- 

 stand, but she entirely disliked the 

 new development. Soon White- 

 leg renewed his addresses, which 

 Manita repulsed. 



" It-tas-da-chirsch has been tak- 

 ing fire-water," she said in Ab- 

 saroka. 



" It-tas-da-chirsch loves Manita, 

 the fawn-like. She is good cook and 

 strong. She make good squaw," 

 thus Whiteleg, who was a man of 

 few words. 



''At Dog Dance I will really 

 marry Manita." He again at- 

 tempted to kiss her. 



The world seemed suddenly to 

 have broken in two and left Manita 

 suspended in mid-air. She climbed 

 over the seat into the back of the 

 wagon, jostled Wah-pu-ta into wake- 

 fulness, and being thus protected, 



