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said she, "he comes from the great salt lake which 

 drinks the waters of our river, and yet he knows not 

 how to bring his boat through the thick grass. He 

 took the water-snake for a rotten tree, and stepped 

 upon it, and it buried its teeth in his flesh. Thy 

 white brother has fled from the chief of the Salt 

 Lake." 



She spoke these words with as much confidence 

 and decision as if she had herself accompanied the 

 stranger on his adventurous voyage. 



" And will Canondah," said Eosa, " leave her brother 

 to perish of fever in the cold night air he who never 

 harmed her or hers 1 " 



" My sister speaks with the tongue of a white, but 

 Canondah is the daughter of the great Miko," replied 

 the Indian girl, with some severity of manner. The 

 next moment her countenance again brightened, and 

 she took Kosa's hand. 



" Canondah will listen to the words of her sister," 

 said she, " and will befriend her white brother. She 

 will take him to the hollow tree." 



The two maidens now raised the young man, and, 

 each taking one of his arms, assisted him through the 

 thick growth of reeds. It was a long and wearisome 

 task, for loss of blood and previous privations had 

 rendered the stranger nearly helpless, and they were 

 hardly able, by the utmost exertion of their strength, 

 to keep him on his feet and convey him along. At 

 one moment, when half-way through the palmettos, 



