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the blood of the pale-faces to flow, as that of the 

 Oconees has done. 



This singular proposition at first startled the vin- 

 dictive and bloodthirsty Oconees, but when they 

 fully understood it, they received it with a burst of 

 applause. Lafitte and his companions were unbound, 

 and allowed to depart. 



The funeral over, the Indians set out for the hunt- 

 ing-grounds of the Comanches, but Tokcah did not 

 accompany them. He had had a dream, enjoining 

 him to disinter his father's bones, which lay buried 

 several hundred miles within the limits of the United 

 States, in a district formerly possessed by the Ocon- 

 ees. He wished Rosa to accompany the tribe to their 

 new residence ; but the young girl, mindful of her 

 promise to Canondah, insisted upon encountering 

 with him the perils of the long and wearisome jour- 

 ney he was about to undertake. Whilst the main 

 body of the Indians set off in a westerly direction, 

 Rosa, a young Indian girl, Tokeah, El Sol, and four 

 warriors, turned their steps towards the country of 

 the white men. Thither we will now precede them. 



VI. 



It was a bright cool December morning, and the 

 sunbeams had just sufficient power to disperse the 

 fog and mist which at that season frequently hang 



