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" The white chief," said the Indian, " may take 

 whatever he pleases." 



" I tell you it is I, and not you, who have to pay," 

 returned the squire. 



"Has my daughter bid farewell to her foster- 

 father 1 " said the Indian to Eosa, who had listened 

 to this dialogue with some uneasiness. " Eosa must 

 leave the wigwam of the white men; the Miko's 

 path is a long one, and his spirit is weary of the 

 pale-faces." 



"And must the Miko go?" said Eosa. "Oh! 

 father of my Canondah ! remain here; the white 

 men will love thee as a brother." 



The Indian looked at her with astonishment. 



" "What means the White Eose 1 " said he," the 



pale-faces love Tokeah 1 Has the White Eose ? " 



He paused, and surveyed her gloomily and suspi- 

 ciously. "Tokeah," continued he at last, "is very 

 weary of the white men ; he will be gone." 



" Miko," said Eosa, timidly for it was evident 

 that the chief was still in error as to the motive of 

 her visit " Eosa has come to beg you to remain a 

 while with the white men ; but if you must go, she 

 will 



"The Miko is the father of his people," inter- 

 rupted Tokeah ; " they call him ; he must go, and 

 the Eose of the Oconees shall also be the Eose of the 

 Comanches, the squaw of a great chief." 

 The young girl blushed, and stepped back. 



