404 TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, AND SPORT. 



" Miko," said she, " you are the beloved father of 

 my dear Canondah ; you saved my life and main- 

 tained me, and I thank you heartily ; but, Miko, I 

 cannot, I must not, do as you wish. I no longer 

 belong to you, but to my father my long-lost father." 



" Rosa speaks truth she belongs to her father," 

 said the Miko, not yet undeceived ; " my daughter's 

 feet are weak, but she shall sit in a canoe till she 

 reaches the wigwams of the Pawnees, and they have 

 many horses." 



" By G ! " cried the squire, " here is a mistake ; 

 the Indian thinks to take Rosa with him. My dear 

 boy," continued he to Hodges, " run as quick as you 

 can to Colonel Parker, and bring a party of men. 

 Bayonets are the only things these savages respect. 

 Rosa, say no more to him, he is getting wild." 



A change had taken place in the Indian, although it 

 was one which only a keen observer could detect. He 

 began to have an inkling that Rosa was to be taken 

 from him, and his gloomy inanimate physiognomy be- 

 trayed a restless agitation, which alarmed the major. 



" The White Rose," resumed Tokeah, after a while, 

 " is a dutiful daughter. She will cook her father's 

 venison." 



" That would I willingly do for the father of my 

 Canondah," said the young girl ; " but a higher duty 

 calls me. Father of my Canondah ! Rosa has come 

 to take leave of thee." 



The Indian listened attentively. 



