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Frederick, for no white person would ever be told his real 

 name — that of some animal or bird — as such disclosure 

 is against all Indian custom, from the fear of thereby giving 

 others evil power over them. He gave us a quick, shy, 

 half smile, and then all light died from his Mongolian features 

 and he peered sternly into the darkness ahead. Well had he 



Fig. 72. Palm Tanager. 



need of fear and caution. We may be sure his purchases 

 were made stealthily and his quick return was certain, for 

 death watched for him in a hundred places. 



The day before, he had testified against three of his tribe — 

 the Caribs — for the murder of his father, and now the stern 

 hand of English justice had closed and the chief murderer 

 was eating his heart out somewhere in a cell beyond the 



