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busily engaged in dragging their boat over the rocks, when the. 
treacherous Indians, who had lent them a helping hand, turned upon 
them, 
“Ilerc,” said he, “our salt-bags were piled up; and here, from 
out this shrubbery, the chieftain came with at least fifty of his tribe, 
armed every one of them with bows and arrows. lie professed to 
VAN-LEAF OF A PALM, 
be dissatisfied with the stipulated remuneration — knives and glass beads 
that had been handed over to him — and asked for more. 
“ One of our party, who, understanding a little of their language, 
acted as interpreter for us, tried to pacify him, and offered him a 
piece of the succulent tapir roasting hard by at the spit, but he 
refused it disdainfully ; and at this moment, while om- companion 
was yet speaking to the chieftain, he was pierced by an arrow shot 
