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It flashed over me that he was one of the two Indians who had tracked me to the Duckabush; the taller one who had tried to drink at the rill; then he made his throw and at the same instant the girl's hat fell again on my face. I heard her call her pleasant 'Clahowya! and she added, rowing on evenly: 'Hyas delate salmon. The next moment his answer rang astern: 'Clahowya! Clahowya!
Then it came over me that we were forced to hug the shore to avoid one of the reedy shallows that choked the estuary and must pass very close to her. The next moment there was a lull, and the girl looked across her shoulder and called 'Clahowya! At the same time she rested on her oars long enough to take off her hat and toss it with careless directness on my breathing hole.
The squaw's answer came from above me, and she repeated and intoned the word so that it seemed part of her dirge. 'Clahowya! Clahowya! Clahowya! Wake tenas papoose. Halo! Halo! The despair of it cut me worse than lashes. Then I heard other voices; a dog barked, and I understood we were skirting the encampment. "After that the noise grew fainter, and in a little while the girl uncovered my face.
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