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Her father was a renowned horse-thief, and so were several others of the best warriors in the band, and there was hope in that thought; still there is a double difficulty before a man who sets out to steal horses without having one of his own to ride. "Two Arrows will steal horses some day," she said to Ha-ha-pah-no, confidently. "Big chief: steal a heap. No boy any more.
Sile was not exactly a hero when he reached camp, but he was an uncommonly hungry boy. It seemed to him that he could eat as many trout as Ha-ha-pah-no could broil for him, and he certainly worked at it steadily for a long time. Every other human being in camp did the same, although some had already made a fair beginning upon venison cuts and coffee.
The Big Tongue had become almost a silent Indian under the effects of hard walking, but he had been stung again by remarks from Ha-ha-pah-no, and he had gone ahead. He had not gone far enough to make him look enterprising, but all at once the cañon fairly rang with a whoop he sent back, to let the rest know he had found something.
She held out both her hands, and when Ha-ha-pah-no at last put her own hand upon her shoulder and said "Ugh!" Na-tee-kah started as if she had been waked from a dream. She had been looking at pictures that told her of another world. "Heap lie," said Ha-ha-pah-no. "Pale-face tell 'em. Make lie about squaw. There!"
They had been more than twice as long in getting there, but the first brave who pushed on into the open space found the dead embers of a fire and began to study them. Not far behind him were Na-tee-kah and Ha-ha-pah-no, and it was hard to say which of them was the first to point at the black coals and ashes, and exclaim, "Two Arrows!"
"That's the way for a feller to lose his hair looking too hard in one direction while somebody comes up behind him. No, Sile, I haven't heerd a thing." Na-tee-kah sprang to her feet. "Horse come. Ugh!" and she held up her hand for silence, while Ha-ha-pah-no also arose, listening intently. "Indian ears for it," said Jonas. "'Pears to me I can hear something now myself."
So, for that matter, did Ha-ha-pah-no, and Sile could but discern that both treated him with much more respect than at first. He had been with Two Arrows at the recovery of the ponies, he had killed a buck and a bear, and was evidently able to use the weapons of grown-up white braves.
When Ha-ha-pah-no set out in her turn nearly half the village went with her uninvited, and it took all the authority of Long Bear to keep the other half from keeping them company. "Come," said Two Arrows to Sile, after a few minutes of silent riding. "We go. Ugh! Shoot a heap."
"Two Arrows!" almost breathlessly exclaimed Na-tee-kah. "Caught some pale-faces this time." "Got horse," said Ha-ha-pah-no. Long Bear and his warriors did not say a word, for they were all but dumb with astonishment from the moment that they recognized the returning wanderer. What would not that remarkable boy do next? Had he killed anybody?
Ha-ha-pah-no was not there to make any sly remarks as to how he actually obtained such a trophy as that and some others on which his reputation as a warrior mainly rested. They sat up until they had smoked all the wisdom out of several pipes of tobacco to each warrior, but did not seem to be any nearer a conclusion.
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