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He feared, too, that O'Kimmon underrated the extent of the Cherokee's comprehension of the language of which, however, the Indians generally spoke only a few disconnected phrases.
Although possessing an assurance that he could get the better of the devil, "could he but identify him," as O'Kimmon frequently said, he felt for one moment as if he were now in the presence. Despite his nerve the silence terrified him. He was beginning to cringe before the steady glare of those searching eyes.
Therefore the Governor of South Carolina, now a royal province, the event occurred during the incumbency of Robert Johnson, who having acted in that capacity for the Lords Proprietors, well understood the menace of the situation, busied himself with extreme diligence to discover the subsequent movements of the two white men, whose names were Terence O'Kimmon and Adrien L'Épine, in order to ascertain the fate of the cheera-taghe, and if evilly entreated, to bring the perpetrators of the deed to justice.
Therefore hideous realization! the actual possession by the Indians of their own country depended upon the keeping of the secret inviolate. Dead men tell no tales! O'Kimmon, with a swelling heart, bethought himself of his status as a British subject and the possible vengeance of the province. It would come, if at all, too late.
"But his mother was but a wee bit of a woman," urged O'Kimmon; "the most of him is Frinch, look at the size of him!" For O'Kimmon was now bidding as high against the English aegis as earlier he had been disposed to claim its protection, when he had protested his familiarity with the Royal Governor of South Carolina.
Kanoona repeated with a burst of raucous laughter. "Hala! Hala!" But Oo-koo-koo preserved his gravity. "They would not lie! Surely the white men would not lie!" Then turning to O'Kimmon he asked point-blank, "Chee-a-koh-ga?" The direct address was a relief to O'Kimmon.
With the thought O'Kimmon, heavy, muscular, yet alert, threw himself upon Oo-koo-koo, and in an instant he had almost wrenched the knife from the Indian's belt. The other Cherokee cried warningly, "Akee-rooka! Akee-rooka!" The next moment, perhaps for many moments thereafter, none of them knew very definitely what had happened.
Adrien L'Épine had his secret doubts as to the efficacy of the bold, blunt, humorous impudence which Terence O'Kimmon fancied such masterful policy, taking now special joy in the fact that its meaning was partially veiled because of the presumable limitations of the Indian's comprehension of the English language.
At last they burst forth into sarcastic laughter. L'Épine and O'Kimmon, albeit half bewildered, exchanged appalled glances. There was no need of speech. Each understood at last. Return! There was no chance of departure. They were to pay the penalty of the dangerous knowledge they had acquired.
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