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This calmed the threatened insurrection. Oomah's words had been calculated to uphold their respect for the one who was their leader and they had accomplished their purpose, so the subject was dismissed. "Would you hear more?" the youth asked. "Yes, yes," came the response in a chorus of eager voices. "Tell us another story."
The leader raised his hands. "The flood will not reach us. I will stop it." He raised his voice in a low, droning chant but before he had uttered a dozen words there came a distant roar, dull but unmistakable, that drowned the sound of his incantation. The Indians needed no further evidence of the truth of Oomah's warning.
The older men drew together for a serious discussion that ended in granting Oomah's request, and Tupi was selected to go back to the encampment on the sandbar to be an honored guest and to select a wife. After that came the leave taking; then the party started on its journey.
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