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Did you kill the bears to get all these claws?" he added, pointing up to Po-no-kah's necklace, which was formed entirely of huge bear-claws, strung through the thickest end. "Ugh," replied the Indian, nodding his plumed head, "me shoot him." "And these scalps," said Rudolph, shuddering as he pointed to the fringe of human hair hanging from the buckskin leggings; "did you get all these?"
Oh!" he continued, clasping Po-no-kah's knee, "you know where our home is. Nearly every night I dream that mother is calling us. Show me the way, please do. Ka-te-qua says there are dreadful things in the forest that will eat me up, but I am not afraid. Oh, do tell us the way home!" The Indian gave a sharp look at the sobbing boy, and seemed in part to understand his words.
Remember, our home is yours from this hour. I shall take no denial." "Good!" exclaimed Bessie, clapping her hands; "now I shall have two brothers!" Mrs. Hedden, who had listened to Po-no-kah's broken words, kissed and hugged Tom in her motherly way.
"Ugh," he answered grimly, nodding the plumes again. "You are bad, then," exclaimed Rudolph, looking fearlessly into Po-no-kah's eyes. "I know you," he added suddenly, after gazing at him intently for an instant. "Father brought you into our kitchen last winter, and I ran behind the door. Mother gave you meat and hot drink, and father warmed you and gave you a bag of potatoes.
As soon as Po-no-kah's stalwart form appeared in sight, Rudolph and Kitty rushed, with a cry of joy, to meet him; but, to their great dismay, he pushed them away with a frown and a grunt that told them plainly that they were to be familiar with him no more. Poor children! Ka-te-qua gone, Po-no-kah changed, and Tom scarcely heeding them, they felt friendless indeed.
Stooping, he whispered in a stern tone: "No speak; no tell Ka-te-qua;" and without one glance of encouragement, he stalked away to the spot where the other Indians had assembled, preparing for the hunt. The children saw him no more for weeks. Rudolph remembered his parting words, and though he could not fully understand Po-no-kah's motive, he faithfully obeyed his command.
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