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Courtenay was ht a parley

The canoe was paddled by toed its course with a

dexterous twist of the blades ithin a cable's length of the ship,

and then circled slowly round her The four athered the purport of their

talk, explained that they were discussing the bestto the tribe which I lived with," he

said "The old er I think

he must have come from the north of the island with sonals"

"From the north? Is there a road?" asked Courtenay, when he learnt

what Suarez was saying

"He would arrive in a canoe," was the answer "The Indians venture out

to sea in very bad weather He probably passed the ship late last

night, and, now I come to think of it, the canoe which you captured is

not faht every craft owned by the

Feathered People"

"How many do they possess?"

"Twenty-three"

These state Not only was it possible for the

natives to surround the Kansas with a whole swarm of men, but the

ly difficult to

repel a co could be more truculent than the

demeanor of the semi-nude warriors They pointed at each person they