human
See! said the Indian girl,
gpt
No, I do not.
human
I cannot tell, dear Sansuta.
gpt
No one but him--I think of him always, although, she added lowering her voice to a whisper,
human
I dare not call his name. I'm afraid to do that. I'm afraid of my brother Nelatu and my cousin Wacora. Why does the sun look so fiery? It is the colour of blood--blood--blood! That red colour, is it on _your_ hands, too? Ah, no! _You_ are no murderer!
gpt
Hush, Sansuta! you are excited.
human
Ah, yonder sun! Do you know that I feel as if it were the last time I should ever see it set. See, there are dark lines across the sky-- ribbed with bands of black clouds. It is the last day--the last day--
gpt
I see nothing, only the approach of night.
human
But you hear something. Don't you hear the spirits singing their death march over Oluski's grave? He was my father--I hear it. It is a summons. It is for me. I must go.
gpt
Go? Where?
human
Far away. No; it is of no use clasping me to your heart. It is not Sansuta's body that will leave you--it is her spirit. In the happy hunting grounds I shall meet with him--