human
Many thanks, cousin, said Netawis as she bound up the wounds. Then he began to talk cheerfully over his shoulder to Menehwehna.
gpt
Five washes I tried, and all were empty; but by the sixth the water bubbled. Then I wished that I had you with me, for I knew that my hands would suffer.
human
It was well done, brother,
gpt
But that is not all. While I was at work the dogs left me. At first I did not miss them; and then, finding them gone, I made sure they had run home in scorn of my hunting. But no; their tracks led me to a tree, not far up the stream, and there I found them. They were not barking, but sometimes they would nose around the trunk and sometimes fall back to a little distance and sit whining and trembling while they stared up at it.
human
And the tracks around the tree?
gpt
I could find none but what the dogs themselves had made. I tapped the tree, and it was hollow. Then I saw on the north side, a little above my head, many deep scratches with moss hanging in strips from them. The trunk ran up straight, and was so stout that my two arms would not span more than a tenth of it; but the scratches went up to the first fork, and there must be the opening, as I guess.
human
Said I not that Netawis would become a hunter and bring us luck? asked Menehwehna again.
gpt
He has found bear.
human
Bear! Bear! Our Netawis has found bear!