human
Oh, my enemy! he cried,
gpt
The instinct of self-preservation is very strong. But better for me had I let him slay me. I know not how I was fool enough to fire. Come, Walter, we must get round the falls, where we shall find some bateaux that will carry us down.
human
But what's to become of him? How is he to find his way back again? Come, I will go back with him; it matters not if they do catch me and scalp me. I do not like to be dogged, and tracked, and followed, and taken unawares. But I can only die at last. I will go back with him as soon as you are in the boat, Walter.
gpt
No, no, Woodchuck, that will not do, returned the lad;
human
I cannot do that, replied Lord H----,
gpt
In Indian warfare, the danger is the greatest, I have heard, when it seems the least, observed Walter Prevost;
human
It will be safe enough, said Woodchuck;
gpt
He was a fine creature, and that I know, for I shot him, Woodchuck, said Walter Prevost, with some pride in the achievement.
human
I wanted to send the skin to Otaitsa; but it cannot be helped.
gpt
Let us go and get it now, cried Woodchuck, with the ruling passion strong in death;