human
They are friendly tribes, thank Heaven! for it betokens assistance when we least expected it,
gpt
You had better be careful, uncle, and not get in their power, as they may prove treacherous,
human
The pale faced maiden has no faith in the words of her darker skinned brothers. Is it because they have wronged her people more than they have suffered wrong; or because they dared in their manhood to defend, to the last moment, the houses of their wives and children, and the graves of their kindred?
gpt
No, no; not that, chief, said Jane, earnestly.
human
Why let such thoughts forever disturb you? Some cannot be trusted, and these may be of the number, for that reason I bade uncle be cautious. You, we never suspected, and you wrong us in being so sensitive on this subject.
gpt
It would be a fearful thing, returned the chief,
human
added he, with a wild look, distorting his dark features,
gpt
Think you, chief, the sorrow you feel for the extinction of your people is greater than that the people felt whom you extinguished in ages gone by, and whose existence can be traced only by the works of art they left behind them, which alone have survived, and still defy ages to come?
human
Listen to me, girl; for I speak from the promptings of the _Great Spirit_. The day may come when no longer our lands shall be yours, for another race may arise and avenge my people by the extinction of your own. You will be spared the torture of seeing it, as I do the struggles of my people. Nevertheless, the day will come when this shall be.