human
Pashepaho is one of my best friends, Joe assured him;
gpt
Come trade skin. What you do?
human
We came in to get some provisions and get the wagon mended. It broke down in a blizzard last winter.
gpt
Heap cold.
human
It was an awful winter. Father and Sam almost got lost in the big blizzard. Then suddenly remembering,
gpt
Did you know that Eagle Eye is dead? He was coming to us—-bringing Nina’s dispatch-box—when the blizzard overtook him. We found him dead not far from our house this spring.
human
Ai-ee! Eagle Eye dead? The Indian’s sharp face clouded.
gpt
Heap good man. Then suddenly,
human
You know ’bout Red Snake?
gpt
No, Joe turned on him sharply.
human
What about him? We have been awful uneasy ever since we knew that Eagle Eye got the box. We have been afraid he would come to take vengeance on us for it.
gpt
He no come now, said Pashepaho gravely. Then with a tone of surprise,
human
You no hear?
gpt
No, we have heard nothing. We have been shut off there at the homestead with big snows all winter. What do you mean?
human
Red Snake dead.
gpt
Eagle Eye keel heem.
human
Eagle Eye killed him? When?
gpt
Many sleep ago. Shoot heem with arrow.
human
Eagle Eye heap white man friend,
gpt
I know he was, I know he was, he was our friend, our good, loyal friend; we felt awfully bad when we found him. But—how did it happen? How did he get the box, I wonder?
human
Then he must have got the dispatch-box after Red Snake was dead, and was bringing it to us when the blizzard overtook him. Good, faithful Eagle Eye! We thought he was not grateful for all the folks had done in nursing him back to life, but look how mistaken we were! He was a faithful friend.