"I expect no mercy."
Wacora, struck with this reply, felt an interest in the courageous girl,
which he could not account for.
"You have been taught to think of the red man as a remorseless savage?"
"Not as remorseless, only as revengeful."
"Then you acknowledge that we have just cause for revengeful feelings?"
"I did not say so."
"But you implied it."
"All men have enemies. The truly great are the only ones who can forego
revenge."
"But savages must act according to their instincts."
"Savages--yes. But men who know right from wrong should act by their
judgment."
"If I spared your life, you would still consider me a savage."
"My life is nothing to me. All those I loved are now dead."
"Your mother?"
"She died when I was a child."
"Your father?"
"Was killed last night."