Paddling under Palmettos — page 146: what you’re looking at

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Paddling Under Palmettos. 139 arouse the anger of the whites, for they have sense enough to know that if war came this time it would be one of extermination for them.” ‘This is news to me.” “Captain, I have heard that they still have ne- ero slaves in their village—the only slaves held in this country. How 1s it?” “TI have heard the same thing.” “Ts it true?” | | “Very possibly, but there are none among the Miami Indians, for I have seen their home.” “But it may be a fact among those deeper in the Everglades?” “T could easily believe it.’’ Although the proprietor of Eden pressed them so hard to stay, it was thought best to sail in the morning if the breeze proved favorable, for the wind, in the north, might be too strong for navigat- ing Hobe Sound with comfort—broad, treacherous water that it was. If they did stay over they would accept his kind invitation for a hunt in the pines. When Archie crawled into the Sea Waif at about ten, the wind was still in the north. . 5) (E(0) Gomiecboo