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THE CHIEF REVIVES. 57 While this was being done, Ellen sat in silence, utterly lost in wonder, andthe old hag, who had awoke from her slum- ber, was also silent, and no less astonished.. The wounds of the chief had been severe but not deep, and the sudden shock to his system, overburdened, as it was, with flesh, had produced a sort of paralysis, and left him in a state of coma. Eben had gained a smattering of medical knowledge in his youth, which had been roughly increased by his experience on shipboard, and he had no doubt that he would be able to save _ the life of Nip-muck-we, if his treatment was not interfered with. He bound up the wounds as well as the materials at hand would allow, and then invited a few of the principal men out of the crowd that was swarming about the lodge, to enter and view the miracle that had been wrought. They did so, and the most stoical among them could not restrain their astonishment at seeing their dead chief alive, breathing and moving, though not yet able to speak, The Yankee was unanimously voted to be the greatest medicine- man that had ever come among the Blackfeet, and his won- derful harpoon was regarded with such mysterions awe. that not a warrior dared to lay a finger on it. CHAPTER IX. THE BLACKFEET RENDEZVOUS. Arter having allowed the warriors to satisfy their curiosity, and to express their wonder and thanks, Eben turned them out of the lodge, informing them that the life of the distin- guished patient depended on his being kept perfectly quiet. He ordered old As-moo-tah to procure some simple herbs,-to make a tea that would quiet the nerves of the chief and give him strength to recover from his injuries. When the hag had gone, he found himself alone with Ellen, and improved his opportunity by rushing to her and kissing her hand vehemently, a familiarity which she did not feel beraslt justified, at that moment, in resenting. comicloooks.com