, speed; the

foot was

battle, fa

ound thy f

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runners before him. They were the flower of the Willamette youth, every one of royal birth, handsome in shape and li

ipped from their ears. All stood nerved and eager for the race, waiting for the word that was to

and they waited only to pledge th

cataract nor ambuscade shall deter you from the delivery of this summons; that you will not turn back, though the spears 88 of th

gestures of perfect grace, and in a voice that rang like a silver trumpet, he re

un sees us. Shall we fail

ripping the bow on which he leaned. Into that one moment he seemed gathering yet repressing all the fierceness of his passion, all the grandeur of

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except for the chiefs standing on its outskirts li

l to Umatilla, one the path to Chelon, and one the path to Shasta; another departed toward the

one forth; the council was in

ears us, the