15/22 If they got a leader with prestige enough to organize a crusade against the white man, I don't see what could prevent a rising.' 'We should get wind of it in time to crush it at the start,' I said. They are cunning fellows, and have arts that we know nothing about. You have heard of native telepathy. They can send news over a thousand miles as quick as the telegraph, and we have no means of tapping the wires. If they ever combined they could keep it as secret as the grave. |