The two shrugged their shoulders, and in a flash of intuition he was convinced that they knew the Ojibway well.
Whatever anger de Courcelles may have felt at the manners of the savage he showed none at all.

All the tact and forbearance which the French used with such wonderful effect in their dealings with the North American Indians were summoned to his aid.

He spoke courteously to Tandakora, but, as his words were in the Ojibway dialect, Robert did not understand them.

The Indian made a guttural reply and continued to gnaw fiercely at the bone of the deer.

De Courcelles still took no offense, and spoke again, his words smooth and his face smiling.