The clear streams running from these great springs teemed with the finest fish, and the country watered by them was overrun with game of every variety.

It was indeed a land of plenty, and from its peace-loving and hospitable dwellers the visitors from the far East received a warm welcome.
On the very day of their arrival they selected the site for the camp, which they expected to occupy for some months.

It was in the midst of a grand oak grove, surrounding a crystal spring; and before sunset the slightly built lodges had sprung up as though by magic among its trees, the sparks from the camp-fires gleamed like myriads of fire-flies among the moss-hung branches, and the tribe was at home.
Rene de Veaux, as became his rank, was invited to occupy the lodge of Micco the chief, in which he shared the bear-skin couch of his friend the chief's son and Bow-bearer.

Here, during the week that his wound took to heal completely, he rested as happily as though the world contained no cares or anxieties.

He spent most of this time in adding to his knowledge of the Indian language, with which, with Has-se and the beautiful Nethla as teachers, he quickly became familiar.