The savages and their dogs kept up a confused medley of howls and shouts: it was hard distinguishing the human cries from the canine.
Capt.

Mazard and the men were leaning over the rail, waiting.

They had been watching the fracas, and understood it as little as we did.
"What's the row ?" demanded the captain as we came under the stern.
"What's all that beastly noise about ?" "Ask Palmleaf," said Wade.
"I saw you fire," continued the captain.

"You didn't kill any of them, did you ?" "Oh, no!" said Raed.

"We fired high to frighten them." "I'm glad you didn't kill any of the poor wretches." "Tell us how it happened, Palmleaf," said Kit.
"Did you come upon them?
or did they come upon you ?" I asked.
"Why, I was gwine arter dat hawk, you know," said the African, still sober from his terror and his race.
"Yes." "He was fell down ober behind de crag, as you said he'd be; but he flew up 'fore I'd gut near 'im, an' kep' flyin' up." "And you kept following him," added Raed.