His speech was broken, but Mose pieced it out by means of the sign language, so graceful, so dignified, and so dramatic, that he was seized with the fervid wish to acquire a knowledge of it.

This he soon did, and thereafter they might be seen at any time of day signaling from side to side of the herd, the Indian smiling and shaking his head when the youth made a mistake.
Jim believed in his new friend, and when questions brought out the history of the dispossession of his people he grew very sorrowful.

His round cheeks became rigid and his eyes were turned away.

"Injun no like fight white man all time.

Injun gotta fight.