Then he had died, and the Star, their father's daughter, had married me, Macumazahn, and they had believed that I should take their father's place, and let them live in my shadow.

What should they do when there was no one to protect them?
The tribes were kept from attacking them by fear of the white man.

If we went they would be eaten up," and so on.

Alas! there was but too much foundation for their fears.
I returned to the huts at mid-day to get some dinner.

Stella said that she was going to pack during the afternoon, so I did not think it necessary to caution her about going out alone, as I did not wish to allude to the subject of Hendrika and the baboons unless I was obliged to.