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wl: 48 LaveHING Boy sell it, and that man must all go to jail. You know {¢ it is right. There is nothing to upset you; there & is nothing to spoil your races. After all, there has § been a Hopi killed, and two Americans wounded; now an American and two Navajos go to jail for a | little while. That is not so bad.’ | | The trader suppressed a smile as he skipped § translating this last remark, saying only, ‘He's letting em think that Indian will only get a light & sentence for shooting the policeman. Best leave @ it at that.’ : Older men remarked, ‘ That is right, that is well 1% said. Let us have no trouble.” Some of the young {| men grumbled, but others asked them, ‘What would you do? You can’t fight Washindon. Dof you want them to send soldiers in here again?[§ Shall we go into exile again?’ It was news, anf incident, something to talk about. The crowd be-§ came just a lot of people, watching the first aid, § and talkative. ‘Have the Hopi and Tewas take off that dead man,’ the trader advised; ‘they’ll never forgive you if you leave a corpse for them to take care of; spoil their party and make ’em leave. They'ref plumb scared to death of a corpse. Look howf} those Navajo policemen are edging away from it.’ § Horses were brought up, the wounded and! prisoners mounted. The Pueblo policemen slung

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