Chapter 58

The chief of the three was named M’Karoka—or so it sounded—and he was a broad, tall man, of surly countenance, sparing of speech, and unpleasant in dispute. He accounted himself outside of all the village laws, though he broke none, and as he acted and thought so did his fellows. Their lives if strange were inoffensive, they did not steal nor abuse the privileges which were theirs. They were honest in their dealings and cleanly. Sanders, who had made inquiries through channels which were familiar enough to those wh…