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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: rich. The paleface came with his leaden death, his burning firewater, his
ringing ax, and the glory of the redmen faded forever.
"Wingenund seeks not to inflame his braves to anger. He is sick of
blood-spilling--not from fear; for Wingenund cannot feel fear. But he asks his
people to wait. Remember, the gifts of the paleface ever contained a poisoned
arrow. Wingenund's heart is sore. The day of the redman is gone. His sun is
setting. Wingenund feels already the gray shades of evening."
He stopped one long moment as if to gather breath for his final charge to his
listeners. Then with a magnificent gesture he thundered:
"Is the Delaware a fool? When Wingenund can cross unarmed to the Big Water he
shall change his mind. When Deathwind ceases to blow his bloody trail over the
The Spirit of the Border | 
