"Why do you wish to kill them? Will that do you or your people any
good?"

"Then what can I do with people who deceive us?"

"Teach them to understand and know that it is better to tell the truth
than to lie. When you do that you are also teaching the people what is
right. If you kill them you are teaching people revenge, and revenge
will not help them."

"You are telling me something new and strange. My people would not
understand that. They would think I feared to punish."

"The white man does not think so. He believes that each man is entitled
to his life. If he does wrong, he may be deprived of his liberty, and
made to labor for others, and pleasures kept from him, but that his life
should not be taken from him, unless he has committed the greatest crime
against the people."

"What is the greatest crime?"

"The killing of another."

"I am in your power. What do you want me to do? What will you do with
me? I did not know you taught such things."

"You are in my village; but you are free to go where you will. My chief
did not bring you here to humiliate you, or to punish you. I told him to
bring you here so you might know how the white men live, and how they
try to make the people happy. You can see these things for yourself.
Then you can understand."

"I am told that you have people here from all the tribes, and that they
live together in peace and in contentment."

"Yes; and why not? Because one man was born and lives in one place, is
that any reason why he should be the enemy of one who lives somewhere
else?"

"But how can we prevent them from fighting each other?"

"Let all the chiefs agree to do what is right to each other, and to
their people; and treat each man the same, whether he belongs to your
tribe or to some other. Do not seek revenge, but justice."

"I shall forever be the White Chief's friend."

"But you must be not only my friend, but the friend of all the chiefs.
They have agreed to live together in peace. We will find work for all
your people to do, so they can become happy and strong, and I want you
to go with me to see the things we are doing to help the people. Before
we do so you must talk to the chiefs who have been here and who know
what we are trying to bring about."

Oroto sought out Marmo at once. He was the nearest in kin to the Illyas,
and the Professor noted this action on his part with the greatest
satisfaction. Soon Tastoa, of the Kurabus, was brought in, and no