d the prisoner
belonged to the Chief."

"Or to the Krishnos," remarked Muro.

"Well we might as well go on if we can find the trail," remarked John.

"Yes, it is plain enough now," answered one of them.

"But let us exercise caution," remarked John. "Move along slowly and
keep a sharp lookout on our flanks."

Harry was walking by the side of Uraso. There had always been a warm
friendship between the two. Lolo, Uraso's favorite son, was Harry's age,
and the two were companions, and this was a source of great joy to the
Chief, for Uraso was the head man of the Osagas, and one of the most
progressive of all the prominent men.

Harry was dangling the chain which had been found in the morning. "I
have been wondering why he dropped this!" he asked.

"I have an idea that it was lost in the fight for the possession of the
watch."

"The fight? Why did they have a fight?"

"Well, the ground where the chain was found looked very much like it."

"I don't see why the fellows don't agree to divide up things properly
when they get them, instead of scrambling for them in that way!"

"You can see it is perfectly natural for them to fight for it under the
circumstances. They do not understand anything but power."

"I should think the loser would be resentful, and try to even it up on
the other fellow," remarked Harry.

"On the other hand, the moment the stronger fellow wins, that is the end
of the dispute. The best one won. In his creed there is no other
argument. That is the savage's religion. You people have told us
differently. The Professor has often said: 'There is only this
difference between us, with you, might is right; with us right is
might.'"

"Well, what do you really think about it now?" asked Harry.

Uraso did not smile, as he remarked somewhat sadly: "It took me a long
time to understand that. How could right be might? At first it looked
foolish, and Muro and I talked it over many times. Then Oma, and Tastoa
and Oroto, the other Chiefs, spoke to me about it. But while I did not
understand it I had faith in the Professor.

"Then we went to Unity, and built the town, and the people began to go
there, and when we saw the Professor, and the way he treated every one,
never doing a wrong to anybody, we could not believe that he was sane.
But everywhere we went we heard people talking about him, and the way he
acted, and we saw all the white people do the same as the Professor did,
we noticed that no one would