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"
The
Indians
know
.
They
have
their
own
way
.
They
watch
us
.
They
talk
the
drum
talk
to
each
other
.
Kill
us
if
they
can
.
"
By
the
afternoon
of
that
day
--
my
pocket
diary
shows
me
that
it
was
Tuesday
,
August
18th
--
at
least
six
or
seven
drums
were
throbbing
from
various
points
.
Sometimes
they
beat
quickly
,
sometimes
slowly
,
sometimes
in
obvious
question
and
answer
,
one
far
to
the
east
breaking
out
in
a
high
staccato
rattle
,
and
being
followed
after
a
pause
by
a
deep
roll
from
the
north
.
There
was
something
indescribably
nerve-shaking
and
menacing
in
that
constant
mutter
,
which
seemed
to
shape
itself
into
the
very
syllables
of
the
half-breed
,
endlessly
repeated
,
"
We
will
kill
you
if
we
can
.
We
will
kill
you
if
we
can
.
"
No
one
ever
moved
in
the
silent
woods
.
All
the
peace
and
soothing
of
quiet
Nature
lay
in
that
dark
curtain
of
vegetation
,
but
away
from
behind
there
came
ever
the
one
message
from
our
fellow-man
.
"
We
will
kill
you
if
we
can
,
"
said
the
men
in
the
east
.
"
We
will
kill
you
if
we
can
,
"
said
the
men
in
the
north
.
All
day
the
drums
rumbled
and
whispered
,
while
their
menace
reflected
itself
in
the
faces
of
our
colored
companions
.
Even
the
hardy
,
swaggering
half-breed
seemed
cowed
.
I
learned
,
however
,
that
day
once
for
all
that
both
Summerlee
and
Challenger
possessed
that
highest
type
of
bravery
,
the
bravery
of
the
scientific
mind
.
Theirs
was
the
spirit
which
upheld
Darwin
among
the
gauchos
of
the
Argentine
or
Wallace
among
the
head-hunters
of
Malaya
.
It
is
decreed
by
a
merciful
Nature
that
the
human
brain
can
not
think
of
two
things
simultaneously
,
so
that
if
it
be
steeped
in
curiosity
as
to
science
it
has
no
room
for
merely
personal
considerations
.
All
day
amid
that
incessant
and
mysterious
menace
our
two
Professors
watched
every
bird
upon
the
wing
,
and
every
shrub
upon
the
bank
,
with
many
a
sharp
wordy
contention
,
when
the
snarl
of
Summerlee
came
quick
upon
the
deep
growl
of
Challenger
,
but
with
no
more
sense
of
danger
and
no
more
reference
to
drum-beating
Indians
than
if
they
were
seated
together
in
the
smoking-room
of
the
Royal
Society
's
Club
in
St.
James
's
Street
.
Once
only
did
they
condescend
to
discuss
them
.
"
Miranha
or
Amajuaca
cannibals
,
"
said
Challenger
,
jerking
his
thumb
towards
the
reverberating
wood
.
"
No
doubt
,
sir
,
"
Summerlee
answered
.
"
Like
all
such
tribes
,
I
shall
expect
to
find
them
of
poly-synthetic
speech
and
of
Mongolian
type
.
"
"
Polysynthetic
certainly
,
"
said
Challenger
,
indulgently
.
"
I
am
not
aware
that
any
other
type
of
language
exists
in
this
continent
,
and
I
have
notes
of
more
than
a
hundred
.
The
Mongolian
theory
I
regard
with
deep
suspicion
.
"
"
I
should
have
thought
that
even
a
limited
knowledge
of
comparative
anatomy
would
have
helped
to
verify
it
,
"
said
Summerlee
,
bitterly
.
Challenger
thrust
out
his
aggressive
chin
until
he
was
all
beard
and
hat-rim
.
"
No
doubt
,
sir
,
a
limited
knowledge
would
have
that
effect
.
When
one
's
knowledge
is
exhaustive
,
one
comes
to
other
conclusions
.
"
They
glared
at
each
other
in
mutual
defiance
,
while
all
round
rose
the
distant
whisper
,
"
We
will
kill
you
--
we
will
kill
you
if
we
can
.
"
That
night
we
moored
our
canoes
with
heavy
stones
for
anchors
in
the
center
of
the
stream
,
and
made
every
preparation
for
a
possible
attack
.
Nothing
came
,
however
,
and
with
the
dawn
we
pushed
upon
our
way
,
the
drum-beating
dying
out
behind
us
.
