This simple ceremony over, one of the boys put wood on the fire,
and Snap took a jews'-harp out of his pocket and began to extract
doleful discords from it, for which George kicked at him in
disgust, finally causing him to leave the circle and repair to the
cedars, where he twanged with supreme egotism.
"Jack," said August Naab, "our friends the Navajo chiefs,
Scarbreast and Eschtah, are coming to visit us. Take no notice of
them at first. They've great dignity, and if you entered their
hogans they'd sit for some moments before appearing to see you.
Scarbreast is a war-chief. Eschtah is the wise old chief of all the
Navajos on the Painted Desert. It may interest you to know he is
Mescal's grandfather. Some day I'll tell you the story."
Hare tried very hard to appear unconscious
