Part 31

+Haufe+, m.

+Schar+, f.

troops = soldiers.

to defeat, +in die Flucht schlagen+.

When the conjunction ‘=as=’ stands for ‘=since=’, it must be rendered by ‘+=da=+’.

had — foot, +den Britten im Laufen bedeutend überlegen waren+; and — pursuit = and eagerly pursued the same. For the following clause see S. 27, N. 8, and say ‘only few of the Britons succeeded to escape (+davon´kommen+)’. I succeed, +es gelingt mir+.

+welche den Indianern in die Hände fielen.+

there are, +es giebt+. The subject ‘+es+’, which must be placed immediately after the relative pronoun, should be followed by the adverbial clause ‘even in that country’.

to come up to a person, +sich einem nähern+.

+auf Rettung.+

at = in; crisis = critical (+entscheidungsvoll+) moment.

to come up = to appear; who — arrows = of advanced (+vorgeschritten+) age and armed with bow and arrows.

+der Alte+; to draw, +spannen+; immediately, +unverzüglich+, which may be emphasized by being placed at the head of the clause (App. § 14).

Say ‘after he had aimed (+zielen+) at (+auf+) the officer’; to drop, +fallen lassen+.

and interposed, +und stellte sich+.

to be about, +im Begriff sein+; to cut to pieces, +zerstückeln+; with respect = respectfully.

Section 42.

THE INDIAN CHIEF.

II.

The old man then took the officer by the hand, soothed him into confidence by caresses, and, having conducted him to his hut, treated him with a kindness which did honour to his professions. He made (S. 27, N. 4) him less a slave than a companion, taught him the language of the country, and instructed him in the rude arts that were practised by the inhabitants. They lived together in the most perfect harmony, and the young officer, in the treatment he met with, found nothing to regret, but that (App. § 16) sometimes the old man fixed his eyes upon him, regarded him for some minutes with steady and silent attention, and then burst into tears.

Say ‘Hereupon the old man seized the hand of the officer, sought by caresses to gain his (+dessen+) confidence, conducted him to (+in+) his hut, and treated’, etc.

+Versprechung+, f.

his.

The verb +=lehren=+, to teach (old German lêran, Gothic laisjan), etymologically signifies ‘to cause a person to know a thing’. This is the reason that it is in German most generally used with two accusatives: that of the person and that of the thing; as—+Er lehrt mich ~die Landessprache~+, he teaches me the language of the country. +Lehre ~mich Deine Rechte~!+ (Luther.) +Wer hat ~dich solche Streiche~ gelehrt?+ (Uhland.)

in — arts, +in den geringen Geschicklichkeiten+; to practise, +üben+; by, +von+; ‘inhabitants’, here +Eingebornen+.

They = both; together = with one another, which place after ‘harmony’ (+Eintracht+, f.).

in — with, +in der ihm zuteil werdenden Behandlung+. Where must the verb be placed? Supply the word ‘+anderes+’ after ‘nothing’; ‘to regret’, here +beklagen+.

+als.+