So when they cut off the head of Argus my aunt had
the eyes taken out; and that's a picture of how she set them into the
peacock.'
"'Aunty of _you_?' he repeated.
"'Certainly,' I said gravely; 'I am a direct descendant of the Goddess of
Wisdom. That's why I'm always studying when you see me down on the dock
here.'
"_'You Seminole!_' he said emphatically.
"'Seminole,' I repeated, puzzled.
"'You Seminole! Aunty Seminole--_you_ Seminole!'
"'Why, Tiger-tail?'
"'Seminole hunt Three-eye long time--hundred, hundred year--hunt 'um
Three-eye, kill 'um Three-eye.'
"'You say that for hundreds of years the Seminoles have hunted a creature
with three eyes?'
"'Sure! Hunt 'um now!'
"'_Now?_'
"'Sure!'
"'But, Tiger-tail, if the legends of your people tell you that the
Seminoles hunted a creature with three eyes hundreds of years ago,
certainly no such three-eyed creatures remain today?'
"'Some.'
"'What! Where?'
"'Black Bayou.'
"'Do you mean to tell me that a living creature with three eyes still
inhabits the forests of Black Bayou?'
"'Sure. Me see 'um. Me kill 'um three-eye man.'
"'You have killed a man who had _three eyes_?'
"'Sure!'
"'A man? _With three eyes?_'
"'Sure.
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